When do you decide its CD1?

**Arcanegirl** · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:47 PM

A little debate has come up in one of the diaries about when to consider its day one of your cycle.

For me it would be if i start in the morning then that day is CD1 but if i start in the evening then the next day is CD1.

How do you determine your first day?

miel · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:49 PM

**Arcanegirl** · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:50 PM

Thought id see what others said lol

miel · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:51 PM

i agree with that about morning/evening... but it more about what do you see in you panties? if it's brown/blood discharge is it CD1? or do you wait the full flow to be CD1?

miel · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:53 PM

for me usually start brownish/blood discharge and the next couple hours i have the blood coming anyway ...but ARCANEGIRL you get right away the blood right? no discharge at all?

**Arcanegirl** · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:55 PM

Sometimes i have had old blood, sometimes its straight to the red stuff.

If its brown then id wait untill its full on red before counting it as cd1

miel · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:58 PM

so confusing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but really it will be a matter of hour or max a day so we could consider "O" on a 2 days length may be ?

Samo · Feb 19th, 2008, 19:59 PM

I was always wondering this, as i usually start in the evening...sometimes it is light in the evening, and sometimes its full on w/ massive cramps and i pop a pill and try to sleep. But there are those days where i wake up in the morning in full flow.

I have been counting CD1 as the day i see blood, regardless of it being morning or night, but i've always kept in the back of my head that CD1 *could be* the following day so i usually give or take a day when counting for my next cycle to start lol not very efficient maybe

. Always have a set day it may start then give AF 2 extra days 'just in case'. And it hasn't been off schedule yet! last month i calculated jan 28 to start AF and it came on Jan 30 (within my 2 day wait limit)

Lazy Leo · Feb 19th, 2008, 20:01 PM

I cramp for a couple of hours before I get anything and then its red right away. No brown/prink or anything else. I just assumed everyone else was the same, I don't suppose its something you really discuss down the pub is it?

**Arcanegirl** · Feb 19th, 2008, 20:02 PM

Feb 19th, 2008, 19:47 PM	#1
Arcanegirl Pregnant (Expecting) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,663	When do you decide its CD1? A little debate has come up in one of the diaries about when to consider its day one of your cycle. For me it would be if i start in the morning then that day is CD1 but if i start in the evening then the next day is CD1. How do you determine your first day?

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Feb 19th, 2008, 19:50 PM	#3
Arcanegirl Pregnant (Expecting) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,663	Thought id see what others said lol

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Feb 19th, 2008, 19:51 PM	#4
miel Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 11,040	i agree with that about morning/evening... but it more about what do you see in you panties? if it's brown/blood discharge is it CD1? or do you wait the full flow to be CD1?

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Feb 19th, 2008, 19:53 PM	#5
miel Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 11,040	for me usually start brownish/blood discharge and the next couple hours i have the blood coming anyway ...but ARCANEGIRL you get right away the blood right? no discharge at all?

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Feb 19th, 2008, 19:55 PM	#6
Arcanegirl Pregnant (Expecting) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,663	Sometimes i have had old blood, sometimes its straight to the red stuff. If its brown then id wait untill its full on red before counting it as cd1

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Feb 19th, 2008, 19:58 PM	#7
miel Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 11,040	so confusing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but really it will be a matter of hour or max a day so we could consider "O" on a 2 days length may be ?

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Feb 19th, 2008, 19:59 PM	#8
Samo Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AFB Posts: 2,887	I was always wondering this, as i usually start in the evening...sometimes it is light in the evening, and sometimes its full on w/ massive cramps and i pop a pill and try to sleep. But there are those days where i wake up in the morning in full flow. I have been counting CD1 as the day i see blood, regardless of it being morning or night, but i've always kept in the back of my head that CD1 could be the following day so i usually give or take a day when counting for my next cycle to start lol not very efficient maybe . Always have a set day it may start then give AF 2 extra days 'just in case'. And it hasn't been off schedule yet! last month i calculated jan 28 to start AF and it came on Jan 30 (within my 2 day wait limit)

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Feb 19th, 2008, 20:01 PM	#9
Lazy Leo Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,275	I cramp for a couple of hours before I get anything and then its red right away. No brown/prink or anything else. I just assumed everyone else was the same, I don't suppose its something you really discuss down the pub is it?

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