Me and my husband are thinking about starting a family and the doctor told me to keep a track of my periods and write down if my period is heavy, normal, light or spotting. And I am not sure the difference between light and spotting. I know that may sound crazy, but I am new at all of this. I have been off the pill a little over the month and the first period was like a week and a half late and very light. So I am trying to get a feel for all of this. And advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!!
2006-11-09 06:22:18 · 4 answers · asked by jenn7076 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
Spotting= is infrequent intervals of bleeding and no more than a "spot"
Light = a "steady" flow with little blood
Both you usually only need a pantyliner (if this will help you for a reference)
2006-11-09 06:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by be happier own a pitbull 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A interval is the bleed you get while hormones fall on the finish of your luteul segment while the uterine lining sloughs off. (Or, in females who get durations however dont' ovulate, it may be any bleeding lasting a couple of days and heavy ample to desire a pad or tampon.) Spotting is a usual time period -- gentle bleeding (perhaps ample to desire a panty liner, perhaps simply purple on the bathroom paper) that may occur at any time on your cycle, and even at the same time pregnant. If the bleeding is that ordinary time to your interval and adequate to require 'female safeguard' it is generally a interval, even supposing it is lighter than ordinary for ou.
2016-09-01 09:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light is less than your normal period. Spotting is when you would just need a panty liner or something for the whole day and not a pad or tampon.
2006-11-09 06:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by kyfaith01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically spotting is when you very light pink randomly nto consistently and a light period is light pink consistently normally.
2006-11-09 06:26:30 · answer #4 · answered by Lindsay H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