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Implantation Bleeding or Menstruation?

By Anonymous June 25, 2009 - 5:00pm
 
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I’m confused and wonder if you could lend some advice or your own thoughts on the differences that you have experienced on this topic.
I have regular cycles around 27 days (sometimes 26). My menstruation typically starts light and is super heavy the second day (red in color). It typically lasts 4-5 days. On day 12 of my cycle I have a positive OFK and subsequently had intercourse. I either ovulated on day 13 or 14 so today would be around CD 11. Yesterday morning, I started with a very bright colored blood and then experienced nothing until later in the afternoon. Later it was more and I had some cramping. I used a tampon b/c I did not have pads. That night it was only on one side. Two different times I had a drop on my underwear. Overnight it did not fill half the tampon. Today was the same thing. In fact after six hours and then checking the tampon, it was filled about half way, but my guess is that it was not soaked all the way through. The color is not the same as usual, but it seems like I shouldn’t have that much blood b/c what I read says “spotting”. Typically, today I would be really heavy and it is about half that. It is also three or four days prior to my period so I am confused. It feels like a period, but I am unsure because of the bright color and amount. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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Anonymous

hi all,
I really love my wife and follow up on every inch of what she goes thorough. she normally has periods as from 13th of every month and its normally very thick with clots. takes around 5 to seven days but this time she started on 12th, it was light(not thick) pinkish and did not fill a pad in a day neither did it have any clots in it. normally she changes her pads almost every 4 or five hours. this changed from light pink to red but still very little. what could this be please help. We have been trying to conceive for around 6 months now. she had ovarian cysts that dissolved completely two months ago. please help. E..

August 14, 2012 - 6:14am
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Hi, I'm having a pregnancy scare also, although I think I just freaked myself out. My (what I'm really hoping was my period) came a little bit early, maybe a week, or maybe even a little less. It started off a light pink color, and then to red, and then to brown. It lasted from Friday to Wednesday/early Thursday. The only thing that startled me into thinking this is that my period is usually very heavy for 7 days, and I usually get really bad cramps and a severely tender chest. I'm not sure if this was implantation or just a super irregular cycle. I'm going to buy a pregnancy test, but I just wanted to know if there is anyone who could help prior, because I am aware of the fact that I may have just scared myself. Also, the "period" occurred about a week after the last time I had sex, I'm not sure if that matters.

August 10, 2012 - 8:20pm
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Im having bleed for two weeks now. It started brown blood..reddish brown when i was wiping i saw it. My husband and i are trying any i never had a baby before so im confused on what to expe t. I took 3 preg. tests and all came up neg. I was due for my period the week the brown spotting occurred.since then im bleeding but no pains at all. I feel bloated tired and headachs almost every night but no other signs besides peeing more often then normal. Im scared about bleeding for two weeks or more. I have been to my gyn but nothing sh said helped .
I will be back wednesday but i need to find a way to ease my mind. Does anyone know what my outcome coukd be or what else could be going on? Thanks for any advice and help!

August 5, 2012 - 5:20pm
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I am just wondering I had a very light period last month then I missed a pill in my first week then the folowing week I had a small light spot of brown discharge is this implantation bleeding and when should I test?

July 17, 2012 - 2:57pm
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Anonymous

okay ladies,

I want to clear something up and actually answer the above questions about implantation bleeding...my sister and I both had it...my sister has spotting for a couple of days (spots of pink and brown on pad)...i was totally different...I actually thought i was on my period..but it didnt smell like period and didnt look like old blood and it wasnt heavy (normally im in pain the first two days and its starts heavy and stays that way for five to six days and then it dies off). i didnt have pads either at the time so i used a tampon..it never filled up all the way which is crazy weird for me but it was way more than spotting...it was also red but not bright and not dark ( i know its hard to explain)...i had this tingling feeling in my boobs right around the aereola area and my boobs went up a side...i also had some swelling instead of bloating...other than that no other signs...when i started bleeding all those signs went away..i stopped bleeding at 2 and a half days too a preggo test and it was negative...went on my merry way...then the next month i bled again at the same time of my period due date same thing over again..this happened for four months and the fifth month i didnt have one so i thought i was preggo went to the doctor because i felt like crap and demanded a blood test...i figured if i wasnt preggo something else was wrong with me...so i ended up with a blood test reading positive and the funny thing was l was already in the middle of my fifth month of being preggo...so i dont care how many women tell you implantation has to look a certain way or it doesnt exit or you cant bleed when your preggo at the time of your period they are all wrong...unless you experienced it yourself then you really dont know but it does happen and everyone is different..the best thing to do is take a test and if your bleeding bad and it just doesnt seem right go to the doctor that is all you can do....you cant believe everything online and self dignosis..i did and i thought because of all i read i wasnt preggo but i turned out to be so thats my two cents...

July 4, 2012 - 9:19pm
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my periods is on 15th of May i got light bleeding on june 8 and 9th and stopped. on 26th of june i did pregnancy test, got negative.. i experience lower abdomen cramps , nausea and gaseous... should i go for another pregnancy test ? if so wat would be the right date and time for test...

June 28, 2012 - 3:23am
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Anonymous

I started "bleeding" 10 days before my period was supposed to start. It started light (not enough to fill a tampon but enough to need one) and has gotten heavier. It's been 7 days now. My periods usually last 5 and start heavy and get lighter. My boyfriend and I always use a condom but I am not on birth control. I did not have any other symptoms(cramping, fatigue, etc) This is very unusual for me. Any ideas? Could I be pregnant or is this just an irregular period?

June 26, 2012 - 9:04pm
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...................ttc for 5 months now today june25 i started bleeding dark red but once i put a pad on after a while i was spotting dark brown then i had a bad cramp and i went to the bathroom again and i was bleedig heavy dark red with a bright red when i wiped and a little spots on the pad. Now its about 6 hours after i noticed bleeding and a little light pinkish brown onthe pad and when i wiped. Could i be pregnant??

June 25, 2012 - 11:13am
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Anonymous

I am in the same type of situation as the woman above. Very light period, lasted 4 days. Usually it lasts about 7 and heavy flow. This time there was blood every day but hardly would call it a "flow". The first two days were red, blood mixed with mucus. The next day thinner blood, dripped into toilet in morning, later had small darker clots. The last day was mostly pinkish brown like discharge. The bleeding started a little early, that is why I am concerned. I had bad pms then it went away with bleeding but now feels like some of the symptoms may be coming back... And it's too early for my normal pms to kick in. Usually have a 33 day cycle, and I'm on day 12. Any thoughts?

June 21, 2012 - 6:12am
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I'm usually very regular. I had sex for the first time with my bf on the 8th and a second time on the 16th. He used a condom. My period is supposed to be on the 28th. In the middle of the night on the 19th/20th I went to the bathroom and noticed pink when i wiped. I put in a tampon and have been using one since. The tampon isn't full but it is about 1/4-1/2. I have no other "symptoms". Usually with my period I get bad cramps. I've had none. Is this implantation bleeding?

June 21, 2012 - 6:01am
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