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iPad User Guide

Log a pregnancy 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 to better understand your data during pregnancy by making adjustments and recommendations to reflect changes in your physical and mental health.

👁 The Cycle Tracking screen with a pregnancy timeline for a week at the top of the screen. Light green ovals and purple dots mark the first 7 days on the timeline. Dashed light green ovals mark the other days on the timeline. Below the timeline is the pregnancy summary showing the gestational age, start date, and estimated due date. Below the pregnancy summary are options to add information about bleeding during pregnancy, symptoms, and more.

Log a pregnancy

  1. Go to the Health app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap 👁 the Sidebar button
    ,     then tap Cycle Tracking.

  3. Scroll down, 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, then tap Next.

  7. Tap Next, 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, then tap Next.

  8. Review the Cycle Timeline, then 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.

To review your health notification settings, see Review your Health Checklist in the iPhone User Guide.

Log bleeding and other symptoms

  1. Go to the Health app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap 👁 the Search button
    ,     then tap Cycle Tracking.

  3. Swipe to select a day, then do any of the following:

    • Log bleeding: Tap Bleeding During Pregnancy, tap Had Bleeding, select a bleeding level, 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, 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 Search button
, then tap Cycle Tracking.

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

Icon

Description

👁 A light green oval

A day you logged a pregnancy.

👁 A dashed light green oval

A future day where you may still be pregnant.

👁 A dark green oval

The day of your estimated due date.

To select different days, swipe the timeline.

Edit your pregnancy details

  1. Go to the Health app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap 👁 the Search button
    ,     then tap Cycle Tracking.

  3. Tap the Pregnancy area, then do any of the following:

    • Change the estimation method: Tap Change, then 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. 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.

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