Probably the biggest symptom that indicates I'm in perimenopause is the brain fog. It's so real. So, look out for that. 

I would describe my relationship with my cycle as complicated. Honestly, I used to find it annoying, but now I see it as information. We've been through a lot: a few pregnancies resulting in one child, fibroids, but damn it, we are magical. 

So, I originally started using Flo as a way to track my periods and my fertility and notice how my cycle correlated with my moods and my feelings. Now, I'm in a season of my life called perimenopause. 

Waking up so many times at night - I have a long history of being a good sleeper until now. Also, I rage so much. I'm so p**sed off. Go in my bathroom, scream into the towel, get my shit together, and go back out and be a mom. 

Symptoms really all started lining up and supporting, "Girl, you're in perimenopause". 

Being able to track changes, spot patterns, and generate reports for doctors has been really valuable. I'd say the biggest change for me after I started using Flo was just gaining understanding on what was going on internally. 

There's a feature that you can switch into when you're in perimenopause and it's a whole new world, and it just makes it all feel a lot less confusing.

Before I was tracking consistently, I had this idea in my head that I was broken. I was panicking that I was going through like perimenopause early in life. 

I was tracking my cycle with Flo and I was seeing that my cycles were getting shorter. I wasn't having as long of periods and that was frightening me a little bit. And so I was able to take that data, bring it to the hormone specialist. I found out about my egg count and my estrogen levels and my progesterone and found out like everything actually is normal and good. 

I finally am acknowledging the fact that I could have a baby. So basically, she prescribed us lots of sex. She was like, "Every 2 to 3 days, I don't care when you're ovulating, just make sure that you're getting in the habit of doing it and it'll be fun." And you know, she's right. Now I'm 3 days away from potentially my period or a pregnancy test that says positive. And that's so crazy and makes me want to cry.

That is something really really wonderful about being much more attuned to my cycle, which I feel like is a real gift and I'm grateful for that.

Beautiful. Honey's going. Get take that endo taken care of. She's going to do awesome. 

My name is Angelica. I am 31 years old and I was diagnosed with stage three endometriosis. I am a little bit over a year post surgery and I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant with our little miracle baby boy. 

I started using Flo when I got off birth control. So, I was grateful for an app to guide me, not only to learning about my cycle, but also learning about trying to conceive. 

I felt like I had everything planned before we even really started trying. But I was also just so hopeful and honestly thought we were going to get pregnant right away. And then very quickly, I was like, "Something's wrong". 

I remember getting excited for the Flo app to learn about my body. I loved how easy it was to track symptoms. I did have heavy periods, heavy cramping, brain fog, extreme fatigue, clear as day signs right in front of me that I just didn't know. I never really suspected endometriosis. And then it wasn't until I was diagnosed with SIBO, which is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. SIBO and endo can be closely correlated. That's when like the wheels started turning. I realized it's not normal. I just want answers. 

So when I started using Flo, it was like knowledge. All of the amazing articles and the community forums, you have this little community in your pocket. And also when you're at the doctor's office and they're like, "Oh, when was the last day of your menstrual cycle?" I never could answer that before having the app. 

I found a doctor that I really trusted. She knew my goal was to restore fertility. That is her whole practice. She was a specialist in excision surgery. Then I remember hearing my doctor waking up from surgery and she came over to me and was like, "You did it. You were right. We found stage three endo. We got it all out". I just immediately started bawling. Oh my gosh. That feeling of relief will never leave me. 

For the first time in a long time, my body and I feel like a team and working together to protect this baby and to like nourish this baby and to also nourish myself. I feel like there's like a nice little redemption of me and my body finding peace again.