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Is little blood in discharge counted as the first day of period or not?

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masha17
masha17

Hello,

I need to do a blood test on the 21st day of my cycle.

However, I'm not sure which day I should count as the first day:

  • Yesterday when I had proper, normal bleeding

    or

  • the day before when there was just a little blood in my discharge, but no bleeding

Thank you!

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  • erika90744
    erika90744 masha17

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    i count the day where theres any discharge only because my period starts like that ill barely get blood the first day

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