Periods
Heavy days, written down on the day
By the next appointment, a heavy period from two months ago is hard to describe. A note on the day says how heavy it was and what it stopped you from doing.
Adenomyosis tracker app for heavy, painful periods
Log your bleeding days, how bad the pain is and where it hurts, with bloating, fatigue and stress. After a few cycles, your diary shows your doctor what each month is really like.
Why keep an adenomyosis diary
In adenomyosis, the lining of the womb grows into the muscle in the wall of the womb. It can cause heavy, painful periods, and pain, bloating or pain during sex at other points in the cycle. Adenomyosis often occurs with endometriosis, so many people live with both. Endolog is also an endometriosis tracker, and one diary covers the two.
The symptoms overlap with other conditions, so a diagnosis can take a long time. A doctor usually asks about your periods and pain first, and can then send you for a transvaginal ultrasound or an MRI scan. A record of your periods, pain days and symptoms over several cycles gives your GP or gynaecologist facts to work from, and helps you explain why you are asking about a scan.
- Mark each bleeding day and add a note about how heavy it was
- Give your pain a score and tap where it hurts on the pelvic body map
- Take several cycles of entries to your appointment as one PDF
What a record over several cycles shows
Heavy and painful periods are easy to play down from memory. Notes made on the day are not.
Pain
Pain on period days and on the other days
Adenomyosis pain is not only on period days for everyone. Logging every day shows which cycle day the pain starts and how long it stays.
Over several cycles
A pattern, not one bad month
One painful period can look like bad luck. Three or four cycles side by side show your doctor what keeps coming back.
What you can log in Endolog
Your period, your pain and the rest of your symptoms in one diary.
Bleeding and period notes
Mark the days you bleed and write a note when a day is heavy, when you pass clots, or when you had to change plans because of it.
Pain on a number scale
Score the pain each day, so a bad day and a very bad day look different in your record.
Where it hurts
Tap the pelvic body map to show where the pain is, such as low in your tummy or on one side.
Other symptoms
Add symptoms such as bloating, pain during sex or fatigue on the day they happen.
Stress
Log stressful days in the same diary, next to your pain and your period.
Food and how you felt after
If bloating is part of your week, the food diary keeps your meals next to how you felt after them.
A period app or an adenomyosis tracker?
A period app is built to predict your next period. With adenomyosis, you also need a record of the pain and the heavy days.
| Comparison point | Generic period tracker | Endolog |
|---|---|---|
| Bleeding | Period start and end dates | Each bleeding day, with your own notes on how heavy it was |
| Pain | A cramps tick box | A pain score and where it hurts on a pelvic body map |
| Days between periods | Mostly empty | Pain and symptoms logged on any day of the cycle |
| Other symptoms | A short fixed list | Bloating, pain during sex, fatigue and more, by day |
| At the appointment | Dates on a phone screen | A PDF report of your entries for your doctor |
Read more about adenomyosis
Guides to the symptoms, heavy bleeding and what is worth writing down.
Adenomyosis symptoms
Heavy periods, bad cramps and pelvic pain, what each can feel like, and what to log.
Read the guide
Losing too much blood during your period
Signs that a period is heavier than it should be, and when to see a doctor.
Read the guide
Endometriosis tracker app
The same diary, set out for endometriosis symptoms and flares.
See the page
Before you download
Your periods and pain are health data. Read how Endolog handles them in the privacy policy, or see what your doctor gets on the example report page. Prefer paper first? Print the free period and symptom tracker.
Adenomyosis diary questions
Answers about using Endolog as an adenomyosis tracker.
Can I track heavy periods with Endolog?
Yes. You mark each bleeding day and add notes, for example that a day was very heavy or that you had clots. Endolog does not measure blood loss, so your notes are what show how heavy a period was.
Can Endolog tell me if I have adenomyosis?
No. Endolog does not diagnose. It keeps a record of what you log, so you and your doctor can look at your periods, pain and symptoms together.
I have adenomyosis and endometriosis. Can I track both?
Yes. You keep one diary for both. Your pain, bleeding and symptoms are on the same calendar, whichever condition they come from.
Can I log pain that happens between my periods?
Yes. You can log pain and symptoms on any day, not only during your period. Your record then shows when in your cycle the pain happens.
What does the PDF report show my doctor?
It is a summary of your own entries: your bleeding days, pain scores, where it hurts, and the symptoms and notes you added. You can print it or send it before your appointment.
Is Endolog free?
Endolog is a free download from the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad, with an optional in-app subscription.
Stop the medical gaslighting
Track pelvic pain, bleeding, digestive symptoms, fatigue, and flare patterns in one place. Endolog turns those daily logs into clean PDF reports you can bring to your next appointment.