implantation bleeding maybe?

[virgo1981]

ok my period was due last Wednesday but didn't come on.It hadn't come on by Sunday so I took a pregnancy test and it was negative.Later  that day i started to bleed a little bit of bright red blood that stayed the same consistency(didnt get heavier or anything) until today.Today it seems to be getting lighter as if its going off.could this be implantation bleeding.(the night before i started to bleed i got a sharp pain on my left side it was like real quick )If so when can i take a pregnancy test and get accurate results.like when does the pregnancy hormone begin to be enough to show up on a test.

[Kim1989]

you weren't even a week late. you might just have miscalculated when your period was due and are having a lightler period.

i never had implantation bleeding so i cant tell you if thats what your having.

and the tests you took after your period was due should have given you an accurate result. the pregnancy hormone can begin to show up on a test as early as 4 days before your missed period

[virgo1981]

my period always come on wednesday and goes off saturday so it is odd for it to come on a sunday and be short at that.i have read that the hormone doesnt start to accumolate until after implantation has happened so if this is implantation bleeding that started on sunday then the test would have been accurate in being negative.or am i wrong?

[Kim1989]

you are correct about after implantation the hcg levels rising.

"Implantation bleeding is a tiny bit of spotting at the time that the embryo implants into the uterus. It usually occurs approximately 7 days after conception, which is typically about 7 days before you expect to get your next period" so you would have experienced it ealier than you are now.

your bodys not always going to start a period on a wednesday. that would mean you do not have a typical 28 day cycle.

[virgo1981]

ok so what would make me 4 days late when ive never been late before?

[virgo1981]

i also was told that implantation bleeding  happen 4 weeks after your last period went off mine was april 22nd and went off april 25 so the dates kind of add up.so if the egg was fertilized then my period would not have come on and if its implantation bleedingthen thats why the pregnancy test was negative?

[Kim1989]

4 weeks after a period gets off would be your next period. and thats said to not be when implantation bleeding is.

just because you have never been late before...doesnt mean you cant be. a number of things can cause your period to be mia for awhile.

all i can say its your going to have to wait...and take another test if you think your pregnant..or get a blood test and that will give you an exact answer

[virgo1981]

i have no more bleeding now which is kind of weird considering that my period usually is on for more than a day but ill just wait it out and see what happens thank you for your input