Hi.

I have been nursing clean for 9 months. Last night, more than 15 seconds after wiping, I saw blood on toilet paper that looked to me like menstrual blood. I told my husband that I was not a niddah yet, but thought I might be soon, and we slept in separate beds that night.

This morning, however, the blood seems to have stopped. It never turned into a flow, and was never even heavy enough to stain my pantiliner, so I was never a niddah.

My question is how I should deal with such occurrences if they happen in the future. I know that I should not have relations for 24 hours after seeing staining, but is it necessary to separate from my husband in other ways as well? In the past I distinguished between staining between periods, and staining that I thought was going to lead to a period; however, since I now have no idea when I will get my period, can I continue to have physical contact with my husband even if I am having staining, unless it actually turns into a flow? Can we sleep in the same bed even if there is a possibility that I will be niddah by morning, though I don't know how strong that possibility is?

Thank you.