Heavy Period While Pregnant. This may seem like a period but the bleeding is generally less and lasts for a shorter time than your normal period. There are a number of reasons for this bleeding. As the fetus begins to grow inside the tubes it will begin to strangle the fallopian tube. Instead of the egg being fertilized in the uterus the egg is fertilized in the fallopian tubes.
If you do a home pregnancy test at this time it might read as negative even though youre pregnant. Menstruation only occurs when a person is not. Many women also mistake implantation bleeding for a period while pregnant. The commonly held belief is that once a woman conceives her menstrual period stops immediately. This means a dark black brownish or sometimes pinkish colored stain on your panties. In most women implantation bleeding is not as heavy as period and takes about 6 to 12 days after conception for show up.
About 15 to 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage according to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Implantation bleeding could be mistaken for a light period. Implantation bleeding occurs a weeks before your next period or 10 days after ovulation. However you may be pregnant and have light bleeding at about the time that your period would have been due. The short answer is no. The primary clue that a woman might be pregnant is when she misses a period so it follows then that if she has a period she must not be pregnant. About 30 percent of pregnant women have spotting during the first 3 months with implantation bleeding the most common cause.