Questions to ask to help quantify blood loss during menses

How often do you change your sanitary pad/tampon during peak flow days?

How many pads/tampons do you use over a single menstrual period?

Do you need to change the pad/tampon during the night?

How large are any clots that are passed?

Has a medical provider told you that you are anemic?

Women with a normal volume of menstrual blood loss tend to:

Change pads/tampons at ≥3 hour intervals

Use fewer than 21 pads/tampons per cycle

Seldom need to change the pad/tampon during the night

Have clots less than 1 inch in diameter

Not be anemic

Adapted from: Warner PE, Critchley HD, Lumsden MA, et al. Menorrhagia I: Measured blood loss, clinical features, and outcome in women with heavy periods: A survey with follow-up data. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004; 190:1216.

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Questions to ask to help quantify blood loss during menses