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How to differentiate spotting and bleeding for ovulation bleeding? if there is light flow and bright red blood, spotting or bleeding?
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Bleeding: Ovulation bleeding is very light in the middle of the cycle; it's light and the timing that counts.
Answered 3/7/2014
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Don't bother: Almost no one has bleeding or spotting during ovulation. There are better ways to predict ovulation.
Answered 10/24/2017
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