The invention provides an absorbent article for personal hygiene such as a baby diapers (also in the form of pant diapers), a training pant or an adult incontinence product. More particularly, the invention concerns an absorbent article for personal hygiene, designed to absorb and contain bodily exudates such as a diaper (10), or training pant, or incontinence insert, the absorbent article having a front edge (12) and a rear edge (14), a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the article, the article having a length L as measured along the longitudinal axis from the front edge to the back edge, the absorbent article comprising: an indicator (60) for indicating the presence of such bodily exudates, the indicator (60) comprising a color-changing indicator (60), wherein the absorbent article and the indicator (60) form one integral unit, the article further comprising an indication device (70), which comprises a housing and a connection means (68), such that the indication device (70) can be removably attached to the absorbent article and be detached from the absorbent article, wherein the indication device (70) comprises a color sensor.
