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Q.Is it possible for a woman to get pregnant and still have her period every month?

A. Possible but extremely rare and after the first few months the periods usually stop. Periods during pregnancy, if they are present at all, tend to be lighter and shorter.

Some women mistake implantation bleeding with a period. Implantation bleeding occurs about ten days or so after conception, due to the fertilized egg implanting into the lining of the uterus. Implantation bleeding is often just a day or so of spotting, and as it occurs near to when a woman might expect her period, it can be confused.

Karen Klimsak-Ungar, CCE has been a certified childbirth educator for Birth Works® since 1996. She is currently Managing Editor for the Birth Works newsletter, sits on the Birth Works Board of Directors, and serves on their National Trainee Review Committee. A happily married mother of two, she also continues to teach Birth Works classes as well as private classes.

Karen will answer your questions on fertility, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and babies. Her advice does not take the place of your practitioner. Personal answers will not always be possible.