Implantation Bleeding!!! Help!!

Hi there,
I went to the toilet before going to bed last night and I noticed a brown coloured discharge in my underwear. At first I thought it was the start of my period, but after a while I thought to myself that I never experience brown discharge before my period, I normally just bleed. Also I am not due on until the 7th or 8th of Jan.

So I googled it lol. I searched "what does it mean when you have brown discharge before your period is due". I clicked on your website and read a little about it, and it does sound like what I am experiencing as it is no way like a normal period. I have no pain and I normally suffer bad with pains and I am not bleeding as such. Its just like a bloating, dull ache. Can I have your advice on whether you think it is implantation bleeding or just an abnormal period. Thanx Claire x

Reply from New Baby & Beyond

Hi Claire

The timing would be about right for implantation bleeding, and the way you describe the bleeding sounds right too.

But there really is no way to say whether it's an abnormal period that may be caused by stress, illness, infection etc, or whether it is implantation bleeding until you have taken a pregnancy test.

If the bleeding does start to get heavier or become bright red, then it could be an early period. If you just continue to spot, or the bleeding stops, I would advise that you wait until the day your period was due, or a couple of days later and then take a pregnancy test.
You can buy pregnancy tests now that will test around a week before your period is due, but if your HGC levels are low, it could give a false negative.

If you do a test and it shows positive, then what you experienced is almost certainly implantation bleeding.

Hope this helps,
Kind regards and Happy new year
Julie :)

New baby & beyond