Where Women Have No Doctor - A Health Guide for Women (Hesperian Foundation, 1997, 600 p.): Chapter 22: Abnormal Bleeding from the Vagina: Problems with Monthly Bleeding: Light monthly bleeding

Where Women Have No Doctor - A Health Guide for Women (Hesperian Foundation, 1997, 600 p.)

Chapter 22: Abnormal Bleeding from the Vagina

Problems with Monthly Bleeding

		Heavy monthly bleeding, or bleeding that lasts a long time
		Light monthly bleeding
		Monthly bleeding that comes too often, or bleeding at other times
		When monthly bleedings come too far apart, or have stopped

Light monthly bleeding

Light bleeding each month is not a health problem.

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Causes:

· Some family planning methods - like injections, implants, and the pill - can make you bleed less after you have been using them for some time.
· Your ovaries may not have released an egg.