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Many people think that your period is only the week that you see bleeding from your vagina, but that's not the case. Your period cycle last all month. 1)This cycle starts on the day that you notice any bleeding at all. Spotting, brownish-red discharge, or a constant blood flow. This stage of you period cycle allows unfertilized eggs to past from your system. 2)Once the unused egg is no longer present, your body begins a new process of preparing to create a new egg. This process lasts 14-16 days from the first day that you see any blood or spotting. 3)On the 14th-16th day, the egg drops from the ovary to be fertilized, this is called ovulation. This is the only stage of you cycle that you can become pregnant. 4)If the egg does not become fertilized by male sperm, then it takes two more weeks to exspell itself from you body, which will then cause you to experience bleeding again, starting you cycle all over.
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Do you count spotting as the first day of the period?
No, spotting and breakthrough bleeding does not count as the first day of your period. Spotting and breakthrough bleeding is an annoyance that occurs as an unwanted side effect of birth control. However, frequent spotting or breakthrough bleeding can also be a sign that you need a higher dosage of birth control.
Do you count the brown blood as the beginning of a period?
No, when counting your menstrual cycle day one is the first day of true bleeding. Brown discharge is spotting, small amouts of blood mixing with discharge as you start to bleed, but you don't count this as day one.
Do you start your 28 day count from the first day of a period?
You start counting on the first day of your period.
Do you count the first day of your last period to see how many days you are late?
Yes. From the first day of the last period you had - count forward 28 days (or when you expected to start). Day 29 would be 1 day late.
When you calculate how far along you are in pregnancy do you count week one as the start of your period?
To calculate an estimated due date you should count from the very first day (the day you started bleeding) of your last menstrual period.
