SPOTTING between your periods? What It Is + Why It Happens!

Hey everyone! In today's video I am talking about spotting! What it is, what it looks like, and 9 (!!) common causes. If you have any questions, please let me know. As always, this video is intended for educational purposes only. If you are having any concerning cycle related symptoms or experiencing spotting (especially with pain), please talk to your health care provider!
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  • @Parmesito
    @Parmesito3 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so informative and your manner is so gentle and lovely! Keep on keeping on! 💚💚💚

  • @solesantosbenavides1651
    @solesantosbenavides16513 жыл бұрын

    So INTERESTING information! Thanks! Appreciate this work you do ❤️

  • @deannam.5098
    @deannam.50983 жыл бұрын

    Perfect timing for this video to be suggested!

  • @annagarcia94
    @annagarcia943 жыл бұрын

    I love your channel Crystal! I recently stumbled upon your bf channel and just loved you in his videos (though Derek is cool too! Lol) so SO happy to see you have a channel and are sharing awesome info!!!🙌🏽

  • @maamekwakyewaaadeafe7511
    @maamekwakyewaaadeafe751110 ай бұрын

    Best video, very educative and helpful. I love your name Ms. Crstyal

  • @rohini.bajekal
    @rohini.bajekal3 жыл бұрын

    this is such an informative and helpful video, delivered in such a friendly and engaging way. Thank you Crystal!

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Rohini!!!

  • @annaschmidt8577
    @annaschmidt85773 жыл бұрын

    Crystal, you rock!🤩😘🖤

  • @janinepowell3708
    @janinepowell37083 жыл бұрын

    So informative and reassuring, thank you for all you do Crystal! Definitely want to start tracking my cycle.

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Janine!

  • @melrox8809
    @melrox88093 жыл бұрын

    Nice job Crystal. Great information.

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mel!

  • @gabriellahsdancingheart8808
    @gabriellahsdancingheart8808 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your video. It's, at least, comforting to know I'm not the only woman experiencing my "reason" and it's, at most, good to understand what my body is doing and what questions I might ask my care provider. That's empowering as a woman! The only thing I didn't understand was why you said "person with a period." We should be proud to be women. Men can not do what we do. ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉 Thanks again for such an informative video!

  • @wfpb_molly8379
    @wfpb_molly83793 жыл бұрын

    Super informative 🙌 thank you so much👍

  • @amykane5730
    @amykane57302 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Crystal! Super helpful!

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're so welcome!

  • @Ms.maries
    @Ms.maries7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your time 🙏🏾😌

  • @AmyChenYT
    @AmyChenYT3 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate you and your content👏🏽😊😌🥰

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Amy!

  • @zainabal-bty2718
    @zainabal-bty27183 жыл бұрын

    plz plz,talk about ovulation signs.thanks for ur effort.

  • @nakiguddeagnes8698
    @nakiguddeagnes8698 Жыл бұрын

    spotting 2days before my periods,it has just started, now 3months,but am abroad working,,, ,

  • @angiedaponte6014
    @angiedaponte6014 Жыл бұрын

    I was spotting it’s was very light pink around 7 dpo but period is next week ??? Is that implantation bleeding

  • @user-kg2ei7dt9z
    @user-kg2ei7dt9z9 ай бұрын

    I have got spotting periods that to for 5days ... and didn't get my period on that particular month... My 32yrs old ... Y did it happen?

  • @cristinawood9001
    @cristinawood9001 Жыл бұрын

    Just now spotting, thought it was my period but I am a week early. Hopefully it's just hormones spotting it'll be gone in a few days. I'm a virgin, don't take any of those medications and I'm not in any pain. Hoping for just a hormone spotting. I'm 29 years old. Trying to calm myself down EDIT: turns out it was my period lol

  • @Work_From_Home_With_Vee

    @Work_From_Home_With_Vee

    6 ай бұрын

    I'm a week early and I'm spotting too.

  • @cristinawood9001

    @cristinawood9001

    6 ай бұрын

    @venusasoka6112 its just your hormones changing as you get older nothing to worry about :)

  • @Work_From_Home_With_Vee

    @Work_From_Home_With_Vee

    5 ай бұрын

    My period later came out. This time without cramps. Lol. I don't mind spotting a week earlier if the cramps wouldn't come.

  • @sirisasha1057

    @sirisasha1057

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@Work_From_Home_With_Veespotting before periods is okay , but what it means if i got to see spotting after my periods over , I was spotting for more than 3 days now after my periods end 😭i usually get periods for 4 days but this spotting continues for 4 days😥is it normal ?I'm worried. I'm 25 years old

  • @pinoz590

    @pinoz590

    Ай бұрын

    Hey did you check .. whether do you have pcos /pcod?

