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Question: What causes light or heavy spotting after ovulation? Is it normal or due to pregnancy?<\/em><\/p>\n Whether you are spotting just after the end of your period\u00a0or anytime within your menstrual cycle, it’s normal that you will be concerned something’s wrong.<\/p>\n Menstrual period in most girls will last for about five days, and then, your body starts preparing for ovulation.<\/p>\n Ovulation is the rupture of the most mature follicle, either on the right\u00a0or left ovary, with the subsequent discharge of an egg into the fallopian tube.<\/p>\n Before ovulation occurs, there is a surge in hormones that control the development of about 20 follicles. The hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, causes your follicles to grow and mature\u00a0till about a week or\u00a0two after the end of your period when only one follicle (called the dominant follicle) ruptures and releases an egg.<\/p>\n Just before ovulation will take place, there is a rise in both estrogen and luteinizing hormones. It is believed hormone changes that occur around the time of ovulation cause spotting. Also, during ovulation, bleeding may result from rupture of an ovarian follicle.<\/p>\n Generally, bleeding from an ovarian follicle is normal, and it’s only a small amount of blood that mixes with your vaginal discharge and often goes unnoticed.<\/p>\n Some women will notice their vaginal discharge now changes to a pink or brown color, and in some women, they may see a black discharge after ovulation.<\/p>\n These change to your discharge is because fresh red blood (at the time of ovulation)<\/em> turns brownish or dark as it moves through your womb, cervix, and towards your vagina.<\/p>\n Here’s an email I received for Benny IT<\/p>\n Hi Dunn<\/p>\n Thanks for the response to my previous email, but I still need help<\/p>\n I noticed signs of ovulation three days ago and surprisingly, I am spotting 2 days after ovulation.<\/p>\n Is mild bleeding normal after ovulation, or is this a sign I am pregnant?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Just like Benny, spotting a day after ovulation can cause women to panic, but you shouldn’t.<\/p>\n Apart from vaginal bleeding, other signs can tell if you are ovulating. They are:<\/p>\n Your vaginal discharge can be watery, thick, creamy, jelly-like or sticky. It all depends on the effect of hormones.<\/p>\n After your period ends, and before ovulation begins, vaginal discharge is creamy and thick.<\/p>\n Around ovulation, there is a surge<\/a> in estrogen hormone that increases your libido, and also, causes your vaginal discharge to be clear and watery.<\/p>\n If you notice spotting around this time, likely you’ve ovulated.<\/p>\n There are many reason women experience\u00a0mid cycle pain; Ovulation is the commonest.<\/p>\n During ovulation stretching and rupture of the ovarian follicle causes pain in the left or right abdomen. Usually, this pain stops in few days.<\/p>\n Other signs of ovulation<\/strong> are feeling\u00a0wet with more urge for sex, pain in both breasts, feeling bloated, and elevated basal body temperature.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While it’s likely spotting \u00a03 days after ovulation is because of ovulation bleeding, if you are spotting 10 days after ovulation, or throughout your menstrual cycle, it could be due to pregnancy or a health problem.<\/p>\n Here are other reasons you are spotting after ovulation<\/p>\n While a majority of women that get pregnant will not experience spotting as a sign, about 33 percent of women will notice implantation bleeding after ovulation has occurred.<\/p>\n After the release of an egg into the fallopian\u00a0tube, the egg usually waits for about three days before it dies. During this time, if you have sexual intercourse, sperm moves quickly to your fallopian tube and fertilizes your egg.<\/p>\n After an egg is fertilized<\/a>, it forms your baby (known medically as the embryo)<\/em>. The embryo starts to divide and finally moves into the uterus where it digs and burrows into the endometrial lining that coats the inner wall of the uterus.<\/p>\n As the embryo attaches itself, slight bleeding will happen, which will later be seen at your vagina as a black, brown, yellow, or bright red vaginal discharge.<\/p>\n In some women, spotting will hardly be noticed, and rarely, may be heavy like a period<\/a>.<\/p>\n The truth is, pregnancy spotting after ovulation occurs few days before your next menstrual period, and you may only see a brown\u00a0discharge after ovulation.<\/p>\n Other signs to show you are pregnant are<\/p>\n It’s important you know when you are spotting after ovulation. If\u00a0your light spotting is right after ovulation, it’s not because of implantation bleeding. Implantation bleeding occurs right before your period and its light, dark, not like period bleeding.<\/p>\n Another easy sign of pregnancy is pain on the sides or center of your breast when touched. You will now be aware of you breast more often than normal because they are now heavier.<\/p>\n These breast changes occur because pregnancy hormones cause your ducts to increase and more sensitive to pain.<\/p>\n It’s also common that you will feel like throwing up in early pregnancy. If you do, after light vaginal bleeding, it’s likely you are pregnant<\/p>\n A missed period can occur for many reasons, and if you are pregnant, your period will not come when due. This is because pregnancy hormones, estrogen, and progesterone, will cause your period to absent throughout pregnancy.<\/p>\n Can I take a pregnancy test?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Women that are expecting a baby need an early hint if they are pregnant. Apart from pregnancy symptoms (breast pain, missed period, vomiting, mood changes)<\/em>, a pregnancy test is crucial to identify if you are pregnant or not.<\/p>\n But you should also be aware of the setbacks associated with an early pregnancy test. If you get a negative pregnancy test right after implantation spotting, it still does not mean you may not be pregnant.<\/p>\n It takes some days after your period for some pregnancy strips to be able to identify pregnancy, so be patient and re-test again.<\/p>\n It’s better to observe for pregnancy symptoms and watch if your period does not show up. If you’ve missed your period, take a pregnancy test.<\/p>\n If you are spotting\u00a0all the time, it could be due to a submucous uterine fibroid or fibroid polyp.<\/p>\n Fibroids\u00a0are growth in the uterus that is common in young women, especially those more than 30 years. As you grow older, your body naturally shrinks a fibroid due to low levels of estrogen.<\/p>\n The truth is, most women that have\u00a0fibroid will not even know, and most often, will not have any symptoms. If you do, you will experience spotting from time to time, with a heavy or light vaginal bleeding.<\/p>\n Other symptoms of uterine fibroid are<\/p>\n<\/span>Here are signs of ovulation that are common<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>1. \u00a0Watery cervical mucus<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>2. \u00a0Pain in your lower abdomen<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Other causes of spotting after ovulation before period<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>1. \u00a0Pregnancy<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Implantation timing<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
<\/span>Breast tenderness<\/span><\/h4>\n
<\/span>Nausea and vomiting<\/span><\/h4>\n
<\/span>Missed period<\/span><\/h4>\n
<\/span>2. \u00a0Uterine fibroid<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/span>3. \u00a0After taking emergency contraceptives<\/span><\/h3>\n