Can breastfeeding cause spotting?

[Trinpy]

I had some light bleeding yesterday, thought it was my period coming (very) early but it then stopped within about an hour and nothing since.

Just wondering whether this could be breastfeeding/hormone related? Has anyone else had spotting between periods when breastfeeding? Dr Google isn't giving me a clear answer!

I found that I had a few "ghost periods" before they started properly. Have a read of this it explains it far better than I ever could

I would agree with jilted when dd was two months I had spotting and that periods on its way feeling bloated pmt ect but didn't process to full flow then nothing again no spotting or anything until this week dd 6 months I've just began weaning but gave no supplements and rarely pumped now AF has come back fill force I'm drained but not experienced any problems feeding my ds bf till nearly 3 same thing everyone is different be aware that bf not always a reliable birth control

Thanks both of you for replying. I've actually read that kellymom article before but managed to completely miss the bit at the end about periods so was good to reread.

This is my second proper cycle since birth I had a couple of 'ghost cycles' before that. I'm fairly confident that I ovulated about 6 days ago, so I have no idea why this is happening at this point in my cycle .