Can implantation bleeding occur longer than one day...?

Concerned11986 · Newbie Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

I'm a bit concerned about the brownish looking discharge I am seeing when I wipe after using the toilet. It is very light. It's been going on for only 2 days now and I keep reading about implantation bleeding but the thing that is starting to concern me most is if it really is implantation bleeding or something else. I've learned that implantation bleeding only usually occurs for one day and some women say they have experienced it for a few days long. I had sex a week and a half ago and just this past weekend. My last period started March 2nd and it shouldn't be due just yet so I know it's not my period and I have no PMS symptoms nor do I have any cramping. I'm just a little bloated and I have this brown discharge. A little moody too but nothing too unusual for me. I want to wait until around April 1st to take a HPT because I don't want to take one too early and get a negative response. I'm trying my hardest to be patient but I really want to find out what is going on and I am not able to see a doctor anytime soon considering my circumstances. If what I'm experiencing means that I am pregnant, will an HPT detect it before I would miss my period? Should I just wait a few more weeks anyway?
I could use some professional advice as well as any advice from anyone else who has had this happen to them. Thank You.

Mayo · Silver Member Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 327

What kind of protection have you been using before? If it were only condoms, then it would have nothing to do with your menstrual cycle. Birth control pills, on the other hand, can cause irregular cycles for the first 3-6 months up to a year. The body needs time to recover from the excessive hormones it was taking.

Some home pregnancy tests are said to be effective 6-7 days past ovulation. However, to be 100% sure the results will be true, you should wait for your missed period. It is said that the best time is a day after your period was about to arrive.

Not all women experience bleeding and cramping during implantation and of course you can experience bleeding and not cramping and vice versa. It is all individual.

Has the discharge started after your last sex (the weekend 18th-19th)? If there is a cervix inflammation ( bacterial infection), you could have aggravated the cervix, which would cause bleeding, so it would be bad to see a gynecologist if the discharge continues and check if everything was in order.

You didn’t say if you thought that you were ovulating at the time you had sex (10 days ago). I can’t calculate because I don’t know how long your menstrual cycle lasts ( +-28 days). Ovulation is calculated when you subtract 15-16 days from the day your next period is about to come.

Can implantation bleeding occur longer than one day...?

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