Health

Cycle Tracking in the Health app can provide notifications when your logged cycle patterns are suggestive of perimenopause. You can track related symptoms and find support with educational resources.

You can log stages of perimenopause or menopause, and after logging, you can log related symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, and sleep changes. When you track menopause, your perimenopause history is saved, and cycle deviation detection, predictions, and fertile window estimates are turned off.

Important: Cycle Tracking in the Health app should not be used for birth control or to diagnose a health condition. Cycle deviation notifications are based solely on the user’s logged cycle history. Cycle deviation notifications inclusive of perimenopause are for ages 40 and above. These notifications are not intended to replace traditional methods of diagnosis, monitoring, or treatment of perimenopause or menopause.

Log stages of perimenopause or menopause

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Tap Menopause Stages.
4. Tap the Add button at the top right and then tap Next.
5. Do one of the following:
   • Log perimenopause: Tap I’m in perimenopause.
   • Log menopause: Tap I’ve reached menopause.

   To learn more, tap Learn About Perimenopause and Menopause.

6. Follow the onscreen instructions.

To track menopause after perimenopause, tap Menopause Stages, tap the Add button, then follow the onscreen instructions. Your perimenopause history is saved and all cycle deviation detection, predictions, and fertile window estimates are turned off.

When you’ve logged perimenopause and menopause, you can log related symptoms like sleep changes, hot flashes, night sweats, and more.

Log bleeding after menopause

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Swipe to select a day and tap Bleeding After Menopause.
4. Tap Had Bleeding and tap a bleeding level. Tap Done.

Note: When you log bleeding after menopause, you receive a notification recommending that you contact your doctor.

About your health data and privacy

The information you add about yourself in Health is yours to use and share. You can decide what information is stored in Health as well as who can access your data.

When your iPad is locked with Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, all of your health and fitness data in Health, other than your Medical ID, is encrypted, according to Apple. Any health data synced to iCloud is encrypted both in transit and on Apple servers. And if you have a version of iPadOS, iOS, and watchOS (if you’re using iPhone and Apple Watch for cycle tracking) with default two-factor authentication and a passcode, your health and activity data is stored in a way that Apple can’t read it.

This means that when you use the Cycle Tracking feature and two-factor authentication, your health data synced to iCloud is encrypted end-to-end, and Apple doesn’t have the key to decrypt the data and therefore cannot read it.

See also

• Log menstrual cycle information in Health on iPad

When you log your menstrual cycle, you can check the predicted date for your next period or fertile window, receive notifications about when your next period or fertile window is expected to be approaching, view details about your cycle history, and more.

Your cycle summary shows your last menstrual period, typical period length, and typical cycle length, and you can send or save a PDF of your cycle history. You can also turn off period, fertility, and cycle deviation notifications.

View your cycle timeline

Tap the Browse button, then tap Cycle Tracking.

At the top of the screen, a timeline shows the following icons.

To select different days, swipe the timeline.

Check the dates for your predicted next period and for your reported last period

1. Go to the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Scroll to Highlights to see when your next period is likely to start.

   If you don’t see the estimate, tap Show All next to Highlights.

4. Scroll to Summary to see the date of your last period and your typical cycle length.

If you don’t see a period prediction, make sure you have Period Predictions turned on in Options.

View your cycle history

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. To see a summary of your last three cycles, scroll down to Cycle History.
4. To see summaries of all previous cycles, tap a cycle.

   To send or save a PDF of your cycle history, tap Export PDF, tap the Share button, then choose an option.

5. To see details about a cycle, tap it.

   To change any details for the cycle, tap Edit.

   To send or save a PDF of the cycle details, tap Export PDF, tap the Share button, then choose an option.

If you receive a Cycle Deviation notification

If your logged cycle history shows a possible cycle deviation, you can receive a notification. Common cycle deviations include irregular periods, infrequent periods, prolonged periods, and persistent spotting, which may indicate an underlying condition or could be due to other factors.

When you receive a notification, do the following to review your logged cycle history:

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap Review Cycle History in the Possible Cycle Deviation notification.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to confirm, add, or edit the data in your cycle history.

If a cycle deviation is detected, a screen suggests what to do next.

View your cycle summary

A summary covers your last menstrual period, ongoing factors, typical period length, typical cycle length, and more.

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Scroll down then tap Summary.
4. Scroll to view statistics of your last year of data.

Change cycle tracking notifications, cycle prediction displays, and other options

You can turn off period, fertility, and cycle deviation notifications and hide period and fertility predictions, among other things, and turn any of them on again at any time.

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Scroll down, tap Options, and then turn options on or off.

About your health data and privacy

Apple says the information you add about yourself in Health is yours to use and share. You can decide what information is stored in Health as well as who can access your data.

