Hello Everyone! This is my first post to this forum, however, I have visited this site before and found it to be extremely helpful!
Yesterday, August 27th, My husband and I just learned that we are in fact Pregnant!!
All of yesterday was about celebrating and sharing the exciting news with his mother and sister
I thank my God for this beautiful blessing that is on his way!
My Story::
AUG19Started feeling cramps that resemble menstrual cramps. Thought I was about to start my period.
AUG 20--I noticed a tiny brown and slightly pink spot on my tissue when I wiped. Since this was my expected period date, I figured it was just my period starting. I normally spot a little on the first day then get heavy for the next two to three days, then light for a day, then stop. My normal cycle is 26 days, not 28, and my periods usually last anywhere between 4 and 6 days. Because my cycle is shorter than the normal 28, and since most websites state that implantation bleeding occurred usually two or three days before you next period date (of a 28 day cycle) I began to except that I was simply not pregnant this time.
---A Clear description. The size of the drops of blood where about the size of my pinky nail. The brown stuff seemed to be separate and different then the pink (as oil and water would look if you put them together--they do not mix). After that first drop of pink, I did not see any more pink until the spotting stopped. It was about medium in thickness and stringiness--meaning, it was not wet like water, but not very thick like syrup either.
AUG 21Until late evening, I was seeing brown spotting. I would see no more than two or three tiny spots on my tampons in a four or five hour period, and I noticed that sometimes within two or three hours, I saw nothing. My vagina seemed to be a little drier than normal. I was sick, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach-ache, and I was completely exhausted. At around 9pm, the last blood I saw was the same as the first, little bit of brown with pink, in the same exact manner as I described above.
The Next Few DaysAt first I kept watching for more blood. Since I occasionally have light bleeding, and since I had been under a significant amount of stress in the past few days, I just thought my cycle will be thrown off a little. By Thursday night, Aug 23rd, I began to suspect that I just might be pregnant. I was also concerned that if it is not pregnancy, there may be any serious complication with my body and reproductive system. I began searching frantically online for answers and clarity on my symptoms. On Friday, I found this forum to be very insightful! But I also search various websites trying to get a clear and definitive picture of implantation bleeding. After discovering how hard it is to find consistent information on the topic, I decided that if I am pregnant, I will post and describe in great detail my experience in hopes that some other beautiful momma to be could have a little less trouble finding the answers.
Through research, I have learned that every woman is different and there are a few different ways that women have been known to experience implantation bleeding. Some see only pink, and only a spot or two and then nothing, while others see only brown and spot for a week. The only consisted information I found through all websites is that spotting occurs in small amounts, sometimes as small as the head of a nail, and it never fills a normal sized tampon within four or five hours. For all the spotting I saw, I think that I would not have filled a tampon if I kept it in for the entire two days that I spotted.
I pray that this helps my sisters out there!! God bless you all!
My Love!
