came across this whilst obsessing over ....well TTC just some info on implantation


Many consider a pregnancy to have taken place with the union of the egg and the sperm - or with fertilization. That fact is, when the egg is fertilized it remains initially "detached" from the mother - just a tiny, free-floating speck in the wide universe of the womb. Following fertilization, the incipient embryo (or blastocyst) is just a cluster of multiplying cells - and the blastocyst must develop and grow through a number of phases and stages before it is prepared to "hook up" with the mother. This hook up or connection is called "implantation".

When the embryo (blastocyst) is ready, it will nestle into the womb or side of the uterus. At this moment of implantation, pregnancy has officially taken place and the placental tissue begins to secrete the hormone hCG. Implantation may take place as early as a handful of days after ovulation or well over a week. On average, one can expect implantation to occur about seven to ten days after you ovulate. This is also the point at which you can take an early pregnancy test.

Signs of implantation are few: Unlike pains associated with the release of the egg (mittelschmerz), there is seldom any kind of cramping or physical awareness that implantation has taken place. In fact, the first sign of implantation may be a positive pregnancy test!On the other hand, some women do experience what is called implantation bleeding, a very light spotting that may occur just shortly after the embryo implants in the uterine lining of the womb. Again, this spotting will be very light, won't last more than a day, and will be typically brown or possibly reddish in color.

I was recently trying to find info about IB. thanks so much for sharing this!!

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No probs ladies i say all info should be shared the more we got the better ay girls?? xxxx

Thank you! I have been thinking about this today. I got what I think is my AF today, because it is due today. But, it seems very light and brownish instead of it's usual red. Any ideas??

thanx darl!

Its a pity the little bugger can't stop for a minute and write us a quick note and pop it in our "mail box" just to put us out of our misery! Good info, thanks!

Thanks for sharing that!

oh yes huns i defo have a lil idea as my friend just had this, she got her bfp at 13dpo then at 14dpo she thought she was having her af started spotting and it was actually red it then abruptly stopped and she is still preg and perfectly fine.
have u tested? this is what it could be as it totally normal for a woman to have a small bleed when her af would have been due i mean when i was preg with my son i had 3 light afs thats why i didnt know till 15 weeks that was very surprising at what i thought was a dating scan he was bouncing around like a nutter, take a test huns let us know good luck hope that helped

Thanks! No, I didn't do a test, as the bleeding was a little heavier today, and red, so I figured it had to be AF.