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My period was due to start 2 days ago. today on pad i see one drop of blood on pad. do i count this as day 1 even though it is not a full flow.

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Period: Provided you did a pregnancy test which was negative, the day that you saw the drop of blood on your pad was day one of your new cycle.

Answered 2/27/2018

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