Implantation cramps days before implantation bleeding

[BergamotMouse]

In your experience did the 2 occur at the same time?

I can't remember with my first, I got implantation bleeding but can't remember about cramps.

This month cramps woke me up about 8dpo, very painful, made me feel shaky and I had to take a paracetamol. Now at 11dpo I have a small amount of pinky blood on wiping 3 days before my period is due. I'd have thought they would coincide. Not sure if I'm pregnant or not as too early to test (not that that's stopped me stupidly testing for the past 3 days!)

Did anyone have similar?

I had this too. Cramping from 6dpo bfp 8-9dpo then pink spotting on 12dpo!!!!! No idea what it was but I’m still pregnant and it hasn’t happened again

I often have cramps mid-way between ov and af, sometimes really painful. I also occasionally have spotting on 8 or 9 dpo. The month I got my bfp I had neither. Sorry, but there's no way to tell if cramps or bleeding are to do with implantation, you just have to wait and test when af is due.