Implantation bleeding or period???

[enigma95]

Hi beautiful women!

Me and my SO have started TTC, which of course we knew could take a while. My last AF came August 3rd and lasted 7 days as usual, and then we tried during almost my whole ovulation.

A few days after ovulation i started feeling weird, i got symptoms i honestly never got before (27 years old, never been pregnant before), such as sore breasts and sensitive nipples, fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, light cramps, even got sensitive to smell of some food... I did a pregnancy test a day before AF was supposed to come, it was negative. The day after i started spotting very lightly, put on a pad and until morning it was all clean, with the fact i could see light pink blood when wiping. 2nd day i got medium flow (bright red) with light cramps, still a lot different from every AF i had so far, and today on the 3rd day there is still blood flow, but i see it slowed down comparing to yesterday. I know implantation bleeding is supposed to last 1-3 days with spotting and no actual blood flow, but i know there are a lot of cases where it's different.

Reasons why i question it being a period:

• my cycles usually last 30 days with 7 days AF, never felt nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath or anything like it before AF, only thing i usually feel is cramps that start about 4-5 days before AF.
• my AF always looks like this - day 1/2/3 is painful (cramps) with heavy dark red flow, days 4/5 and medium flow and cramps go down by then, and day 6/7 is lighter, pad almost clean. Some of the time i have to stay home first 1 or 2 days because of the cramps.

So you might be able to see why i find this so weird, it is day 3 now and i worked all of these days normally, i feel cramps once in a while but definitely not as nearly as strong as usually.

It might be important to add here that i work a very physical job, i work full time as a chef so that means a lot of walking, standing on my feet, carrying heavy things and pushing heavy carts, etc.

Do you have any advice for me, should i take another pregnancy test in a few days or should i just stop overthinking it???

I never heard of pregnancy symptoms quite so early, and 'a few days' after ovulating and I don't think that would be implanted yet as that starts after five or six days from fertilisation.
As you started bleeding when your period was expected, even though different from normal, I expect it's that. But take another test in a few days.

I should have specified a bit better that " few days" after was around 5 days after ovulation, around August 29, not sure if that makes any difference. But thank you for your input!

You might just be more 'tuned in' and looking for symptoms than previously if you've just started actively TTC. It sounds like it might well be AF but you could do a test again in a few days once bleeding has stopped to double check though.

I am not hoping as much but you know there is always that voice in the back of your head saying "what if", especially with some crazy pregnancy stories i heard and saw first hand with some friends/family members. But thank you!

Did you end up pregnant?

41 yrs old & been TTC for sometime (2nd baby). Currently 7 days late according to 3 apps. 2 clear blue digitales were negative. Been having light spotting and brown colour nothing at all like normal AF and not constant - sometimes when I wipe but not always. Boobs been sore for ages and just slight cramping - so confused - didn’t track ovulation this month but been regular before now - Any ideas on what to do/what it could be?