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296027 tn?1287759043

counting days in cycle... Need help!! Please

Okay girls... How do I count the first day of my cycle... AF came Friday night at 11:30 so would that be day 1 or will Saturday be day 1????  Please help... Thanks...
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296027 tn?1287759043
Okay thanks.. It still has helped majorly.  
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Hi.  I found a website called tryingtoconceive.com, which has frequently asked questions & one is your exact question.  This is the question/response:  "When is Day 1 of my cycle?
Day 1 of your cycle is the first day of red menstrual flow, not any spotting that may precede AF."  

Now I'm not sure which info is accurate, but just wanted to pass this along !  :)
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296027 tn?1287759043
Thanks to both of you.. Wow I didn't know that and now I do... Thanks for your help.  Both of you!!!
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Hi.  I agree with tarajanes.  I had that question this month, as well 'cause I started AF with brown discharge Fri-Sun.  On the fourth day I started actually bleeding.  I learned that I would start counting that Friday as Day 1.  
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283175 tn?1295537265
I was also curious of this found this,hope it help..............

.The first day you bleed, even the tiniest bit, is day 1 of your cycle, and you count each day until day1 of your next period. That is the length of that month's cycle. If you start keeping track on a calendar, you will find that you can see a pattern. If your last cycle was 25 days long, you can look at the date you started this month, say it was the 15th, and you can predict that next month you will start around the 10th of the month
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