How can you tell between spotting and ur real period?
Normal spotting may occur following your period. A day or two of spotting after 3 to 5 days of menstruation is normal. Spotting in the middle of your cycle, or ten to fourteen days prior to the start of the next cycle, is normal too. This spotting may occur during ovulation. Mid-cycle spotting may occur for several reasons. When the egg bursts through the follicle, some bleeding may occur. Alternatively, during ovulation, levels of estrogen rise, sometimes prompting the uterus to shed a bit of lining, which shows up as spotting. Spotting that occurs about a week before the cycle is due, and lasts for less than one day, could be implantation spotting, which happens when a fertilized egg burrows into the uterine lining. Another cause of implantation spotting may be the slight rise in estrogen and drop in progesterone before the corpus luteum takes over the production of progesterone. This happens when the implanted fertilized egg signals the body that pregnancy has occurred and that the
