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Hi there Aunt Vadge,
My boyfriend put his tongue in my vagina a few days ago, and now I have brownish spotting. Is this normal?
Yours,
Spotting
India
Hi Spotting,
Unless he actually grazed you, your boyfriend’s tongue can’t cause bleeding – so the brownish spotting is almost certainly unrelated. Brown just means older blood, and the most likely explanations are ovulation spotting (if you’re roughly mid-cycle) or the very start of your period.
How to tell if it’s ovulation spotting
Around the middle of your cycle, some people get a small hormonal dip that causes a spot or two of blood – completely normal and harmless. You can learn to spot your fertile window by the discharge: mid-cycle you’ll notice a wetter feeling and a clear, slippery, egg-white-like fluid that takes a bit more wiping. That’s fertile cervical fluid, and it signals ovulation.
Tracking your cycle with an app or calendar helps you learn your own pattern – cycles vary from person to person and month to month, usually landing somewhere between 21 and 35 days.
An important note on pregnancy
Ovulation is your most fertile time, but please don’t treat other days as guaranteed safe. Sperm can survive for several days inside you, and ovulation timing shifts around, so there’s no reliable ‘can’t get pregnant’ window – if you don’t want to get pregnant, use proper contraception every time.
When to get checked
Spotting mid-cycle or just before your period is usually fine. But bleeding or spotting outside those times, or after sex regularly, is worth mentioning to a doctor, since it can point to something else going on.
Write any time – we love your questions.
Warmest regards,
Aunt Vadge
This is general information, not a substitute for personalised medical advice.
