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AIBU?

To think that implantation bleeding is a cruel myth?

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Nessalina · 07/01/2014 10:09

It seems designed to first bring hope to those TTC and then dash it!

The minute anyone TTC has an early/late/light period starting, first there's the disappointment of 'damn - I'm out this month', then someone (often said TTCers own brain!) pipes up with "it could be implantation?" and for another 24hrs you live in hope, but it's always AF!!

I searched for IB on MN search over the last year, and not one 'could this be implantation bleeding' thread ended in a BFP.

So WIBU to think it's just an urban myth made up by women who really wanna be pregnant?! (And I count myself in that category btw!)

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GotToBeInItToWinIt · 12/01/2015 13:47

I had an implantation bleed this time round. We weren't trying for a baby so when I started bleeding I assumed it was the start of my period. A week later I was feeling a bit queasy. Then thought to myself 'oh, nothing much came of that day of bleeding last week'. Put 2 and 2 together and... BFP.

wobblyweebles · 12/01/2015 13:42

Did any of you have implantation bleeding that would have filled a tampon or 2?

I had a 5-day period... I now have an 11 year old daughter.

wobblyweebles · 12/01/2015 13:42

Did any of you have implantation bleeding that would have filled a tampon or 2?

I had a 5-day period... I now have an 11 year old daughter.

bonzo77 · 12/01/2015 13:35

YANBU. 4 pregnancies. Not a single implantation bleed. If I bleed it's a period. Or a miscarriage. Or I've had a baby. Oh and once it was from vigorous shagging in late pregnancy. But not implantation.

engeika · 12/01/2015 13:31

Not with first but yes with second. So much so that I thought I wasn't pregnant and did all the things I wasn't supposed to do.

jellybeans · 12/01/2015 13:20

I had it in one but it was a tiny orange stain and not lots of blood.

MuffinMadge · 12/01/2015 12:33

Oooh Roomba I had given up hope for this month, buts that's just re-ignited it, thank you!

Fingers crossed for a BFP in a week.

Roomba · 12/01/2015 12:15

I had it twice. First time, it was browner blood but still way more than a few drops, and lasted two days. I'd just got a BFP so thought it was a MC starting, but all was well.

MuffinMadge, yes - the second time round, it was a lot of blood, bright red and much heavier than when my period usually starts (I suddenly had blood running all down my legs which never happens normally as mine are quite light!). I assumed it was my period, but then it just stopped completely overnight which was odd. Didn't occur to me that I was pregnant though, just assumed it was an odd period.

MuffinMadge · 12/01/2015 11:44

Did any of you have implantation bleeding that would have filled a tampon or 2? I'm normally regular as clockwork and have been forever (down to the hour!). This month though (2nd month of ttc) I've got bleeding 8 days after ovulation, its also browner and lighter than normal period (sorry if tmi). I never had implantation bleeding with my first two pregnancies. Am I clutching at straws or is this just a weird early period?

moominmarvellous · 06/09/2014 16:49

I had one with DS, until then I was with you thinking it was a bit oaf myth.

I didn't know I was PG at the time and thought it was a period. Found I was pg, went for the scan and they dated me three weeks further gone than I was. When I said that couldn't be right as I'd had a period in that time, she said it was prob an implantation bleed.

I didn't with my first baby though.

kicksandgiggles · 06/09/2014 10:00

That's lovely news, OP. Congratulations!

DustyCropHopper · 06/09/2014 00:43

I had an implantation bleed with ds2. We were ttc, I have irregular periods (cycle anything between 29 and 44 days) so could not tell if I was overdue for my period as never knew when it was coming. I was due to have my flu jab and it said to alert staff if you there was a chance of pregnancy, so planned to do a test before I left but found what I thought was the start of my period so had the jab, no mention of ttc. It lasted a day, then nothing. Following week I got my bfp!

RedSoloCup · 05/09/2014 23:52

I had it with dd3, to the point I was a bit late and drank at a wedding as I had the pink spotting that morning so put a tampon in and thought nothing of it....

9 months later and DD3 arrived, oops x

Nessalina · 05/09/2014 23:31

Ooh it's weird to see an old thread I started on Active - that's happened to me twice tonite! How bizarre.

Ironically since beginning the thread, not only am I now pregnant (31+4) but I also got implantation bleeding! I knew when I ovulated, and very much felt pregnant (sounds silly but true!) and got some spots of blood whilst wiping a few days pre-period, and then once or twice after BFP.

So, it's real, but it's still a bugger - from my POV it was nothing like a period, so if you get bleeding that's like your period, even if it's a wee bit lighter, you're probably not pregnant!

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Newbeee · 05/09/2014 23:17

I had one. Had never heard of it so thought it was my period, and stressed myself out by deciding that it was so light that it showed my periods were irregular, therefore I probably wasn't ovulating every cycle and that conception would be difficult if not impossible. And all the while I was actually pregnant. What a numpty.

SoonToBeSix · 05/09/2014 23:10

I had implantation bleeding , I thought it was my period. It was pink then brown lasted a day then stopped. Two days later I got my bfp.

CuttingOutTheCrap · 05/09/2014 23:04

I had it with this pregnancy. Already had BFP, so was a horrible few days fearing the worst!

SomethingOnce · 05/09/2014 22:05

I had implantation bleeding with DC1, but as another poster said it was very, very slight.

MrsMook · 05/09/2014 21:57

I had it second time, very subtle, just a pink streak and easily missed. I don't know if I didn't or missed one first time.

Permanentlyexhausted · 05/09/2014 21:50

It's not a myth.

Had no bleeding with my first but with my second I bled every morning for 3 days before finally sussing out that it wasn't my period.

Serenitysutton · 05/09/2014 21:49

I was under the impression only about 30% of women have implantation bleeds

imnotproud · 05/09/2014 21:45

I had it too, with my second. It does exist! Read lots of threads, planned for the worst and can totally see why you'd think the same.
Problem is, I think, it's rare that people do go back and update when things go right, I'd be guilty too if I wasn't such a lurker!

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halfdrunkcoffee · 05/09/2014 21:42

I had what I think was an implantation bleed with DD (my second child). I thought I was getting my period, but then when it failed to materialise I got a BFP a few days later, IIRC.

Teddybeau1988 · 05/09/2014 21:25

With DC 2 I had implantation bleeding. I thought it was AF as I had a crampy buildup. It only lasted 2 days and was ( sorry tmi) brownish old blood. I didn't actually test until the following month, and only then did I wonder if it was infact an implantation bleed. The dates confirmed this.

kicksandgiggles · 05/09/2014 21:13

I had implantation bleeding in my last pregnancy. Twice, in fact, the second time two days after the first. Turned out to be my identical twins.

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