The inne minilab currently measures salivary progesterone.

Progesterone is a female sex hormone made by both the corpus luteum of the ovaries and the adrenal glands to help your body prepare for potential pregnancy and regulate your menstrual cycles.

Your progesterone levels decrease during midlife, which can cause irregularity in the menstrual cycle (as well as bothersome symptoms.) As you move through the menopause transition, your menstrual cycles become more irregular, and you ovulate less often.

Salivary progesterone levels may help you better understand your personal cycles, including when to potentially expect a period, an ovulation, and when menopause and PMS symptoms could be more troublesome.

The inne minilab uses highly sensitive immunoassays and advanced image processing to detect subtle differences in your hormonal levels. As a Class I medical device, it has undergone rigorous performance testing to assure that results are accurate.

The inne minilab’s salivary progesterone test can give you information on your own personal fluctuations of the hormone progesterone during your menstrual cycles.

This can help you understand salivary progesterone “baselines”, “patterns” as well as track symptoms alongside hormone levels for insights.

The inne minilab is designed for women to measure their naturally occurring levels of progesterone. Any additional hormones you take will interfere with the insights provided by the minilab.

The inne minilab is most useful if you have started to notice changes such as in flow or length in your menstrual cycle. This is known as the late reproductive stage just before the menopause transition.

As you progress through the menopause transition, your cycles become less and less predictable. Eventually, you go a full year without having a period which means you’re officially in menopause.

To find out where you are in your menopause journey, you can take the Phenology Assessment here.

NOTE: The minilab is not currently recommended for women who are pregnant, or those with conditions or medical treatments that impact the regularity of a menstrual cycle such as surgical menopause, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), or endometriosis.

These considerations may affect the accuracy of results and the types of insights that can be provided.

We hope to better support women with these experiences in the future.

Simple and convenient saliva tests measure your daily progesterone levels using a system of strips that work similar to the at-home COVID rapid tests.

The inne Minilab uses a combination of highly sensitive immunoassays and a reader with image processing technology to detect small changes in hormonal levels down to 0.0000000001 grams.

The inne minilab is not currently recommended for those on hormonal birth control (such as the pill, patch, hormonal IUD, ring, implant, or shot) due to how hormonal birth control methods impact the menstrual cycle.

Stay tuned for future updates on options for the inne minilab suitable for all women regardless of contraception method.

The inne minilab is not currently recommended for those on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), given that the replacement hormones may mask your natural progesterone levels.

Stay tuned for future updates on options for the inne minilab suitable for all women.

Download the Phenology app in the [iOS App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phenology/id1619380091) and [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hologramsciences.phenology) to view your progesterone test results.

Connect your inne reader through Bluetooth using the Phenology app. Once the reader is paired with the Phenology app on your mobile device, your reader is ready to begin testing.

For more information, [click here](https://www.myphenology.com/manuals) to read the inne minilab manuals.