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Can we get pregnant even if we have our period? (thats IF we think its our period)
Just want to know the difference or how would i know if its spotting not a period?? does it always come in the same time as the expected date of period? what would spotting look like?
Because i know women mistakenly think that once they bleed, its menstrual period already. thank you!
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Hi,
I think Rosa meant that you could experience bleeding, but not a period. Most women would not care to know the difference between a "period" and "bleeding" (they just know they're bleeding, and want to know why!).
Since you do care about how your body is working on a more in-depth level, then women can not experience a menstrual period and be pregnant at the same time. I assume there is always the medical exception, but this could be an ectopic pregnancy or another medical condition. For the vast majority of healthy women who receive ongoing health care, a menstrual period sheds the lining of the uterus, making a pregnancy not possible. There are many stages that occur in a woman's cycle, and even once a woman's egg matures, the egg is released (ovulation), the egg is fertilized in the fallopian tube by sperm, then travels down the fallopian tubes into the uterus...she is still not pregnant! The fertilized egg must burrow into the uterine lining and implant itself, causing "pregnancy hormones" to be released. It is at this moment she is pregnant. If the fertilized egg is not able to burrow into the uterine lining, or if it does but a miscarriage happens from uterine bleeding, she would no longer be pregnant.
I hope this clears up some more of the confusion! I wish we learned this stuff in school, or that doctors had more time to talk about women's bodies during our physical exams...wouldn't that be nice! :-)
Let us know if you have any other questions!
September 29, 2009 - 3:17pmThis Comment
Hi dt1230,
Thank you for your post. Spotting usually, but not always, occurs about a week before your period is due. You can definitely tell when it is spotting and not your period because there is no consistent bleeding, color is usually a straw-pink or brown, and when you wipe it looks like dots on your paper (as well as on your pad or underwear).
Some women actually get their periods during the first few months of pregnant, not just spotting-- hence not knowing they were pregnant. If you suspect pregnancy for any reason, a simple home pregnancy test can ease your mind.
September 29, 2009 - 5:20amThis Comment
really? women could be pregnant still even if they have their menstrual period??? woaaaah. so having your menstrual period is not a relief then that youre not?
September 29, 2009 - 2:56pmThis Comment