gg asked
I had spotting two weeks ago, when will my period come?
Soso answered
There is no exact date for when your period will show up after spotting, because early cycles and first periods do not follow a strict timer.
That pink or brown spotting can be how a first period starts, so tell a grown-up what you noticed: they can help with supplies, and check with a doctor if it isn't a period. If that spotting actually was your first period, it might take a while before your next bleeding happens. For the first couple of years cycles are often uneven, usually somewhere around 20 to 45 days from the start of one period to the start of the next, and one cycle that's shorter or longer than the last isn't on its own a reason to worry. Stress can make a period late too. Tell a grown-up if your periods keep coming more than 45 days apart, 3 months go by with no period once they've started, or they keep coming less than about 3 weeks apart.
Most people bleed for 3 to 7 days, and a first period can be much shorter and lighter. Tell a grown-up if you need a new pad or tampon every 1 to 2 hours, your period lasts more than 7 days, you pass clots bigger than about 2.5 cm, blood leaks through to your clothes or bed, you miss normal things because of your period, or you feel tired or out of breath a lot. Also, before age 9, any bleeding or spotting means telling a grown-up so a doctor can check, and having no period by 15 means getting checked too.
If you want to track dates and see what signs your body is showing, you can log them in the Soso app.
Soso's answers are written by AI. They don't replace professional medical advice.
Where these facts come from
- Pink or brown in the underwear before a first period
- What a normal adolescent cycle looks like
- The second reason to get cycles checked
- Heavy bleeding: signs to tell an adult about
- The age a first period arrives
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