Standardized observation
Each day you note the most fertile sign you observed — bleeding or cervical mucus — using a precise, validated vocabulary so your chart means the same thing to you and to a trained practitioner.
Natural · Catholic · NFP-friendly
Understand your cycle with clarity and confidence.
Vita Nova is a gentle, beautiful way to chart your fertility using a natural Catholic method — for Natural Family Planning, fully in line with the teaching of the Church.
No account required. Your chart is saved privately on your device.
“Each and every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life.”
What is this method?
It's a natural method of observing and recording the biological markers of a woman's cycle — a form of Natural Family Planning fully in keeping with Catholic teaching. It's purely observational — no devices, no temperature-taking, no internal exams — and it can be used both to achieve and to avoid pregnancy, as well as to monitor health.
Natural & non-invasive
Observations are made externally while using the restroom. There's nothing to wear, insert, or measure — just your own body's signs, recorded once at the end of each day.
For planning & health
Couples use it to identify the fertile window — to conceive or to space pregnancies. Doctors use the same chart to spot and treat underlying health issues.
How charting works
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Observe
Each time you use the restroom, observe the sensation as you wipe and look at any discharge on the tissue. Pay attention to whether it feels dry, damp, or lubricative, and whether mucus is cloudy, clear, or stretchy.
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Record
At the end of the day, record the most fertile sign you saw. Vita Nova turns your selections into a short standardized code — for example
8KLx2(tacky, clear, lubricative, seen twice). -
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Interpret
A colored sticker is placed on each day automatically: red for bleeding, green for dry days, and a white baby sticker for the fertile days when conception is possible.
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Find your Peak
The Peak Day is the last day of clear, stretchy, or lubricative mucus. Mark it and Vita Nova counts the three days after it — the close of your fertile window.
Health benefits
Your chart is more than a planning tool — it's a window into your overall health. Because it tracks real biological markers cycle after cycle, patterns in your chart can reveal underlying conditions and help your doctor treat the cause, not just the symptoms.
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Identify health issues
Irregular bleeding, unusual mucus patterns, and short cycles can flag hormonal imbalances, PCOS, endometriosis, or thyroid problems.
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Achieve pregnancy
Knowing your most fertile days greatly improves the chances of conceiving — and helps couples facing infertility find answers.
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Space pregnancies naturally
Used correctly to avoid pregnancy, the method is highly effective — with no drugs, hormones, or side effects.
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Body literacy
Charting builds a deep, lasting understanding of your own cycle and what is normal for you.
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Track treatment
When working with a doctor, your chart shows whether a treatment is actually restoring a healthy cycle.
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Peace of mind
A clear, daily record replaces guesswork with confidence — for you and your partner together.
The rules, in plain language
Vita Nova follows standardized natural-charting conventions. Here's the key.
The stickers
Red — a day of menstrual bleeding.
Green — a dry day. A time of infertility.
👶White baby — mucus is present. A potentially fertile day; conception is possible.
👶Green baby — a dry post-Peak count day (1·2·3): dry-looking, but still counted as fertile.
Yellow — used in special situations (breastfeeding, pre-menopause) under a practitioner's guidance.
PPeak & count — Peak Day, then 1·2·3. These four days are always fertile.
The VDRS code — what it means
VDRS is the Vaginal Discharge Recording System. Every observation becomes a short code: a category number, optional descriptor letters, and a frequency.
0 | Dry — nothing seen or felt |
2 / 2W | Damp, moist, or wet — without lubrication |
4 | Shiny — without lubrication |
6 | Sticky / pasty (¼″ stretch) |
8 | Tacky / gummy (½–¾″ stretch) |
10 | Stretchy, 1″ or more |
10DL/SL/WL | Damp / shiny / wet — with lubrication |
Descriptors & frequency
B | Brown or black |
C | Cloudy (white) |
K | Clear |
C/K | Cloudy/clear |
L | Lubricative |
G | Gummy |
P | Pasty |
R | Red |
Y | Yellow |
×1 ×2 ×3 | Seen once / twice / three times |
AD | Observed all day |
Read the full rules & family-planning guide →
Vita Nova is an independent educational charting aid and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any organization or method provider. For family-planning decisions, learning a natural method properly with a trained instructor is strongly recommended. This app does not provide medical advice.
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