What is implantation bleeding? and how do you know how it looks or feels?

Imagine this scenario, you are trying to have a baby, desperate to conceive. Your period is due in a few weeks. You’ve been feeling crampy all morning, you go to the bathroom and there it is, blood! Now you have started all over again. So you write it down in your diary as an early period. and I look forward to next month.

For the next two weeks, you begin to feel fatigued, you are tired, and yet you don’t know why. He may feel a little dizzy, with a stuffy nose.

All of these symptoms may be a sign that your last “period” was actually implantation bleeding. Did it happen about a week or a few days before your period is due? Was the bleeding fairly light rather than a normal ‘flow’? Was the color the same as her normal menstrual blood? Implantation bleeding typically produces pink or brownish blood, more like a light discharge or spotting than a normal period. How long did the bleeding last? A few hours, a couple of days?

IF the bleeding progressed to a full menstrual flow, then it is highly unlikely that it was implantation bleeding. You may have had your period a few days earlier. Although some women have been known to experience a period every month of their entire pregnancy!

Now link any other feelings or symptoms you may have.

• Mild to moderate headaches.
• A cramping sensation in the lower abdomen, similar to menstrual cramps.
• Nausea.
• Stuffy or stuffy nose.
• Sore or tender breasts.
• Tiredness.
• Dizziness or fainting.

These are just a few of the many early pregnancy symptoms you may feel after pregnancy implantation bleeding has occurred. On the other hand, some women feel no symptoms at all!

Before you know it, your body could be preparing for the most amazing 9 months of your life.

Why does implantation bleeding occur?

If you have intercourse around the time of ovulation and the egg is fertilized. It will travel down the fallopian tube and into the uterus. It will then be implanted into the endometrial tissue. This is the blood lining that grows in the uterus. This causes some of the endometrial tissue to separate from the wall of the uterus and leak. Implantation in the uterus will occur within 6 to 8 days after ovulation, if the egg has been fertilized.

Pregnancy implantation bleeding is not a problem, it will not affect the embryo. Not all women will experience this extremely early pregnancy bleeding, only about 20-30%.

It is usually too early to take a pregnancy test at the implantation stage. Hormone levels will remain fairly stable. So it’s just a matter of waiting and keeping your fingers firmly crossed.