Implantation bleeding is rust-colored, light spotting. By comparison, your period is a steady, light to heavy flow of bright to dark red blood. Implantation bleeding occurs when you’re pregnant ...

This is called implantation bleeding, which tends to be lighter ... that will make it detectable in a blood or urine test. Taking a pregnancy test too early may give inaccurate results.

If you're not sure what kind of bleeding you are experiencing, Dr. Makarov recommends that you take a pregnancy test or ...