B’Sha’ah Tovah, and thank you for the compliment!
Bleeding that is not uterine does not render you
niddah. Staining is common after having a cervical exam. Your doctor was able to attribute the staining to
trauma or irritation of the external part of the cervix, so you were not rendered
niddah. You should continue to wear
colored underwear, and wait at least a few seconds (ideally 15 seconds) between urinating and wiping to avoid questions with
toilet paper.
You do not need to – and should not – perform a
bedikah. We recommend that women perform
bedikot only when halachically mandated (i.e., the
hefsek taharah and
shivah neki’im, and on
onot perishah). A stain found on an internal
bedikah is treated much more stringently than one found externally.
This response was updated on 8 February, 2024.
