What are ways to figure out when your period starts...it seems like its been awhile,but i cant remember the dates...any ideas?
2007-01-08 14:42:24 · 7 answers · asked by dev 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
I made my own 'calendar' that I keep in the bathroom to track my periods. I took a sheet of paper and made 28 columns and a bazillion rows. I filled them in with the dates of the months and keep a red (of course red!) pen to mark each of my periods. This way, I know when to sort of expect the next, when I ovulate, etc. Because it's 28 days across, I just have to look at the next row down in the same column to predict the date of the next one.
As for right now, try to remember what you were doing when you realized you had started your period. Good luck, I was never good at guessing.
2007-01-08 14:52:23 · answer #1 · answered by Margie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your cycle starts with the first day of bleeding. Mark this date on your calendar for the next few months so you can determine your normal cycle length. You can then use this as a rough estimate of when to anticipate periods. ***It is a good idea to keep track of your cycle details & sexual activity just incase you have to see a gyn, even if you do not use fertility awareness as a contraceptive tool.***
A 28 day cycle is an *average* and based upon that average people assume ovulation occurs on CD14... this is not true for all women. It is in no way a hard and fast rule that you will have regular cycles of the same length or that you will be fertile on the same cycle day of any given month. DO NOT use day counting as a contraceptive - you WILL end up pregnant.
If you are interested in a much more accurate way of determining exactly when you can anticipate your next period, I recommend reading "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler. You can then chart your own personal fertile symptoms and know what is going on with your body.
There are symptoms of when ovulation occurs but you need to learn how to interpret these symptoms and you have to chart them daily for them to be useful. The part of the cycle that fluctuates is the time before ovulation - the time you potentially can become pregnant. Once you have observed your ovulatory symptoms and confirmed that ovulation has occurred w/ a thermal shift, there is a consistent (for each woman) number of days that will pass before bleeding starts a new cycle.
2007-01-08 15:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by thisbattymom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
although regualr periods aren't all that common among young females (not sure how old you are) you can start counting on the first day you start bleeding and you 'll probably start bleeding the next month 28-32 days later...unles you're on the pill then it's more predictable...i keep a date book and used to put a "p" beside the day i'm expecting it so i can watch to make sure it's somewhat normal...
2007-01-08 14:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Gugie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to count from the first day of your period to the first day of the next period, do this for several months and you will know when approximatly you should expect it. If it feel like you hav't gotten your period in a while take a pregnancy test to be sure.
2007-01-08 14:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by vampire_kitti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Count the days after your next period!
2007-01-08 15:30:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can start counting on the first day you start bleeding and you 'll probably start bleeding the next month 28-32 days later unless you're on the pill then it's more predictable
2007-01-08 15:12:15 · answer #6 · answered by bodybronx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have a ditinct time.See when your mother started her period.You are same as her.
2007-01-09 02:52:41 · answer #7 · answered by Lovely Girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