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How soon after implantation bleeding can I take a home pregnancy test?

Hello,
I have had many signs of pregnancy like, swollen and tender boobs, stomach cramps on the left side, constant diziness and a few light headaches. My last period started on May 13th and I started on June 12th with a very light period. I typically have very heavy periods and this time it is light. I have read all about Implantation bleeding and not sure if that is what I am going thru.  I have heard many things and not sure which to believe. I have heard to wait 2 weeks after i stop bleeding to take a test, some say ok to test while bleeding and others say to wait a few days after I stop. Im not really trying to get pregnant but I would be happy if I was. Anyone have any advice? My periods have never been regular but my husband and I are stressed wondering if i am pregnant. Im thinking it wont hurt to test now while bleeding, in a few days after i stop and then maybe again in a few weeks. Thank you for all your help.
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i had light scant bleeding two days ago and wonderin if that was implantation...and tomorrow i have a MRI with contrast scheduled..is it safe to continue wit it should i get a blood draw to confirm pregnancy..i had a urine test done 5days ago negative..but that was only a few days after ovulation..what should i do
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With my last pregnancy that ended in late miscarriage at 23 weeks, I had implantation bleeding that was abit lighter than my normal period and lasted 3 maybe 4 days, I didn't get a positive till about 3 weeks after the bleeding stopped, I knew I was pregnant but the doctor didn't believe me until I finally got a positive. Just keep doing tests that's what I would do, I came on 6 days ago 4 days earlier than usual and wasn't as heavy and ended in brown discharge, I've got my fingers crossed aswell for all of us :)
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I have a couple questions about pregnancy and I don't exactly know who to ask or what to ask. I'm just confused about a lot. I usually start my period on the 15th but last month I started on the 19th and it was a very irregular. My period usually only last up to 3 days with a lot of blood brownish stuff. This Was more light pink barely any blood I didn't have any cramping as to where I usually have very many cramps. The white blood last it up to about 7 days and then it stopped. I don't know if that was implantation bleeding or not but I have all the symptoms and signs of pregnancy, But all of my tests are coming up negative do I have to wait till my next period Or what do I do?
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well im confused and i need help me and my husban want to have a baby. well my period was on 06\09\13 and ended 06\11\13 then two days after witch is today i wiped and it was a pink color, i dont know what that mean. could i be pregnat?
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Ok so iam irregular in my periods and I was on depo for 1 year and then got off because I heard that it was going to be hard to get pregnant so my period came back 7 months after leaving the shot and so I usually get my period but it comes on different dates. So my period came April 25-30 and I checked to see if I was ovulating and I keeped on getting negative results so within that month me and my husband had I'm protected sex and so I was having pain on my lower abdomen and on my left side for about 2 weeks and I felt Hungry all the time very tried and my Breast hurt around the nipple and I checked to see if I was pregnant and I got negative and so I started spotting brown on may 29th and its not alot to wear a pad only when I whip and little pink blood but I have cramps that come and go can someone please tell me what might be going on thank u
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I need someones advice "/, my period isent due untill the 28/29th of this month, for last three days I've been spotting/bleeding, but its been a light pinkish colour on the 1st day then it stopped then I woke up on the 2nd day and wiped it was a brownish colour and same this morning, I've been getting stomach cramps, and weird crampy pain on my right side, also lower back pain, headaches, tiredness, and I have been throwing up today, could I be pregnant? I really hope I am :)
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HELP!! So I had sex 2 weeks ago we had protected sex with a condemn but we were cuddling together and he had tooken it off. I'm suppose to start my period about this time and I got it yesterday but its very light barely and bleeding at all! The blood comes out looking somewhat brown when I wipe. Help what can it be am I pregnant?? He was just a one night stand so I need to take actions if anything
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IS SEX SAFE TWO DAYS AFTER SPOTTING OR WHAT YOU CALL IMPLANTATON BLEEDING?
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hi baby love.
i going same things what you going through
well with me i started brown blood frist then next day i started fresh red spotting blood on the tissue then half n hrs went back it was gone again then start brown blood again. my period was meant to be today or tomorrow
i work out from the last period was the 30th october 2012 next perod due was 27th novermber or today still nothing.. but yea. i same here when can we take the test .. ?
but hey let me know what was your result was thanks   and good luck if you are :)
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I'm late on my period by 2 n half weeks then had some light bleeding this morning. My partner and I have been trying for a baby but no luck yet, I have cramps and my breasts are so sore etc. when should I take a test? I'm not sure
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Hello :)
So many of these questions are posted on this forum with no answers?!?!?
I wonder if I can have some help please??
I am 23 and so is my boyfriend we have been having unprotected sex usually each day. I thought I came on my period on tuesday (7th nov) which was early  and it was so light and now stopped. for a week before I felt a nausea like a travel sickness. Am I just being paranoid or could I be pregnant? Is it too soon to take a urine pregnancy test? Thank you so muchly :) x
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Hi there. The reason you may be finding it difficult falling pregnant even when you are 'doing it' so regularly is because it takes 3 days for sperm to mature. If you have sex more than once every 2-3 days your partner is ejaculating less sperm each time (even if the amount of fluid is the same) so by the time you were fertile he may have been very low on sperm count (or had none at all). My doctor clarified this for me a couple of weeks ago. You'd know if you were preg by now so hopefully you are pregnant and the vomitting wasn't a bug :)
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I've been ttc for 8 months now and I've had my fertility tests done and they all came back fine except for one test that showed I had a low egg count. The doctor basically told me I only had a good 5 years of good fertility left (I'm only 27). Considering my husband (31) and I would like two children that means I'd be preg for 9 months with one of them (unless we have twins) and then apparently it can take up to a year to get your periods back, so I'm feeling a little strapped for time. I had sex on day 8, 10, 13, 14 and 16 of my cycle this month but I was stupid and took a test 8 dpo and got a BFN (der!!!), I noticed the TINIEST bit of blood in my undies 9 dpo and thought it couldn't be anything else but implantation. Now I'm 10 dpo, took another test and it was neg. I am now going to wait until I (hopefully) miss a period before I test again. Has anyone else gone through the same thing?
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Did you find anything out?
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Me and my fiance are trying to have a baby.
I am very very very irregular, to the point that I don't get it for months.  We have sex frequently but up to know we have had no luck... Lately I have been experiencing "weird" things.
I started with what seemed like a cold, but only a runny nose, really bad headaches, and a little cough. He says that my breast have grown, also I have been experiencing dizziness, along with minor lower back pains... While this was happening, I started "spotting" for about 8 days.  It was very light and not enough to fill a pad, brown and pink in color. (It would only happen when I wiped and at night).  We want to have a baby but I do not want to get my hopes up and for the test to come back negative.
Any ideas of when I should test? I've read around that a few days after spotting starts, weeks after, etc., HELP!
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me and my fiance had unprotected sex, we are trying to get pregnant, I'm not ashamed lol we are very active so i'd say about 20 times since july 20th, this past week I had cramps than yesterday on august 11th I got my period or what seems like my period it's lighter than usual, last week I was throwing, than the cramps, and now the light bleeding.... Can someone please tell me what this may be if it is the implantation bleeding and how long do I have to wait to take the test to get a possitive answer
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Hey gals!

