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implantation bleeds and stuff

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ssshhh · 14/08/2004 09:49

You do know me, it's just that I don't feel ready to talk about any pg issues openly yet - this soon after my mc I feel uncharacteristically reticent!

Since my last period we suddenly got broody, after having said we'd wait some time. So we did the tests, worked out my dates and did the deed last Saturday.

Now, I am not sure exactly when my last period started, but I would expect my next one to be 14 days after ovulation - surely whatever the length of your cycle, it is always 14 days after ovulation? So a bit of bleeding (stringy brown bits) yesterday - is that an implantation bleed? Is an implantation bleed usually accompanied by lower back period type pains? Or is all this in my head?

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ssshhh · 17/08/2004 18:41

Ooohhh scaredstupid, I'm excited. Firstly I'm excited cos you're tring to get pg, which is exciting (well, it would be if it wasn't for all the anxiety) but more importantly I am excited cos you think you know who I am. I am rubbish at secrets. If you guessed who I was I would immediately admit to it!

I have had bleeding (spotting) around the time of ovulation in the past - a sort of mid-period bleed. Can't remember when, whether it was before or after my mc, though. Have you taken an ov test?

I had that spotting on Friday, and then another bit yesterday. Otherwise nothing. But I am asuming that my period is due 14 days after I ovulated - so that should be Saturday.

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popsycal · 17/08/2004 19:32

sssshhh i think i know who you are too....
I had my spotting before my period was due and it stopped the day it was due....i tested 2 days before i was due
test test test

twolongtwoweeks · 17/08/2004 21:00

When does implantation actually happen? I am spotting this eve but af not due till a week sat, si if had concieved it would only have been in the last 5 days. Surely then its too early for implantaion as i was under the impression that that took 7 days. iyswim. Ive had no spotting with previous pregnancys.

I hant a clue who sshhh is, but good luck anyway and you scared stupid.

Scaredstupid · 17/08/2004 21:50

Ssshhh, you scared me by saying that you were excited: I thought that you knew who I was too!! My details are really too specific so I shan't go into them for now but I am petrified that I might be pregnant as it would be an oops...
I have never taken an ov. test as I am one of those really annoying 'Fertile Myrtles' who just thinks about a baby and then finds that she is expecting one.

Scaredstupid · 17/08/2004 21:55

TLTW: Implantation is said to occur anytime from a week following the thermal shift...Are you sure about the day you ov'd? I am hoping that you are pg!

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ssshhh · 18/08/2004 07:11

oh no, I don't have a clue who anyone else is! I'm not that clever! (although if you ever reveal yourself, I shall say that I knew all along).

TLTW - that sounds exactly like the bleeding I'm having. Maybe we bleed like this all the time and it's only when we're frantically looking that we notice it!

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nutcracker · 18/08/2004 11:12

I do know who TLTW is but am not telling

Anyway I have a question, how early could you have symptoms ??? Only asking cos for the past two nights i have had to get up ijn the night for a wee, something that i never ever do.

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ssshhh · 18/08/2004 13:16

nutty, may I just remind you that you are not allowed to test until the 28th. I shall come round to your lovely new house and hide away any test kits you have!

Getting up for a wee in the night? Not sure about that, never happened to me, but I don't know whether it is actually a symptom or not. With both of my pgs I had symptoms before I tested: madness mainly (crashing the car, bursting into tears). But onyl a couple of days before - isn't it a bit early yet?

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twolongtwoweeks · 18/08/2004 13:47

Bleeding has stopped, not that i can call it blood really. As you say shhhhh would never have noticed if not so paranoid about it. Was also up last night 3 times to go to loo. Am also testing on 28th with Nutty!! Well one of us must be posotive

nutcracker · 18/08/2004 14:29

Hope it's you guys Ssshhh and TLTW, i really do.

I'm intrigued as to who you are Ssshhh. Don't worry if i figure it out I will not tell a soul, after all i kept my identity hidden for oooh all of 5 seconds .

