Implantation bleeding or AF?

[Zahraa179]

Here goes:

From 2dpo I started to have this weird glassy/scratchy feeling in my nipples which lasted up untill 8dpo. At what I think was 11 dpo roughly 2/3 days before period was due; I started to have brown spotting and brown discharge, I then started to have pinkish spotting with the brown discharge and this went on for less than a day as it all started in the evening but then the next day (12 dpo) I started to get red bleeding but not enough to have a flow and a little heavier than what I think is spotting (not enough to go on a pad and only seen on a tp when wipe) this was on and off for about 8 hours if that and then it just carried on as brown discharge for a little while and then completely stopped. I have never had such a short period if it is AF and have never started early either, usually a couple days late if it is late.
What I found really strange though is that exactly as I started spotting, I started having flu like symptoms such as; runny/blocked nose, headaches, fatigue, feeling really faint and a bad chest infection kinda thing (which only lasted a day), some kind of weird fever that kept coming and going like hot flushes; my temp was reaching 98.8F. Whilst going through all of that I was feeling nausea's too, from 12dpo I kept throwing up in my mouth but it kept going back down (so disgusting I know!! ) It is now 16dpo and I have had a reeeeeeeeally extremely faint positive which I don't regard as a positive :S as I have experience of false positive, chemical pregnancies and miscarriages.
I've also had really strange feelings in my breasts, I feel different things in each separate breast at different random times such as; tingling, itchy feelings, pressure on the sides, aching and sometimes i can feel a pulsating feeling like my heart beat pulsating through my breasts... (I don't know if this is normal or out of the ordinary :S )

Has anyone else gone through this before or was the spotting an AF mishap :S ?

P.S sorry for all the detailed nasty info, I just really need some advise and re-assurance...

 

[Toms Mummy]

Hi there, I'm so sorry you're going through this it's so frustrating isn't it!!

I am 12dpo today and I have been spotting since 10dpo... it started of very light and pink then 11dpo it was a little bit heavier (although not heavy enough to be my af) and dark brown. Today I am having a little bit more!

All the while, since 7dpo I have had slight cramping and tingly nipples since 10dpo!

I've not had flu like symptoms but have read a lot on here with people who have!!

I tested bfn this morning .... but I've heard that IB can happed from 6dpo to about 12dpo and then a bfp can be picked up about 5 days later.

Not much advice, but just showing you that I'm in the same boat and I'm convinced I'm pg!! Fx'd for you, and be sure to keep us updated x

 

[chan1983]

Here goes:

From 2dpo I started to have this weird glassy/scratchy feeling in my nipples which lasted up untill 8dpo. At what I think was 11 dpo roughly 2/3 days before period was due; I started to have brown spotting and brown discharge, I then started to have pinkish spotting with the brown discharge and this went on for less than a day as it all started in the evening but then the next day (12 dpo) I started to get red bleeding but not enough to have a flow and a little heavier than what I think is spotting (not enough to go on a pad and only seen on a tp when wipe) this was on and off for about 8 hours if that and then it just carried on as brown discharge for a little while and then completely stopped. I have never had such a short period if it is AF and have never started early either, usually a couple days late if it is late.
What I found really strange though is that exactly as I started spotting, I started having flu like symptoms such as; runny/blocked nose, headaches, fatigue, feeling really faint and a bad chest infection kinda thing (which only lasted a day), some kind of weird fever that kept coming and going like hot flushes; my temp was reaching 98.8F. Whilst going through all of that I was feeling nausea's too, from 12dpo I kept throwing up in my mouth but it kept going back down (so disgusting I know!! ) It is now 16dpo and I have had a reeeeeeeeally extremely faint positive which I don't regard as a positive :S as I have experience of false positive, chemical pregnancies and miscarriages.
I've also had really strange feelings in my breasts, I feel different things in each separate breast at different random times such as; tingling, itchy feelings, pressure on the sides, aching and sometimes i can feel a pulsating feeling like my heart beat pulsating through my breasts... (I don't know if this is normal or out of the ordinary :S )

Has anyone else gone through this before or was the spotting an AF mishap :S ?

P.S sorry for all the detailed nasty info, I just really need some advise and re-assurance...

Hey zahraa have you spoken to your doctor for a blood test as hcg gets into your blood stream first if that is a option for you x

 

[Zahraa179]

Hi Ladies,

at the moment I'm just waiting for the hpt's I ordered off the internet (not the cheapies) as I used all of my other ones too early :S ... shops in my area are way to far and expensive for hpt's and with doctors ap., my GP is far from me as I decided to keep it in central london as all GP's + hospitals further east of London are so crap and have had some horrific stories told by pregnant women in the past. I do have a pelvic scan (vaginal ultrasound) on the 22nd June which was originally for something else so if I do get a BFP then I'll just let them know about it; I should be about 4 weeks along by then, do you think they'd be able to see it?

One issue though is that my mum with all of her 7 full term pregnancies and 5 miscarriage of twins; she didn't get a positive HPT till 6 weeks on every single pregnancy, and sometimes she even had blood tests at 5 weeks that still came out negative... so I really don't know what to think :S

 

[Zahraa179]

Hi ladies,

just updating; I received the FRER tests this after noon and kept a cup of FMU this morning just in case so I tested with that and it was a faint line but strong enough for me to confirm that it's a BFP @ 18 dpo!!!!

 

[Toms Mummy]

Yey!!! Congratulations! I am so happy for you, partly because your symptoms (esp the spotting) were similar to mine so there's hope for me yet!!!

 

[Zahraa179]

Hi Toms mummy,

I know!! My symptoms were so erratic and strange!! If you are experiencing similar symptoms then it really could be likely for you too!! We could both be pregnancy buddies!!! yaaaay.... update me on your results??? How many dpo are you?

