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Implantation signs after 5-day transfer: what did you feel and when?

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Jimmy222 · 12/03/2026 18:22

Following transfer of you felt you had signs of implantation what did it feel like and what day was it? I’m 2dp5dt with a hatching blastocyst. Earlier on when I was out for a walk I felt a strange pulling sensation behind my bellybutton almost like when you get a stitch from running but it wasn’t a stitch and wasn’t in the usual place, but maybe it’s too early?

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Miraclemuma03 · 15/03/2026 01:27

Im not sure i really felt anything. The drugs can also give you random cramping and an embryo transfer can give the uterus some spasms a few days after it. Though for my successful transfers I had a bit of spotting and my first symptom was exhaustion at about 20dpt

Renisenb · 15/03/2026 07:39

I felt nothing too, all my symptoms were due to progesterone as they continued until I came off it.

I do think some of these very minor symptoms people have are confirmation bias (in some cases not all of course!)
I had all the early pregnancy symptoms but not until more like 7 weeks xx

lhun3 · 15/03/2026 09:32

I had 13dp3dt and apart from the usual cramping from the pessaries I have felt nothing at all! I was convinced that it didn’t work at all because I have felt things or had spotting previously but I’ve tested today and it’s BFP 🤯

Tested 3 times to be sure as I feel no different at all?!

OneQuirkyPanda · 15/03/2026 10:07

I felt a very sharp needle like sensation in the bottom left side of my lower abdomen 2 1/2 dpts, it lasted about 5-10 seconds and I’ve never felt anything like it before or after. I believe it was implantation. I got pinching sensations on and off as well, which I also felt with my first transfer (which did implant, but was a very early chemical ).

About 8-10 days after the transfer I started to occasionally feel very slightly nauseous and would think certain things smelt or tasted bad, but no one else did. I also started to get a very heavy feeling like I was going to come on my period. I didn’t have any of that with my first transfer (which had negative tests by 9dpt), so don’t think it was the medication.

TheIceBear · 15/03/2026 17:56

I had dark red spotting a few days after embryo transfer but I didn’t have any implantation bleeding any time I got pregnant naturally so I’m not convinced the bleeding was actually to do with being pregnant and may have been caused by the embryo transfer itself. I started getting sore boobs the day I was told by the clinic that I was pregnant. They were proper sore . Had zero symptoms before that.

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