Arcanegirl

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

Arcanegirl

Thought id see what others said lol

miel

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

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

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

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

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

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