bleeding a must?

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Registered: 08-31-2003
bleeding a must?
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Sun, 08-31-2003 - 3:38pm
hi there. i'm liz. here's what i'm wondering about as easily as i can ask. i'm due for my period sept 6th, tho yesterday aug 30, i had these BAD period like cramps...then they stopped. i "checked" myself and no signs of any bleeding like an early period. i've heard this could be implantation cramps, which WOULD make sense with our sex days and schedule, but i have no implantation bleeding. is the bleeding a must? maybe it's only a little bit and will show up later a bit brownish? just curious. i have a slight constant feeling of nausea also, but ppl tell me it's way too soon to feel that way. weird. thanks for any help.
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Registered: 08-05-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 3:51pm
Not everyone has implantaion bleeding or cramping, most people don't even know when implantation takes place. You may or you may not have, but it's possible.
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Registered: 08-31-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 3:53pm
i guess i kinda know that, but i'm more so wondering if they two HAVE to go hand and hand. you know? if it was implantation cramps for just that one day, do i have to bleed?
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Registered: 04-23-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 6:35pm
From what I understand, the two don't go hand in hand. I have read, though, that a very small percentage of women will get any sign like spotting or cramping with implantation.

Melissa

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Registered: 08-31-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 8:11pm
interesting, cuz i coulda swore i was dying when those cramps hit yesterday....
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Registered: 07-10-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 8:38pm
I'm 5 weeks pregnant and i never had implantation bleeding although i do have mild cramping on and off and the doc said that was totally normal since you ligaments ans uterus is stretching making room for the baby.

Leg

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Registered: 08-31-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 9:11pm
thanks leg!

we're really hoping we're pregnant, tho another message board said "no way, too soon" cuz i'm so tired, slight constant nausea, prominent bumpy things on the areola and that awful cramp episode yesterday. mostly tho, i can't get over how exhausted i am, but since it hasn't been two weeks yet, they say no way. the thing is, i was pregnant before and lost the baby. i had a SEVERE case of hypermesis graviderum. i KNEW i was pregnant with no ifs ands or buts....that pregnancy was immediate "you're pregnant lady". this time, if i am, there's no dying feelings yet. thank god. i really thought i was going to, but luckily, hypermesis isn't a thing that necessarily happens every time.....with that said, my body last time was VERY sensitive to the changes of pregnancy, so maybe it is possible for me to notice things already this time tho it's only been a short while. i guess only time will tell.

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Registered: 04-15-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 9:31pm
It is NOT too soon for your body to know that it is pregnant. It maybe to soon to get a BFP on any test, but it is not too early to get the symptoms. Now with the implantation and the bleeding, it is possible to have pain and no bleeding, it is possible to have bleeding and not pain and it is more than likely that the majority of the women will have neither.

Here is to hoping that you are pregnant and that you have a happy and healthy 9 months. My next AF is due on 9/8. I have also been feeling the cramping and sick feeling (mostly at night). BBs have started to feel a little sore also. Who knows, maybe you and I can be on the May 04 expecting boards together.

All the best to you. May God bless you with a baby soon.

Tammy

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Registered: 08-31-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 08-31-2003 - 9:37pm
thanks so much!!!! we're hoping and hoping and hoping. he talks to my belly already..."just in case". lol....
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Registered: 08-31-2003
In reply to: mrs_h2os
Sun, 09-07-2003 - 1:30pm
ok...after my first post on the 31st, i started having tinted discharge the very next day. so for seven days now, i've had pinky and then brownish discharge. definitely nothing to notice on tp. i have to "check" and there it is. so it's minimal. i'm HOPING that i'm pregnant, tho all 2 billion of the Hpt's i've taken say no. i've never had a discharge before a period like this before. usually it's a day and then the next day "hello flow". i was due for my period today. so.....maybe this is positive? also, my cervix is a bit higher and pretty closed...slight opening. usually if i'm gonna bleed, it opens a bit. any thoughts? i know it's technically early for a test, but i'm so excited that i keep taking em in hopes of good news anyway. lol....tho this spotting thing seems positive especially since i had MAJOR cramping on the 31st. implantation maybe? thought i was gonna die. :-)