Pregnancy Signs & Symptoms, Week by Week Pregnancy Guide

If you ask, “Can spotting be a sign of pregnancy?” it is good to know that it could become a sign, but it isn’t specific so it could be caused by other factors as well.

If it is caused by pregnancy, it is supposed to have a pink, bright red or brown color, but in many cases women don’t even notice it.

Information about spotting

As it has been mentioned before, spotting can be a sign of pregnancy, especially if it occurs within two weeks of ovulation.

This means that the fertilized egg gets attached to the lining of the uterus. The slight bleeding that you notice usually lasts for one or two days.

Implantation bleeding

This kind of bleeding occurs 6-12 days after intercourse. It is possible that the spotting is also accompanied by some mild cramping in the abdominal area.

Although this could be a sign of pregnancy, there are also many other possible causes leading to the same result.

Menstrual spotting

You don’t have to be thinking about spotting during pregnancy if the bleeding appears right before or after your period.

This happens quite often because of the hormonal changes that go on in the body. Besides this kind of spotting, you could also experience some slight bleeding in the middle of your cycle.

This kind of bleeding is caused by ovulation as a result of the increased levels of the hormone estrogen in the body. Because of this hormone the lining of the uterus will shed and it will be possible for it to rebuild during the following cycle.

Birth control

It is possible to see some spotting when women start using a new kind of contraceptive or they stop using the one that they had before.

As you can see spotting while being pregnant is possible, but it is a nonspecific sign.