AIBU: are implantation cramps a real thing?

[Ellemac0987]

Just wondering - I have heard mixed things.

Constant pain in your pelvis for 3 days doesn't sound like implantation cramping.

Didn’t think so. Starting to get worried as I don’t really know what it could be

I would do a pregnancy test for a start. Then see a doctor. When was your last smear test?

Yes, mine were quite bad, almost like a stabbing menstrual cramp that come and went throughout the day. Lasted about 3/4 days x

I had that sort of pain with my ectopic pregnancy. It sounds a bit early for that, but I wonder if that is a possibility? You need to get yourself checked out by a doctor, ectopic pregnancies can be very dangerous.

I had them with my youngest, may have had them with the older 2 but as they weren't planned, I wasn't keeping an eye on my cycle. It felt almost like a dragging pain, not really sore, just something I was aware of, there was definitely a tighter feeling in my stomach.

My implantation cramps were so bad I thought I was starting my period, that was with all of my first 3 pregnancies. The last one, nothing, I didn't even suspect I was pregnant until 6 weeks.

They absolutely are.

I thought they were period cramps but period never came.

I was convinced I was due my period. Had terrible cramps and even left my own hen night to buy tampons as I was sure it was imminent.
2 days later I realised it hadn't come and tested. BFP

Exactly. It’s sort of like a dragging pain weighing my uterus down. It’s deep in my uterus almost like it’s bruised. It started one week post ovulation. Today is day 4 of the pain - period due in 5 days so too soon to test

Yes, had then with both my pregnancies

I definitely felt it - it woke me from sleep two nights in a row, like a really intense period type cramp but it went away suddenly after each time of its own accord and I went back to sleep. I knew it felt different to a period cramp as if I get that in the night I end up having to take painkillers before it goes away. But the implantation cramp was intense and short.

If implantation started 4 days ago then it's not too soon to test

With my first two pregnancies I mistook the implantation bleed and cramps for a period, just a really light one. I didn’t have an implantation bleed or any cramps for my current pregnancy. The cramps were really light for me, more that I could feel the period coming (or thought I could) rather than actual period pains

I had what I assumed to be period pain, I was convinced that's what it was! I had a dragging type pain too, the week before and the week my period was due when I actually tested and got a positive.

Oh! I honestly didn't know this was a thing, but yes, I had it with both pregnancies. Thought it was just me.

Did anybody else get green wee, or was that genuinely just me?

Had implantation bleeding with every pg but never cramps

First pregnancy I didn't have any implantation pain that I remember.

Second time, about a week before my period was due, I had a lot of sharp stabby pains on my right side that lasted about 36 hours.

@ellemac0987 how are you feeling today? I would take a FRER if I were you, that could pick up pregnancy at this point