Please help Cramping & Implantation Spotting?

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Cramping & Implantation Spotting Please HELP?
Starting at 6 dpo(days past ovulation) I had some brown spotting (when I wiped twice that day and wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't TTC)
then 7 dpo hubby and I did the baby dance then following morning 8dpo I had some more brown again only twice when I wiped. then 11 dpo I had a little pink/brown spotting only noticed three times when I wiped (barely noticeable) and today @ 12 dpo I still had the spotting again when I wiped yesterday morning so thought AF was here. so I wore a light tampon for 5 hours and only had brown discharge with a small dark red spot in it... and since No more brown spotting. Also this is not normal at all for me as I have very very heavy periods for 7 days when af shows, never had spotting before. Now today @ 13 dpo still no af and more cramping like it should be here.

Does this sound like implantation bleeding?

Answer 1

No periods or lighter bleeding. The most obvious sign that lets a woman know (or suspect) she is pregnant is missing her menstrual period. However, not all women experience 'no bleeding at all', and this can confuse them about whether they are pregnant, or if their pregnancy will continue.



A few women will experience what is called an 'implantation bleed'. This is where a light bleed occurs as the growing baby burrows into the lining of their mother's uterus (usually about 12 days after the egg has been fertilised, or 'conceived'). An implantation bleed will typically occur just before (or around the time) the next period would have been due. However, it is usually not as heavy, or as long as a normal period. Caregivers will usually try and find out if a woman's last 'period' WAS normal, to avoid calculating the baby's due date from an implantation bleed, which would miscalculate the baby's actual due date at about 3 to 4 weeks later.



Occasionally, a woman will continue to have a small, red or pinkish vaginal loss for a day or so around the time that their period would have been due (for example at around 4, 8, 12 and 16 weeks of the pregnancy). This is more common during early pregnancy, but can persist into later pregnancy as well.



Some women will experience bright spotting (fresh bleeding), or brown spotting (bleeding that happened a day or so ago), at some stage during their pregnancy. This may appear as a heavy bleed (like a period), a 'light period', or as something that she notices when wiping herself after going to the toilet. About 50% of women who experience bleeding during the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy will continue to experience a normal pregnancy. However, up to 50% of women will experience a miscarriage at some point after the bleeding starts. Early pregnancy bleeding is usually investigated by an ultrasound.

Answer 2

hmm it could well be. implantation spotting is described as brownish or pinkish and 'only when you wipe'. it usually occurs 6-12 dpo.



fingers crossed for you!!!! xx