The Period Self-Audit
Five questions that tell you whether your period is normal — or whether it’s time to be seen.
“Is this normal?” is the most-asked and worst-answered question about periods. This is a fifteen-minute audit across the five things clinicians actually measure, with the specific thresholds that separate “fine” from “book an appointment.”
The five things clinicians measure are frequency, regularity, duration, volume, and pain — and each has a specific threshold. The quickest red flags worth acting on immediately: heavy enough to leave you dizzy or breathless, no period for 90+ days when your cycles were regular, bleeding between periods, or new severe pelvic pain with fever. Everything else, the full audit below steps through in order.
The five dimensions, the bleeding-disorder screen, and your result
Fifteen minutes and a pen. Work through the checklists in order, then score yourself at the end. Enter your email to read the full audit. We send occasional articles on period and cycle health. Unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
Board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, licensed in Colorado.