![]() ![]() I felt calm again, but yet every time it happened I was still kind of perplexed by it. The doctor quickly explained to me that what I was experiencing was ovulation bleeding, and happens to a lot of people with regular cycles. I’d never heard of it before and kind of freaked out while calling my OB/GYN, because I thought my irregular cycle history from my mid-twenties to thirty was back. “After my pregnancy and breastfeeding in the second cycle, it suddenly occurred-blood lines in the discharge. ![]() Ovulation bleeding has definitely made me more aware of my fertile window, as it usually only happens on the day Clue predicts I will ovulate." - Amy It’s happened to me the past three months now, so it’s become somewhat of a regular occurrence. Even though I do experience slight ovulation pain, before I knew that some spotting was normal I was worried there could be something wrong. I knew I was ovulating that day, so Clue helped me put two and two together. When I clicked into the Clue app to log this, I checked out the information page on bleeding and it says that spotting around ovulation is a normal phenomenon. I track my periods and my symptoms rigorously so I wasn’t sure why it was happening. ![]() It was so light I don’t know if I would even call it a bleed, more like spotting. “A few months ago I experienced a small bleed during ovulation. I also tend to have more ovulation bleeding when I’m taking supplements that change my hormone levels.” - Karly During months when I don’t have it, my cycle is longer, my periods are heavier, and my breasts are more tender. For me, the months that I have ovulation bleeding I notice that my periods are lighter but my PMS cramps are stronger. It’s mostly a rare occurrence for me, since I don’t ovulate every cycle. When it would happen, I would always be confused as to whether it was ovulation bleeding or implantation bleeding. “I learned about ovulation bleeding when I was trying to conceive. In my experience, ovulation bleeding appears as a very light red, almost pink-ish hue, within my fertile cervical fluid. Since we’re curious, we asked the Clue community if anyone had experienced ovulation bleeding. Spotters also had higher estrogen and progesterone in the luteal phase of the cycle (5). However,one study found that people who experience midcycle bleeding have higher levels of the hormones estrogen and LH-around ovulation (54). It’s often said that midcycle bleeding not associated with a reproductive condition, like fibroids, is caused by low estrogen levels during the middle of the cycle (7,8). Spotting can be caused by other factors too, like contraceptive use (birth control pill, IUDs, other hormonal contraceptives), pregnancy, fibroids, polyps, infections, physical uterine changes, bleeding disorders, and cancerous changes. ![]() Ovulation bleeding probably occurs in 5% or less of people (5). Spotting occurs in about 5% to 13% of menstruating people (5,6). Spotting is any bleeding that happens outside of your regular period. For some people, ovulation comes with a bit of blood or spotting. You can also use ovulation prediction tests/kits (OPKs). Tracking your basal body temperature (BBT) can also allow you to detect ovulation (1) - as progesterone rises to prepare the uterus for implantation of a fertilized, it causes a slight increase in your BBT (4). Some people feel ovulation pain or “mittelschmerz”-a sharp or cramp-like pain felt on either side of the lower abdomen, that can last a few hours or days (3). ![]()
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