  • @rickybeltran2935
    @rickybeltran2935 Жыл бұрын

    Hi im 47yrs old..lately this month of May and June i had spotting every other week..exmple i had spotting this week for 3-4 days the ff week ok then we had intercourse with my husband continuously 3days the nxt day i had spotting again..anyOne can help me explain or experience this situation i am facing now? .it make me worried thank u

  • @RebeccaWife1Mom4
    @RebeccaWife1Mom43 жыл бұрын

    Yup, I am the 5% that spots around ovulation. Didn't know it was a thing until I was well into my 30s. Doctors didn't explain it, but told me the pill would resolve it. I regret that decision because my tubes were already tied and the pill should not be a bandaid. I wish the OBs would have given the knowledge not the prescription.

  • @PreciousHani-qf7wj

    @PreciousHani-qf7wj

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm spotting however it started a day after my ovulation and google says its Ovulation Bleeding. First time I knew and experienced it as well, I'm 31. I wished its implantation bleeding however too early, definitely an ovulation bleeding.

  • @worldjourneyzz7855

    @worldjourneyzz7855

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey even I am in my mid 30's and having this issue. First time I had this in nov. Just wanted to know, did you spotting stop after a few days of ovulation or it went on till your periods?

  • @RebeccaWife1Mom4

    @RebeccaWife1Mom4

    6 ай бұрын

    @@worldjourneyzz7855 mine goes away a fews days after (normally there's a few clots in there, that is causing it for me, so if I can remove the clots it speeds up the process).

  • @divyaanand8548

    @divyaanand8548

    4 ай бұрын

    am facing brown spotting after periods.., and it lost for 4days... Is this due to ovulation.., bcoz doctor took all the test and nothing happened after taken pills... Anyone facing how to get rid of this

  • @joydaina4971
    @joydaina4971 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Darling

  • @nursalem9871
    @nursalem9871 Жыл бұрын

    I used Diane pills for a year and on my 13th new pack I took 4 pills when I suddenly remembered that it is my 13th month then I stopped because was thinking that I don’t need to take a pill anymore so I wanted to stop completely and then I started bleeding in day 4 after I stopped taking the pill. It is only one week since I had a period. It took 5 days heavy bleeding. After 5 days of bleeding I got a UTI so I went to the doctor and doctor was giving me antibiotics for 5 days so my UTI has gone away but I had a thick reddish discharge when I went to bathroom. Please tell me what is this. I am worried about it. Please I hope you answer me thank you so much and god bless and please tell me what to do. Thanks ❤

  • @storydweller813
    @storydweller813 Жыл бұрын

    I got a clot of blood on my 15 days after period

  • @_cat_pet_
    @_cat_pet_4 ай бұрын

    I'm one week late and now I'm just spotting for two days but not actual periods i don't know why I'm spotting Somebody please explain me

  • @aimeejenner3371
    @aimeejenner33713 ай бұрын

    I had a baby 15 weeks ago and instead of periods ive just been spotting on and off round about my normal period time but it doesnt turn into a period. I am breastfeeding. This didn't happen woth my last baby

  • @Carolina-yc7hy
    @Carolina-yc7hy2 ай бұрын

    I stopped using the birth control pill two months ago, and I'm worry I've been having this spotting for 8 days already, is it normal? I'm worried unu

  • @parke037
    @parke0379 ай бұрын

    I've never had spotting before when I did firtility treatments, but I am spotting after taking pills that are supposed to help me ovulate. Last time I went to the firtility doctor they gave me clomed and it took a few tries and one miscarriage, but we did have a baby. This time, 4 years later, we're trying again with a firtility doctor and she's different then the other ones we went to, she gave me something she said is like clomed but not going to hurt the lining like clomed did which cause a miscarriage the first time we tried. I like that it doesn't hurt the lining, but I don't know how good this other type of pills are ether. I felt they where weak and not working cause I didn't get much ovulation symptoms like I did with clomed, and now I'm spotting. I hope that's actually ovulation happening. :/ and this video made me worry about the other reasons that aren't good things. I better not being going through early menopause at age 33.

  • @harper..warper
    @harper..warper15 күн бұрын

    i start my period the 20th every month, i started “spotting” on the 13th. i’m confused on what low blah blah means??

  • @Gitoafrica
    @Gitoafrica10 ай бұрын

    I missed your period for April, May, June, and July, and i didn't take any medication during that time. But I kept feeling period-like pain until August Then, I started spotting and were prescribed levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets, which initially stopped the spotting but it started again. < meaning I spotted literally throughout august till the very month September Now, I been asked to start taking Duphaston tablets, and I am experiencing cramps .

  • @veignx789

    @veignx789

    6 ай бұрын

    update??? are u pregnant?

