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Implantation bleeding - when and what is it like?

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adviceplease · 22/06/2004 00:49

For those of you who had implantation bleeding when pregnant, when in your cycle did it happen and what was it like compared to a normal period?

TIA

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treacletart · 22/06/2004 01:21

I was told I "probably" had implantation bleding -I had one largeish gloop of red/brown at about 8/9 weeks from first day of last period (although I think I must have conceived late in what is normally a long cycle 35+ days) followed by a just a very light show for a few hours. It was terrifying at the time but my local hospital were very supportive and I was able to have a scan the next day. I remember looking up every book in Borders and being horrified at the wildly different and often contradictory statistics given for bleeding in pregnancy.

AussieSim · 22/06/2004 01:04

I read that most doctors think it doesn't exist and of the ones that think that it does, that it only occurs in 2% of cases. I know what it is like to 'hope' that it is implantation bleeding but have been proved wrong too many times to go on believing. I have a rule to only test when at least 5 days late and to try to stop being so hopeful in order that I don't get so disappointed. Not such a positive post I guess, but good luck - maybe you are in the 2%.

mummytosteven · 22/06/2004 01:00

Never did establish fully whether this was implantation bleeding or a threatened m/c - a 3 day light period with cramps, and brown blood at 5 weeks. Definitely lighter and shorter than a normal period.

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