A NEW mum from Abingdon is one of the first in the UK to use a pioneering wristband tracker to help get pregnant.

Claire Lycett and her husband Rich had been trying for a baby for 18 months and had three miscarriages before they turned to the Ava bracelet.

Just two months later, the 35--year-old had fallen pregnant with Artemis, who is now five-months-old.

The 35-year-old, who suffers from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, a condition that can make becoming pregnant more difficult, said: "I don't know whether it was myself or my husband but we saw it online and liked that Ava had proper clinical studies and published research.

"It was so much easier as well than other things I had done to see when I was ovulating. There is nothing quite as depressing as being in the work toilets squatting over a stick to pee.

"All you had to do with this was wear a bracelet overnight and it monitors your temperature which can help predict when you are ovulating."

The Ava tracker is able to anticipate the fertility window in real time by measuring nine physiological factors, like temperature, while you are asleep.

It is able to offer a more accurate picture due to the wide range of data it collects, which the user syncs up with a mobile app once they are awake.

A year-long clinical study conducted in 2016 found the device identified an average of 5.3 fertile days per cycle with an accuracy of 89 percent.

Ms Lycett said: "I don't think fertility is something a lot of women think about until they actually try to have a baby and the assumption is that it will be a lot easier than it is.

"Women are having babies later these days and if someone is struggling or just want to know more I would definitely recommend the bracelet to them."

Ms Lycett said she saw the potential for the technology going beyond helping women getting pregnant.

She said: "It's all about control and having the ability to know what your body is doing.

"I think it would be fantastic to have on the NHS the same way they use fitbits now."

The Abingdon woman added praise for the staff at Oxford Fertility Centre, based at the John Radcliffe Hospital , who the new mum said were 'brilliant' during her time trying to conceive,

She said: "I think we are very lucky in Oxfordshire, judging by my experience of the facilities and support available."

Ava Science president Lea von Bidder said: “We want to help women understand their bodies and their menstrual cycle.We don’t need to suffer in silence and by talking about trying for a baby we can all help each other. We want to encourage women to start to ‘talk about trying’.”

The bracelet costs £249 and is currently available via avawomen.com and from Selfridges.