When you say spotting is that so light that a pad would be sufficient for a day? I have heard of lighter periods happening but I have also heard of having a period while pregnant. Your best test to take is to have a blood test done. In fact if you and your husband are trying at this time it would be a great idea to get a ob set up, take a test there, have a yearly to make sure all is well to try and discuss with the ob about any concerns that you may have. Good luck

The spotting was so light that one panty liner was sufficient per day, and usually it only showed up on the toliet paper. When I actually bled, I think I used 2 tampons each of the days. Also, I do already have an ob set up (thanks for mentioning it though), and man was that a pain in the ass. See, I had heart surgury when I was little, and I go to checkups at the cardiologist every other year. This year, I made sure to be tested thoroughly to be sure I could tolerate pregnancy, and he said I was absolutley fine and I could even go to a regular ob. So, I set up a consultation appointment with a regular ob, she took one look at my scar and started repeating "i definately can't be your ob, you have to go to a high risk ob!" about 20 times. So after a lot of phone tag and faxing between the 2 obs, the cardiologist, and my insurance company, I finally have an ob. The funniest part is that it is the father of one of my friends from high school (at least i've never met him).

Oh then deffinantly make sure you talk to him about your concerns. Get in with him to get a blood test taken also if you seem to have any other symptoms of pregnancy that seem to pop up. So you and your husband having been trying for 5 months? Are you still young? Meaning you have not hit that 30 point where they say it is supposedly difficult to get pregnant?

We are both 24

Oh, and one other thing. My tummy looks ever so slightly fatter lately. I don't think i've gained any weight, but my tummy seems to look lumpier. Maybe i'm just crazy.

You are both still young and the timing will come!!!!!! Go see your doctor find out for sure in the mean time have fun trying!!!!!!!!!!

I'm still curious. I know that i'm probably not pregnant right now, but I still would like to know how rare it is for a woman to have a monthly "period" during pregnancy. I'm just wondering, because it happened to a friend of mine, and she didn't find out until she was 6 months pregnant! She finally went in and had a blood test done because she was gaining so much weight. She finally found out that way, but she never had a home pregnancy test show up positive.

Well, from what I can find on the internet, it seems that an occurance like this is pretty rare. Most medical websites say it can't even happen (meaning you can't technically have a true period while you are pregnant, but you can have bleeding or spotting). The friend whom I mentioned that this happened to, said that her periods were normally light anyway, so she figured she was getting her period, when actually she was having bleeding and spotting from the pregnancy. Also, it is common to get false negatives on home pregancy tests, but I suspect it is very rare to never show a positive home pregnancy test during pregnancy, but I couldn't really find much info on that either.

I've heard of women having periods and were pregnant.
My sisters sister in law also found she was 8-12wks (can't remember which it was) pregnant and never had a bfp on a hpt.

Am inclined to beleive, regardless of medical opinions, that anything is possible.