How can you tell the difference between a period and a spotting

How can you tell the difference between spotting and a regular pe…?

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Vaginal spotting will resemble drops of blood in your underwear or even drops/spots of blood on the tissue paper when you MORE?

What is the difference between spotting and a period??

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Spotting is just small drops of blood or very little blood to the point where if you werent wearing a pad it wouldn’t soak through your underwear. It also means that you might lightly bleed for a day or even a few hours then stop. Spotting …

What’s the difference between period spotting and implantation bl…?

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Implantation bleeding normally occurs a week to a few days before your period would normally start. Spotting that occurs around a week after ovulation is likely implantation bleeding; whereas, spotting that occurs very close to the time tha…

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How can you tell the difference between spotting and your period?

Q: I haven’t missed my period, I mean it came kind of regularly [couple days early, it varies sometimes] and I used to get it regularly but there was something wrong with my period this time, it didn’t last as long as it was supposed to :/ and me and my boyfriend used protection, so am I stressing over nothing or should I take a test?Period usually last seven days, this time it ended on the third or fourth day.

A: take a test. or else you’ll end up on the “i didnt know i was pregnat” tv show or something, most of the girls on there thought they werent pregnant because they were getting their “period” (spotting)condoms break, my friend

How can you tell the difference between spotting and a light period?

Q: I have PCOS and my periods are few and far between. When I do have them, they are light-medium. I recently had a period (the first in 5 months) and it was light. Now, I’m having what seems like pregnancy symptoms, which is leaving me pretty confused. Now, I don’t know if what I had was in fact my period, or maybe I was spotting? Also, how long does spotting typically last for? I want to check other people’s opinions and such before I wasted $13 on a pregnancy test… Thanks for your help!

A: I had light brownish spotting around the time my period was suppose to start. I went and took a pregnancy test the day after my missed period and that is when I found out that I was pregnant!A light period is usually red and pink in color, enough to use a pad. Usually spotting is brownish in color and only when you wipe. Hope this helps.

how can you tell the difference between spotting and a light period?

Q: i just quit taking birth control (in pill form) in order to try to get pregnant. i took my last pill at the end of january, had a period and now, 3 weeks after i finished the pill (and only two after my period as it’s always come late while i was on the pill) i am bleeding.it’s not very much blood though. am i spotting or am i getting another period already? i know that coming off the pill can cause an unusual cycle or two but how do i know if this is spotting or a just a light period?thanks.

A: spotting is dribbles in the undies and like a stain. just a patch, but sometimes it can be a quarter of what a period is, and that is a bit more blood than expected. period is defiantly heavy or decent enough to be irritating. spotting isn’t so messy. congrats for starting a family. good luck.