AIBU to ask what day you would all consider the ‘first day’ if your period?

[Candycrush426]

Hey all.

So need some advice.

What day would you consider the 1st day of your period? I am starting clomid and need to take it on the 2nd day of my period.

At the moment (sorry for TMI) I have aches and brown blood very very light. Is this classed as the first day?

Or tomorrow when I bleed heavier and it’s red?

Thank you in advance xx

I would consider today the first day. Good luck with the clomid, I took it to conceive 11 years ago. It worked by the way.

I would say my period starts on the day I first see any blood, so I would consider today the 1st day of yours.

I usually count the first day of my period as when it’s heavy enough to wear a pad/tampon.
Good luck with the clomid

I consider the first day when I have enough blood to wear a cup.

Today is day one. If it happened late evening I'd carry it over tho.

I use the ovia app to track AF. If I ever have a small amount of spotting, the app doesn't count this as the beginning, but instead only logs it as period on the day I click on the 'period' option rather than the spotting.

Sorry, I realise that doesn't help much, but if its very light, I'd likely say tomorrow is day 1. Is there any info in the pack? I too would think if you need a pad or tampon, then that is period.

I would consider the first day as the first day I see blood, whatever colour.

I was told the first day of a full flow. It's hard when you're spotting isn't it as you'd think the first sign of blood is the first day but it can be off and on before it properly flows

I would wait until tomorrow because days 3-7 is absolutely fine for clomid where as days 1-6 are not.

I never counted the brown spotting as day one, as sometimes I had a couple of days like that, until it started properly.

Sort I meant wait until the day after tomorrow so Saturday.

I'd count the first day of a full flow as my period.

I always have some light spotting up to 3 days before my period, not heavy enough to wear a tampon or towel, I don't count that as my period.

I used to have a lot of premenstrual spirting while ttc, for up to a week before my period.
For clomid day one is the first day of red full flow, not brown spotting.
I did clomid for 6 months plus.

When I was undergoing fertility treatments (IUI/IVF) my clinics advice was that day 1 was red blood, reasonable flow before 5pm. Scant spotting / brown blood definitely not day 1.

On 'Fertility Friend' the fertility tracking website (great if anyone needs to keep track of ovulation ect) the choice is:

Spotting
Light
Medium
Heavy

Only inputting light, medium or heavy triggers the new chart.

Showing my age here but the rule of thumb always used to be (and has never failed me over many decades):

First sign of anything (regardless of colour)
is day 1 but only after 12 noon.

For example, if you see something at 2pm you count day 1 as starting from the following day.

But I always was a 28 day cycle with a 7 day period so that might make a difference!

I only ever count day 1 as full flow

I don't count the spotting as I get that a couple of days before my period. Only since I've had the coil, before that my periods arrived bright and heavy.

fertility clinic said day 1 was when you had red blood showing.

Thank you everyone. I will keep an eye on it till about 9pm if it doesn’t get any heavier I won’t count it as day 1. Seems the general consensus on here for those who have take clomid is red blood flow is day 1 x

I always count it from the first sight of blood, even if old/brown blood first. I would suggest that it’s day 1 (hormonally) today for you. If I’m doubt, ask your consultant. And best wishes TTC

Brown blood is old blood, so I would count day 1 as when there is red blood

I'd class tomorrow as day 1, today is just spotting I think. As others have said, on my app, spotting is classed with discharge, not with periods.

For Clomide day 1 is your first day of proper red flow.