  • @suman.l7672
    @suman.l76723 ай бұрын

    Is light bleeding 5days before period is normal.

  • @averryxx_
    @averryxx_3 ай бұрын

    wtf… I’m still young and now I’m scared- AAAA and it’s like the middle of the night.. so uhm I put on a pad and uhh.. im going to bed soon if it’s a lot more in the morning I’ll tell my parents but my ovulation cycle is soon, and a little other things I’d keep to myself.. honestly I hate being scared at such a young age with periods & stuff, no pain of anything tho but I did go on this 4mile hike to a beach…, and it’s not like spotting to much on the outside it’s more on the inside but I’ll see tysm. IM REALLY SCARED ITS MY FIRST TIME SPOTTING, AND IVE ONLY HAD MY PERIOD FOR LIKE 7-8 MONTHS..

  • @TshepisoKomako
    @TshepisoKomako28 күн бұрын

    Why am I bleeding 2 days after valuation

  • @rosesaredeadvioletsareblue
    @rosesaredeadvioletsareblue2 ай бұрын

    Tysm❤️ I'm 21 and it never happened with me until this month when spotting happened after my ovulation. I was so scared😭. Now it's fine and my cervical mucus is clear.

  • @niharika8513

    @niharika8513

    Ай бұрын

    For how many days did u get spotting?...

  • @rosesaredeadvioletsareblue

    @rosesaredeadvioletsareblue

    Ай бұрын

    @@niharika8513 4 days but then I skipped my periods so I think it was my period? Idk tbh. Now my cycle is back to normal thankfully

  • @niharika8513

    @niharika8513

    Ай бұрын

    @@rosesaredeadvioletsareblue from 3 days its happening to me ....its first time Im watching this change in my body.....Im scard 😥...thanks

  • @95leefamilychannel33
    @95leefamilychannel336 ай бұрын

    I’m 47 years old. I had my period on 12/20/23 & it wasn’t heavy like usual, it just spotted a little. Then it stopped a little on 12/25/23 but still spotted brown. So looks like It never completely stopped. Then on 1/7/23, the period begin again but not heavy. When I whip sometimes I see bright red & other times it’s dark red. Is it due to my age or what’s going on? I have never experienced this in my whole life. Please help.

  • @twintwo278

    @twintwo278

    5 ай бұрын

    I’m going thru that right now periods have been light but after it went off four days later I started spotting and now it’s been about 10 days. I only see it when I wipe and I’m not in any pain. But it goes from brown to red to brown to red. I’m 48

  • @95leefamilychannel33

    @95leefamilychannel33

    5 ай бұрын

    My stopped a few a couple days after my post here. Then my period in February is normal now.

  • @sylphienne
    @sylphienne Жыл бұрын

    I’ve had spotting before, but it only happened when i was young who had loss 30kg on an unhealthy caloric deficit. Whilst i was in the airport, in bright blue jean shorts and i freaked out because i had finished my period a week beforehand.

  • @user-qt3hv5sf7v

    @user-qt3hv5sf7v

    11 ай бұрын

    Hey did it resolved when u went off the diet ? Also how long did u experience this ? Pls reply, would be grateful.

  • @sylphienne

    @sylphienne

    11 ай бұрын

    @@user-qt3hv5sf7v Yeah, my period went back to normal after i stopped dieting. Mind you I gained a lot of weight because i was scared that it would happen again. Once i started eating normal it cleared up in about 2-3 weeks. But I recommend doctors advice as everyone’s bodies is different.

  • @nuglyfly4369

    @nuglyfly4369

    9 ай бұрын

    How did it resolve?

  • @vameldelfin379
    @vameldelfin3794 ай бұрын

    I spot when im stress

  • @RudyGold
    @RudyGold3 жыл бұрын

    Thx for this. I’m gonna show my wife this video

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @latifaahmed4563
    @latifaahmed45637 ай бұрын

    Mine it’s been 2 weeks

  • @chinasaebirim9629
    @chinasaebirim96299 күн бұрын

    I see spotting few days after ovulation, till my period..

  • @Laura-vl6db
    @Laura-vl6db3 жыл бұрын

    It’s funny… I never had bleeding on emergency contraceptives. Until recently. I didn’t know it was a common side effect(I never read the box) But thanks for bringing it up!

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    you're welcome!

  • @Y_Sadi

    @Y_Sadi

    6 ай бұрын

    Does your bleeding stops?and when? please tell me 🙏🏻 how many days it takes I am facing this situation for last 16 days still bleeding😢

  • @beamarlo3962
    @beamarlo3962 Жыл бұрын

    Are you an ob GYN?

  • @loveisintheair4463
    @loveisintheair44633 жыл бұрын

    Spotting a day b4 period??

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    Normal!

