Is This Considered Irregular?
QUESTION
Dear Midwife,
They say a cycle is 28 days. Do you calculate the first day you get your period to first day of the next month's period to get this number? If I sometimes get my period one or two days earlier, is that considered irregular? Thanks.
ANSWER
Yes, you calculate from the first day of one period to the first day of the next to determine cycle length. A couple of days either way is not considered irregular.
-- Cynthia, CNM
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Cynthia Flynn
Cynthia Flynn, CNM. PhD, teaches in the College of Nursing at Seattle University and is President of the American Association of Birth Centers. She also practices midwifery at Valley Medical Center where she cares for pregnant and birthing women, and practices well-woman gynecology, family planning, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Cynthia founded Columbia Women's Clinic and Birth Center, where she took care of pregnant women and infants up to two weeks of age and attended both birth center and hospital births. Before Cynthia earned her CNM, she worked as a registered nurse in labor and delivery and postpartum and is a certified Doula and Doula trainer.
Cynthia hosts a monthly "Ask the midwife" chat as well as answers questions via our expert section.
Listen to Cynthia live on Pregnancy.org Live: Before, During and After.
