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Query on when you count day 1 as start of period

  • 09-12-2018 6:49am
    #1
    GalwayDonegal
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭


    I started to take my time of month on Saturday night at 11pm. Is it correct though to say that's classed as Sunday as day 1 (as so late on Saturday night)

    Please help thanks


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  • #2
    Loveinapril
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Loveinapril


    The first day you start bleeding is the first day of your period.


  • #3
    GalwayDonegal
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭GalwayDonegal


    Regardless of the time of day??

    Loveinapril wrote: »
    The first day you start bleeding is the first day of your period.


  • #4
    Nerd Queen
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭Nerd Queen


    I would take it as regardless of time of day. IMO Saturday would be your day 1


  • #5
    honerbright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭honerbright


    As per my fertility clinic: Day one is the first day you are actually filling a pad/tampon. Spotting does it count as day one. If you start in the afternoon/evening don't count day one until the following day. In your case, I would say day one was the Sunday, seeing as you started so late in the day - my clinic said anything after 4 should be counted as the next day.


  • #6
    Nerd Queen
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭Nerd Queen


    Wow that’s interesting - I agree I wouldn’t count spotting as day 1 but I definitely would if I got full flow after 4pm have counted it as day 1! Very interesting


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  • #7
    honerbright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭honerbright


    Nerd Queen wrote: »
    Wow that’s interesting - I agree I wouldn’t count spotting as day 1 but I definitely would if I got full flow after 4pm have counted it as day 1! Very interesting

    I would have been the same! I used to count anything before I went to sleep as on that day, but then I had to start injections on a set cycle day and the nurse was really insistent about the timing so it stuck with me.


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