  • @TinaWavelet
    @TinaWavelet3 жыл бұрын

    Finally someone said it can be low progesterone levels as I thought. My gynecologist said it is normal. I spot 4-5 days prior. Next question is, Crystal, does it mean I am less fertile maybe?

  • @TinaWavelet

    @TinaWavelet

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't mind though, I don't plan kids, it just annoying when I spot. And it's been the last 6 years every cycle. Im 35.

  • @CrystalKennings

    @CrystalKennings

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Tina! That's a great question. Low progesterone levels can make maintaining a pregnancy in the first trimester more difficult. So while it doesn't mean you are less fertile, it does mean it can make things more difficult if trying to keep a pregnancy going. Thankfully there's a lot you can do to support progesterone levels (less stress, magnesium/B6 supplements, vitamin C rich foods, prioritizing self care, sleep and regular exercise!).

  • @TinaWavelet

    @TinaWavelet

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CrystalKennings thank you for these advices Crystal :*

  • @ednab.9001

    @ednab.9001

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TinaWaveletthank you for sharing, I’ve only had thi for the second time 6 days before my period and I get all the symptoms of my period. I had a misscarage last year but I have 3 kids and the youngest is 16. So not sure how I got pregnant. But thank you for sharing. Helps to understand it can be very normal.

  • @ginameyer8832
    @ginameyer883211 ай бұрын

    I spotted a week after my period,

  • @rikisbitch

    @rikisbitch

    Ай бұрын

    What does this means😢

  • @olayemijoseph1185
    @olayemijoseph1185 Жыл бұрын

    What could bring about spotting after 5 to 7 days period menstruation... Is it normal or abnormal...

  • @madelynk835

    @madelynk835

    11 ай бұрын

    same I wanna know too...

  • @jessabelasidera9360

    @jessabelasidera9360

    Ай бұрын

    Same as expriences now i what to know too

  • @alhambrafl612
    @alhambrafl612 Жыл бұрын

    I’m spotting all the time in last 4 years🙃

  • @jyotirawat6841

    @jyotirawat6841

    Жыл бұрын

    How r u now

  • @alhambrafl612

    @alhambrafl612

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jyotirawat6841 same

  • @jyotirawat6841

    @jyotirawat6841

    Жыл бұрын

    Have u found out the reason

  • @crispy5342
    @crispy534210 ай бұрын

    hi i had unprotected sex 5 days ago while on the second last day of my ovulation and now im seeing abnormal blood a few days before my period because its lighter than normal and im scared im pregnant can you help me or tell me what to do?

  • @yemibolarinwa9587

    @yemibolarinwa9587

    7 ай бұрын

    how are you feeling now

  • @ednab.9001
    @ednab.9001 Жыл бұрын

    This is my second month that I started spotting 6 days before my period. I don’t take birth control, or have IUD and I’m 45. So I think I’m left with maybe cervical cancer because I am getting a lot of pain off and on. If that’s the case I’m ok with it. I’m not the type of person that wants to live a long life nor forever but if someone is or was in my Simlar situation. I may go to the Dr but I will not take meds, I barely remember to take my vitamins. 🤦🏻‍♀️. This was very informative thank you.

  • @islaadele1212

    @islaadele1212

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe peri-menopause? I share your pretty defeatist attitude to getting older, but I wouldn't assume the worst yet. Might also be stress.

  • @ednab.9001

    @ednab.9001

    Жыл бұрын

    @@islaadele1212 oh, yes, my stress is off the roof due to a recent loss and I feel my shock I wearing out….. this is now my 3rd month and I bled for 6 days prior to my period…. Im going to try to do a little exercise and do something about how I handle stress. Im not suicidal but I can’t wait to leave this world, any illness would actually be a blessing to me…. But I m not going to be that lucky. But my cramps are stronger now too. 🥴

  • @ElenaWillson

    @ElenaWillson

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ednab.9001hmm, hey whats update on your health!?

  • @honeybee19892

    @honeybee19892

    6 ай бұрын

    This is a big jump and worrying to women to say cervical cancer is the cause. A simple smear test can investigate this.

  • @aumanovalence
    @aumanovalence Жыл бұрын

    I had period twice in a month??

  • @Jackhuncho

    @Jackhuncho

    11 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @selenac.6673
    @selenac.6673 Жыл бұрын

    Never spotted before. Since I got on Birth control, I been spotting for 2 + weeks. Its so annoying. Hopefully my body can regulate it self again. 🥲

  • @chilltime4019

    @chilltime4019

    10 ай бұрын

    i have same problem how to stop spotting?

  • @Y_Sadi

    @Y_Sadi

    6 ай бұрын

    @@chilltime4019does your bleeding stop? Please tell me ? I m bleeding for 16 days still bleeding 🩸