When your iPad is locked with Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, all of your health and fitness data in Health, other than your Medical ID, is encrypted. Any health data synced to iCloud is encrypted both in transit and on Apple servers. And if you have a version of iPadOS, iOS, and watchOS (if you’re using iPhone and Apple Watch for cycle tracking) with default two-factor authentication and a passcode, your health and activity data is stored in a way that Apple can’t read it.

This means that when you use the Cycle Tracking feature and two-factor authentication, your health data synced to iCloud is encrypted end to end, and Apple doesn’t have the key to decrypt the data and therefore cannot read it.

See also

• Log a pregnancy in Health on iPad
• Track your medications in Health on iPad

When you log a pregnancy in the Health app, you can view your gestational age and log the symptoms frequently experienced during pregnancy.

The Health app can help you better understand your data during pregnancy by making adjustments and recommendations that reflect changes in your physical and mental health. You can log the first day of your last period, an estimated due date, or how many weeks along you are.

Log a pregnancy

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Scroll down and tap Factors. Then tap the Add button.
4. Tap Pregnancy, then tap Begin.
5. Do one of the following:
   • Log the first day of your last period: Tap Last Menstrual Period.
   • Log an estimated due date: Tap Estimated Due Date.
   • Log how far along the pregnancy is in weeks: Tap Estimated Gestational Age.
   • Log when the embryo was transferred during IVF: Tap Embryo Transfer Date.

   Note: To log a previous pregnancy, tap Log a Past Pregnancy.

6. Tap Next, follow the onscreen instructions and tap Next.
7. Tap Next and then do the following:
   • Turn on mental health questionnaire reminders (optional): Tap Turn On Notifications.
   • Add your pregnancy to your Medical ID (optional): Tap Turn On Notifications.
   • Review your medication information: Tap Learn More below a medication to learn about any potential impact on your pregnancy and tap Next.
8. Review the Cycle Timeline and tap Done.

While logging a pregnancy, you get a variety of recommendations of notifications that should be turned on or off during and after pregnancy:

• Walking Steadiness: Recommended to be turned on. Walking Steadiness can alert you more quickly during your third trimester, when the risk of falling can increase.
• High Heart Rate (Apple Watch only): If your high heart rate notification threshold is set below 120 beats per minute (bpm), you’re asked to review and adjust it.
• Cardio Fitness (Apple Watch only): Cardio Fitness notifications are recommended to be turned off during and until 12 weeks after the end of your pregnancy.

Log bleeding and other symptoms

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Swipe to select a day. Do any of the following:
   • Log bleeding: Tap Bleeding During Pregnancy, tap Had Bleeding, select a bleeding level, and then tap Done.

     Note: When you log bleeding during your pregnancy, you receive a notification recommending that you contact your doctor or care team.

   • Log symptoms or other information: Swipe the timeline to select a day, tap a category (below Other Data), supply the information, and then tap Done.

To add categories to the data logging screen, tap Options next to Log, then choose from the categories below Log.

View the pregnancy cycle timeline

Tap the Browse button, then tap Cycle Tracking.

At the top of the screen, a timeline shows the following icons.

To select different days, swipe the timeline.

Edit your pregnancy details

1. Open the Health app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Browse button and tap Cycle Tracking.
3. Tap the Pregnancy area, then do any of the following:
   • Change the estimation method: Tap Change and tap an estimation method.
   • Edit your estimation method: Tap a field to make a change.
   • Delete your pregnancy information: Tap Delete Factor from Health.
4. When you’re finished, tap the Done button.

About your health data and privacy

The information you add about yourself in Health is yours to use and share, according to Apple. You can decide what information is stored in Health as well as who can access your data.

If you choose to add a pregnancy to Medical ID, your pregnancy status will be accessible on the Lock Screen if Show When Locked is enabled on iPhone. Your pregnancy status will also be shared with first responders during an emergency call if Share During Emergency Call is enabled. You can change your Medical ID settings at any time by going to your Health app Profile on your iPhone. You can remove or update your pregnancy status in Medical ID if your status changes.

When your iPad is locked with Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, all of your health and fitness data in Health, other than your Medical ID, is encrypted. Any health data synced to iCloud is encrypted both in transit and on Apple servers. And if you have a version of iPadOS, iOS, and watchOS (if you’re using iPhone and Apple Watch for cycle tracking) with default two-factor authentication and a passcode, your health and activity data is stored in a way that Apple can’t read it.

This means that when you use the Cycle Tracking feature and two-factor authentication, your health data synced to iCloud is encrypted end to end, and Apple doesn’t have the key to decrypt the data and therefore cannot read it.

See also

• Fill out your Health Details in Health on iPad
• Take a mental health assessment in Health on iPad