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Forgot to put on Patch during Week 1

Patricia • Sat, Oct 21

I normally start my Patch cycle on Wednesdays and I try to leave off putting the patch on until the evening. However, this time around I fell asleep early and woke up at 1am the following day. Immediately, I put on a Patch to start my cycle after my patch free week.

My question is... does that mean my new patch day is Thursday? Is being an hour late to put on the patch that detrimental?

I know if I were to do this during the middle of the cycle it would be ok, but I’m unsure about this since it’s the beginning.

Next time I’m setting alarms but for now I need some advice/opinions on whether my patch day is now changed =/

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