I have been reading the comments since way back in 2007 and i have enjoyed reading from everyones experiences and pained at the sad ones (miscarriages, false pregnancy).

I have been having breast tenderness for about 5 days, cramping for 4, and just yesterday i wiped back pink on my tiolet paper.husband and I have only been using the POM as a form of BC but as we all know isnt that effective. We arent TTC but we arent not trying not to either. I got a BFN yesterday and today. Should i test in a week? Less? More? I'll keep you guys updated
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Hi. I am confused. I should start my period 09 June but on the 28-30 May I had brown light bleeding. Could this be implantation bleeding??
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Hi, My name is Nikki and I am a 25yo married woman.  My husband and I have been married for 1 ½ years.  We just recently decided to start ttc but we aren’t really trying is the thing.  We decided that not worrying and just “going for it” was the best approach for us.  So here I am a couple of weeks after our first time with no protection.  I haven’t been on BC for years so we just used condoms before.  I now my period was “late”  is say it like that because it was technically 2 days late but it still came if you could call it that.  AF was only here for 3 days which is 4 days short of my norm and it was REALLY light!!!  I am a bleeder to say the least for 6-7 days a month.  Not to mention I have “classic” pregnancy symptoms, sore back, nausea, headaches, slight dizziness, sore breasts.  The list goes on and on.  However I have taken a many test both FRER and Wondro tests.  I always get a BFN   So I am here to hear what you have to say and to see what others are going through who may be just like me.  
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Hi, I'm in a little bit of a different situation. For 3 years I was on implanon. I had 2 light periods in the beginning of use of the implant and then after that I didn't get my period. I had sex unprotected with my hubby 3 days before the implant was removed (removed on April 3rd) in between then and now we have had unprotected sex 5 times. Since about a week after removal I've been having breast tenderness, morning sickness, dizzyness, frequent urination, stomach jabs and cramps. Now, just yesterday I noticed a very light pink lotion like discharge. Could I be pregnant? I was told about hyper-fertilization but not sure if it is real, or could I just be getting my period??
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hey i need help my last period was d 21st of feb n my next was due the 17th march but still hasnt came. iv a 21 day cycle as im on the pill but i had very light bleedin on the 10 - 13th march barely fillen a pantyliner, whereas my periods ar usually very heavy n i get very bad cramps b4 they come. last time me and my bf had sex was the 17th n 24th february and i forgot to take my pill :/ iv been feeling a bit weird n havin slight cramps in my lower belly was jus wonderin if the light bleeding could off been spottin n if so how long should ye wait b4 taking a hpt? i took 1 yesterday (19th march) and came up neg would it be to soon to tell if i was preg ? im confused :L
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okay so heres the deal with me on friday(16th) i woke up feeling sick like i wanted to throw up so a couple hours later went by and out of nowhere i went to the bathroom and started throwing up like moutain dew yellow color even tho i didnt drink mountain dew and all tht day i was just throwing up everytime i would lay down and get back up i would throw up and then i was having horrible headaches to top it off then i was supposed to start my period on monday(19th) but i started a day early on sunday(18th) but its not a normal flow cuz im usually flowing heavy the 1st cople of days and now its just a very light flow today(20th) and then last night was having very horrible sharp pain in my lower stomach amd me and my bf had unprotected sex on my highest ovulation day march 5th and today i just went to take a pregnacy test and it came back negitive..so im just soo very confused on how i was throwing up and having headaches and pains someone please help me understand!!

sry for a long story!!
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Have 3 kids and lmp was Feb 26th..  been having un protected sex since then almost everyday.. ovulation was this week and i had pink color when i wiped only once so implantation bleeding?? Or pregnancy sign?? Periods are every 29 days. Thnx
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I started spotting today. I am hoping it implantation bleeding. There is a tiny bit only when I wipe not enough for a towel.
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