 

[Toms Mummy]

Ooh, yeah that'd be great!!... I'm 12dpo today, neg hpt this morning but on a cheapy. I wasted my frer at 5 and 7 dpo :doh:

I have one more cheapy to use tomorrow, if it comes up neg then I'll go get some more frers!

 

[Mum 2 Quigley]

Zahraa - i was about to poost that it sounds like BFP to me, great symptoms! then read on to discover it wasQ!!!!!!congratulations! H&H 9 months!

Toms Mummy - good luck to you., hopefully you will get your result soon too!!

 

[Zahraa179]

Hi Toms Mummy,

implantation can happen between 6-12 dpo and then you gotta wait at least 5 days after implantation to get a positive, I had to wait 6 day after I had implantation bleeding before I got my BFP. Get some FRER's, they are much cheaper on amazon so you could order two (just in case) twin packs for the price of one (that you would buy in the shop) and start POAS at 14 or 16 dpo depending on what your symptoms were and then test every 3 days untill you get a BFP FX for you!!!

Thanks Mum 2 Quigley lol they may sound like great and obvious symptoms but they don't feel great!! lol... I felt soooo hot last night (even though it was only 11 celsius) I had to sleep on the sofa as I was so uncomfortable sleeping next to hubby, I felt like I was in an oven!

 

[Toms Mummy]

Thanks Zahraa.... I was just wondering, now you have had your implantation bleeding did your cramping stop afterwards?..... I've had IB for the past 3 days and it seems to have stopped this afternoon and so has the cramping!! I wondered if it was connected?

 

[Mum 2 Quigley]

Hi Toms Mummy,

implantation can happen between 6-12 dpo and then you gotta wait at least 5 days after implantation to get a positive, I had to wait 6 day after I had implantation bleeding before I got my BFP. Get some FRER's, they are much cheaper on amazon so you could order two (just in case) twin packs for the price of one (that you would buy in the shop) and start POAS at 14 or 16 dpo depending on what your symptoms were and then test every 3 days untill you get a BFP FX for you!!!

Thanks Mum 2 Quigley lol they may sound like great and obvious symptoms but they don't feel great!! lol... I felt soooo hot last night (even though it was only 11 celsius) I had to sleep on the sofa as I was so uncomfortable sleeping next to hubby, I felt like I was in an oven!

haha I suppose it sound great when it's not actually happening - when you wish it was! haha but when it is actually happening, it's always a different story! haha It's kind of like when it's summer, you wish it was winter cos it's too hot & vice versa...the grass is always greener on the other side!!

 

[Zahraa179]

hey girls,

I did another test this afternoon (not FMU) of a different brand and the line seems to be getting stronger

 

[Zahraa179]

Hi girls,

I have just seen your messages, Toms Mummy, I actually didn't have that much cramping in the first place, it was nothing near to the feeling of period cramps, it was just like a dull ache but every woman experiences different things. After the implantation bleeding it stopped for like a day or two but then it came back and felt as if I was going to start my AF and I believed that I actually was going to start because my AF was due at that time but it never came! Then the crampiness subsided and now just at random times I get this weird feeling of stretching and tightness (I can now definitely feel like there is something there, it's kind of a similar feeling as to when I had the copper coil in; strange I know). Anywho I hope this helps you Toms Mummy.

Mum 2 Quigley lol I know exactly what you mean, I wished it upon myself and I had no idea that it would be like this for me but at least I haven't really had any morning sickness which I absolutely hate, throwing up, argh! But I guess I can't really complain most of it is over now... The chesty infection feeling was dying down before but now it has come back with a vengeance! And I still have the runny nose, on and off tingling and random pains in my breasts and just the awful stretchy feeling on the right side of my uterus but I know that's just my uterus making way for my baby!!

 

[Toms Mummy]

Thanks Zarhaa... It's great to get a symptom check from someone with a bfp lol!!... The cramps have disappeared altogether now and the spotting has now been going on for 4 days!! It's weird though, because the spotting never lasts all day! it starts at about 10ish then dries up around 6ish!... my nipples are still tingly but I am losing hope

My pg friend is letting me pee on one of her expensive digi sticks tomorrow

 

[Mum 2 Quigley]

good to see the positive is getting stringer! yay!

toms mum...good luck! hopefully your friends digi holds the right answer!

 

[mrsfoster]

Hope you ladies don't mind if I jump in...but I believe I O'd last week and all of the sudden last night I felt a surge of wetness in my undies, so I went to the bathroom and I had a brown spot....well when I wiped it was like orange/pink ( I beleive im colorblind LOL) but it seemed to be a little more than my usual spotting, I put on a pad cuz I thought it was AF coming early, and there was a couple more spots, when I woke up this afternoon and went to the bathroom it was a tad bit darker but less so I put on a liner and it got less and less and is now only when I wipe...I am due for AF between the 23-26...It has never been this much before AF...sorry for rambling! Any thoughts?

 

[Toms Mummy]

Hi MrsFoster ........... Sounds promising that sort of spotting before your period .... I had pink then brown spotting from dpo10-13. It was a little bit heavier than spotting but not as heavy as a period though so not really sure what to think!

 

[mrsfoster]

Thats how mine was it only lasted for 2 days, it was heavier than spotting but not as heavy as AF and now it has tappered off...now its just a lil bit when I wipe (sorry TMI) and brown, not pink anymore! Im hoping its my turn! Are you expecting?

 

[Toms Mummy]

I hope it's your turn too mrsfoster

I have done 6 hpt tests since 7dpo but all still bfns!!... I am 14dpo today but haven't done one, I thought I'd wait a few more days, then I know for definate