Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 We are not planning a baby. I was due for my period the end of June. Dh and I went to have tea on 7-4 and found that we were shockingly out of protection. We have no idea how that happened :confused1: We decided that the risk was very low since I was already overdue for my period. Well the next day (7-5) I felt distinct ovulation pain in my right side. I was not expecting that :blush: Sometimes I do have quirky cycles and ovulate late though. So yesterday (7-10) I started a very light period. This would have been the first day for implantation. Or it could just be my period and it is light this month. If I did ovulate on 7-5 then it is really too early for my period. Maybe it wasn't ovulation on 7-5 but it felt so much like it. And I just don't feel normal, kwim? Really...I'm just rambling thoughts. I think I am on a very light period and shouldn't be the least bit concerned about any of this :banghead: I'm a little crampy like a period and it is red but just so light. Any experiences like this? UPDATE on 7/14 I had one day of very light spotting and three days of lighting bleeding. It seems to be done now :confused1: I'm really thinking this was just a crazy cycle. No, I haven't tested yet - for those who are antsy :blush: It is too early. Even if I am preggers then it shouldn't show on a test any earlier than Sunday. Does that sound right? Update on 7/17 I took an old test I found in my cabinet and it was negative. I think I might be in the clear. I ordered a pack of test strips on amazon and they should come in tomorrow. I will test on Sunday or Monday one more time to make sure :thumbup1: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes. She's two now. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'd POAS. That's happened to me twice. One is nearly 12 and one is 14 mos. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes. She's two now. Bless! Seriously? Was it really almost like a light period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 What's POAS? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Bless! Seriously? Was it really almost like a light period? Yep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'd POAS. That's happened to me twice. One is nearly 12 and one is 14 mos. :) I think I need to wait a few more days for that to be accurate. I think I read 7 days after implantation? I'm not good at waiting. It kills me. Surely I'm not pregnant though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Oh wow. I'm so smart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 What's POAS? Pee On A Stick ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I think I need to wait a few more days for that to be accurate. I think I read 7 days after implantation? I'm not good at waiting. It kills me. Surely I'm not pregnant though. Surely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Surely. Thank you for agreeing. :001_rolleyes: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 It could be a period or spotting since you do not know when you truly ovulated. Maybe you geared up to ovulate but it was a weak one with a short lp so your cycle is light. I had spotting with my oldest with red blood. Without looking for fertile signs other then cramping or charting temps it is hard to say. You would only be 6 dpo at the most if you got pregnant from the 4th though and implantation generally occurs between day 8 and 12 I believe. I would wait a few days before testing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 It could be a period or spotting since you do not know when you truly ovulated. Maybe you geared up to ovulate but it was a weak one with a short lp so your cycle is light. I had spotting with my oldest with red blood. Without looking for fertile signs other then cramping or charting temps it is hard to say. You would only be 6 dpo at the most if you got pregnant from the 4th though and implantation generally occurs between day 8 and 12 I believe. I would wait a few days before testing. Actually everything I have read says days 6-12. That is why I am concerned. Since tea would have come first with ovulation less than 24 hours later, implantation would probably fall on the earlier side of things and not later. or it could just be a period. Who knows. I really need to not worry about it, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Could it be menopause? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Could it be menopause? I guess, haha. I haven't had any signs of menopause and I am still a few years from 40? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I know nothing about menopause. I just know pregnancy scares are often menopause. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 How old are you? I'm 41 now, and I've had a couple of wonky periods over the last year. In fact, I'm having one of those right now--it was a few days late and so weird and light for four days that I thought I was heading into another crazy bleeding episode like I had last fall. And I was having lower-right abdominal pain that was so weird that I was worried I might have appendicitis. So based on my own experiences, I would say that you're probably not pregnant. But, of course, there's only one way to know for sure!!! :lurk5: ETA: Oops, you answered someone else while I was typing. Hmm, hard to say. I'll keep my popcorn handy just in case! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 How old are you? I'm 41 now, and I've had a couple of wonky periods over the last year. In fact, I'm having one of those right now--it was a few days late and so weird and light for four days that I thought I was heading into another crazy bleeding episode like I had last fall. And I was having lower-right abdominal pain that was so weird that I was worried I might have appendicitis. So based on my own experiences, I would say that you're probably not pregnant. But, of course, there's only one way to know for sure!!! :lurk5: I'm 37. I mean it could be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm 37. I mean it could be? The waiting is so hard. I hate not having answers to stuff like this! I think you're just going to have to give it a few more days and start peeing if you don't have an answer by then. Sorry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrn Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 My first pregnancy was like this. Very light period-or so I thought. I even donated blood because I really thought it was a period. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 At least you're so young a baby wouldn't be a terrible thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 He is turning 9 in October, and he is very cool. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 8-10 dpo are the most common days for it to occur. It can happen as early as day 6 but it usually does not. It is possible though. I implanted on the late side with one of mine and that is also less common. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I have never had implantation bleeding that I noticed, but since my mid-30s I have had the occasional wonky period that began with spotting or was very light for the first day or so. I suspect I've also had several anovulatory cycles/bleeding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes, DS11. :) We were trying but at 41 I really, really, really didn't expect to get pregnant at the very first attempt. :o 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 At least you're so young a baby wouldn't be a terrible thing. I'm glad to see that someone in this world thinks that 37 is "so young". haha. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 The waiting is so hard. I hate not having answers to stuff like this! I think you're just going to have to give it a few more days and start peeing if you don't have an answer by then. Sorry! Yes, I know :( Oh well. I guess either my bleeding will pick up and feel more like a real period or I'll have to POAS sometime next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 7 days post ovulation that happened to me. Scared the crap out of me (we were trying). 10 days post ovulation I took a test and it was positive. Still had bleeding for a while longer off and on. She's 15 now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm glad to see that someone in this world thinks that 37 is "so young". haha. Of course 37 is young. That's when I had my 4yo. :D 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I have. Once it was pregnancy. But it was REALLY light and only a day. The toher times it turned into a period eventually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I had a lot of implantation bleeding with dudeling - but it didn't start until later and lasted on and off until I was 12 weeks. I've also had times my cycle was late, and I felt wrong . . . but wasn't pg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes, he's nearly 2. I was so sure it had been a slightly lighter than normal period, but the ultrasound showed a nearly 11 week baby, rather than a 7-8 weeker like I estimated... He is my 4th baby (6th pregnancy) and the only time it happened to me. Hope you get answers soon! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Once I have had implantation bleeding that was heavy. But that was after a positive. All the bleeding and spotting I've had in my luteal phase between ovulation and menstruation has not been pregnancies. The lighter implantation bleeding has been just the barest spotting that early. The kiddo with the heavy bleeding is turning seven next week. But by and large bleeding like that has been oddly timed periods for me, and once it was a chemical pregnancy. The only heavy implantation bleeding was at closer to 14 days after ovulation, with a strong positive. I'm fairly fertile, too, so that's my experience :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes, I did that with my oldest. We'd been TTC for quite some time with no luck. I assumed it was a light period. I still don't know why I decided to POAS a couple of weeks later (I can't have pg tests --or chocolate-- in the house. I can't leave them alone :lol:) and I just about fell over when it turned up positive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSmomof2 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes, and she's 10 now. I actually had on and off bleeding like a light period throughout the first trimester (which after 9 yrs of infertility was terrible to deal with). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'm glad to see that someone in this world thinks that 37 is "so young". haha. That was my attitude as well . . . until I had dd when I was 39yo, just weeks before I turned 40. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Yes, and she's 10 now. I actually had on and off bleeding like a light period throughout the first trimester (which after 9 yrs of infertility was terrible to deal with). I can imagine :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I had implantation bleeding with ds11, it lasted about 48 hours and was light but more than spotting. I tested positive about 5 days later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Updated post #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Had implantation bleeding with both. Bed rest for first pregnancy. Positive as early as 5 weeks so it is possible to get an early positive. Did a v-scan at gynae to confirm. My mom had my brother when she was 38. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Does that sound right? Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yes. Thank you. Sometimes it is nice just to know that you are on the right track :thumbup1: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 No, I haven't tested yet - for those who are antsy :blush: It is too early. Even if I am preggers then it shouldn't show on a test any earlier than Sunday. Does that sound right? Maybe, maybe not. If you O'd on the 5th, you are now 9 dpo. I have gotten positive pregnancy tests at 8, 9, 10, and 12 dpo (in all four cases it was the first day I tested... I've never had a negative test). I am 100% sure of dates since we were ttc all four times. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Maybe, maybe not. If you O'd on the 5th, you are now 9 dpo. I have gotten positive pregnancy tests at 8, 9, 10, and 12 dpo (in all four cases it was the first day I tested... I've never had a negative test). I am 100% sure of dates since we were ttc all four times. Yes, this. OR, like my #4, you've been pregnant for a month before this faux cycle. Dollar store tests are cheap! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 We are just antsy. Babies make us all giddy and excited. :001_wub: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 With my oldest, I had heavy bleeding for several days at the normal time but my basal temps never dropped. They were still high a week into my "new" cycle. I suspect she may've originally had a twin whom I miscarried very early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 It happened once, but I suspected right away because of my absence of PMS symptoms. Did you have typical PMS symptoms with this cycle? Ditto $ store tests. Waiting is hard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IfIOnly Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Maybe, maybe not. If you O'd on the 5th, you are now 9 dpo. I have gotten positive pregnancy tests at 8, 9, 10, and 12 dpo (in all four cases it was the first day I tested... I've never had a negative test). I am 100% sure of dates since we were ttc all four times. Yep. I've never needed to wait much more than a week past ovulation for a positive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Yes. He is 15 now. I had never heard of implantation bleeding. I mentioned to a friend of mine I had a really light period...couple of days of pink...only a few days had passed when I mentioned this to her. She made me POAS that very day and I was shocked to see positive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I had it with DD, but I don't have a positive test for at least 11 dpo. I tested a bit early with both my older kids and had negative tests. I still feel a bit guilty over how much I drank the night I was sure I wasn't pregnant with DS, but it seemed like I should have been safe. I got a positive test a week later. With DD, I tested the day before running my first 5k and was negative. It was positive two days later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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