Weird thing is that i was convinced that i ovulated about 5 days ago but today i have been getting ovulation pains.

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ssshhh · 18/08/2004 18:43

nutty, I'm not sure how well you would know me - I'm not as much a MN celebrity as you ... I don't want to build you up with excitement, only for you to say "who?". I have been a lurker on your new house threads for years and years (well, it must feel like that long to you!). I've been around, though!

How do you know who tltw is?

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Scaredstupid · 18/08/2004 20:09

Nutty, Getting up in the night to wee at night sounds promising! I will be checking in for your + on the 28th.
TLTW How exiting that you actually have a planned date to test as well. (Are you going to time the tests to happen at the same time?)
ssshhh, Please feel free to say that you knew my identity all along! I am useless at secrets and I can't lie to save my soul!

No more spotting for me either. Could it possibly be a sign that there are retained materials from the m/c? Oh, I hate being paranoid about SO many things all at once.

twolongtwoweeks · 18/08/2004 20:19

Think i will spend the evening searching threads to see if i can work out who sshhh is and scared stupid. Have a gut feeling im not pregnant due to past problems that i can not divulge or you may guess who i am.

Im also crap at lying and keeping secrets but not as crap as Nutcracker, bless her!!!!

Scaredstupid · 18/08/2004 20:36

Good luck finding out who we are, Sherlock Holmes. I don't even know who you are either.
Dumb question: Do you have to change your name in member profiles to go under-cover or is there another (easier) way?

nutcracker · 18/08/2004 23:04

Cheers TWTL

Ssshhh - Me a MN celeb, no surely not. Hmmm a lurker on my house thread, now i'm really intrigued.

Can't really say how I know who TLTW's is as a quick search would probably let the cat out of the bag.

Tonight i am feeling very thirsty, and a bit sick. Think it's all in my mind though.

twolongtwoweeks · 19/08/2004 12:36

I dont know who is who!!!! But im sure well all find out soon. Im having no symptoms at all like you lot apart from going to loo alot but i think i go quite often anyway.

Only 9 days to go

nutcracker · 19/08/2004 12:37

9 days is far to long, i can't bare it any longer.

I want to know NOW

twolongtwoweeks · 19/08/2004 12:39

Me too, horrible isnt it. How you feeling?

nutcracker · 19/08/2004 12:40

erm in a word CRAP today.

I feel sick, knackered and my mouth is really dry. Oh and was up to the loo again in the night.

nutcracker · 19/08/2004 12:41

I can't be getting all these symptomks soooo early though can I ???

twolongtwoweeks · 19/08/2004 12:42

Oh god not looking good then depending on how you look at it!!! Im off out now but will catch up with you later. Do you know who scared stupid and Sshh is yet?

nutcracker · 19/08/2004 12:42

I'm just waiting for my friend to come round and take my mind off it all (not that she knows anything about it though).

nutcracker · 19/08/2004 12:43

No haven't a clue at the mo.

Think i may go and do myself some dinner, if i can eat it.

twolongtwoweeks · 19/08/2004 12:46

My appetite hasnt changed. My first sign is usually retching when cleaning teeth, then go off tea then crave for dairylea cheese then sickness with a vengance. Also heave at any smell, sweet or sour. Cant stand Dp to come near me for the first 12 weeks.

nutcracker · 19/08/2004 13:01

Well with Dd1 my symptom was very bead sickness from about 5 weeks.
With Dd2 I was very dizzy and tired and had low blood pressure.
With Ds i was constantly thirsty, and felt wishy washy IYKWIM.

The really weird thing is that I am getting ovulation pains. Mainly on the left side but also a little on the right side too. Surely i couldn't have ovulated this late could I ??

Someone (it may have been you TLTW) said it could be implantation pains, but I don't think i've ever had them before, and the pain is exactly like i get when ovulating except maybe not as strong.

It's all sooooo confusing