This guide gives general information, not medical advice. If you are worried, speak to a doctor or nurse.
Reasons many clinicians suggest an appointment
- Periods stop for three months or more and you are not pregnant.
- Cycles are regularly shorter than about 21 days or longer than about 35 days.
- Bleeding is very heavy, for example soaking through a pad or tampon every hour for several hours, or passing large clots.
- Severe pain that stops you doing normal activities.
- Bleeding between periods or after sex.
- Periods that suddenly change after years of regularity.
- Bleeding after menopause.
Urgent help
Seek urgent care for very heavy bleeding with dizziness or fainting, severe abdominal pain, or any bleeding in pregnancy.
Make the appointment count
- Bring three or more months of logged dates from your tracker.
- Note flow level, pain, mood and other symptoms.
- Write down medications, supplements and recent changes such as stress, weight change or travel.
- Ask what tests are suggested and what to track next.
Learn what a tracker can and cannot do in how period trackers work, and protect your data with the privacy checklist.