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very short period then pinkish brown spotting

My husband and I have only been ttc for 2 months.  I am 30 years old and my period has always been very regular (every 28 days).  This past month I started on the day that I should, but it only last for a day and a half.  It is normally very heavy and lasts 5-6 days.  It stopped for a day and then I got a very light pinkish brown spotting for just a few minutes.  I know there is always a possibility of being pregnant, but I'm not really having any symptoms.  I have had some slight nausea at times, but that is all.  If I were pregnant, I would be about 3 weeks.  What do you think?
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You probably would not have symptoms yet. I never get them till at least 6 weeks so don't go by that.
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Sounds to me like you are preggo!  Like you, I could just about predict the hour when my AF would arrive.  After being a week and a half late for AF I took a hpt. becaue I was so late, I knew it would be positive...my only symptoms were a little queasy throughout the day (no morning sickness) and very tired.  You need to take a hpt!  Good luck!!
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Well I think you should take a test because that is the only way to find out. Let us know.
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A HPT should be accurate by now - have you tried taking one yet?
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take an hpt - we hold our breaths on this site waiting to hear about BFP's - love to hear good news from you. good luck!!
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The Week of the June 23rd I was feeling nauseous and sooo tired and had the thought that I may be pregnant (I don
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Hi everyone.
Can anybody help me because im driving myself crazy. Im 8 days late for my period which should have started last Fri but instead i got some light brown spotting which lasted for 3 days but was very light and mostly only there when i wiped myself ive been feeling slightly sick on and off for the last 5 days with abit of back ache and sometimes abit of cramp in my left side. After the 3 days it stopped so I did a home pregnancy test but it came back neg! I then went to my docs where he checked me over and told me to do another test in a weeks time, but its been killing me so ive gave in today and done another one but that also said neg. I really dont no what to think can someone give me a clue pleeeeeaaaaasssse. Thanx.
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Hi everyone.
Can anybody help me because im driving myself crazy. Im 8 days late for my period which should have started last Fri but instead i got some light brown spotting which lasted for 3 days but was very light and mostly only there when i wiped myself ive been feeling slightly sick on and off for the last 5 days with abit of back ache and sometimes abit of cramp in my left side. After the 3 days it stopped so I did a home pregnancy test but it came back neg! I then went to my docs where he checked me over and told me to do another test in a weeks time, but its been killing me so ive gave in today and done another one but that also said neg. I really dont no what to think can someone give me a clue pleeeeeaaaaasssse. Thanx.
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so i'm very concerned...

my last period was on june 23rd. my bf and i had sex about a week after, but we thought we were safe. 2 weeks later, i was experiencing pregnancy symptoms: i was nauseous, i vomitted about 4 times that week, i was always hungry, and i was constipated. i was really scared that i was pregnant because all the signs were showing that i could be pregnant (or is it too early to have these pregnancy symptoms at this time?). then on july 21st, i started bleeding with cramping. i was relieved that it was heavy bleeding (really hoping that it was my period), but then it lasted only 2 days. my normal cycle is about 5-7 days of heavy bleeding. now, i'm just spotting. i've read that implantation bleeding is not heavy, but light and pinkish/brown, so i ruled that out as a possibility. is it possible that i really am pregnant and to have pregnancy symptoms so early? even today, i vomitted and felt nauseous. i'm really scared that i'm pregnant...

can anyone help please?
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Hello all..I am hoping to find some answers here.  I had my tubes tied two years ago after a c-section and I have been on time every month for my period.  Last week I had some dark brown spotting, only when I wiped, my fiancee and I had intercourse since then and now no period.  I should be two days into it already and I normally have a very strong flow the 1 & 2 day. I am bloated, had the pms emotional symptons but no cramping.  My bowels have been moving more in the last few days and I have had headaches everyday.  I got a massage yesterday and about fainted when I got up off the table.  My appetite is diminished, I feel "full".  I have three children and none of their pregnancies felt this way, other than the fullness feeling. Anyone had this happen?
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Hi you guys. Im sorry but i cant really give you any answers either i think we are all praying for some one to just tell us whats what! ha ha. Im now 3 weeks late but still showing negative on hpt. I think ive had some implantation bleeding last month on the day my period was due it lasted for only 3 days, was brown and very light (sorry about details) I feel so bloated, having constant back and head aches, I feel like i fancy different food, my boobs hurt and the list still goes on.... Thats why im so confused i seem to be having loads of symptoms but still showing negative.
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Hi you guys. Im sorry but i cant really give you any answers either i think we are all praying for some one to just tell us whats what! ha ha. Im now 3 weeks late but still showing negative on hpt. I think ive had some implantation bleeding last month on the day my period was due it lasted for only 3 days, was brown and very light (sorry about details) I feel so bloated, having constant back and head aches, I feel like i fancy different food, my boobs hurt and the list still goes on.... Thats why im so confused i seem to be having loads of symptoms but still showing negative.
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Sorry ive done it again posted the same message twice.  DOH!!
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Hi well i am not actually trying to concieve.  this past friday i had unprotected sex with my boyfriend.  ihad told him that i was supposed to get my period any time now but hadnt yet...so he came inside me.  well now it is wednesday and still no period just very light brown spotting in the morning and late evening at times of usually heavy flow.  i have taken 2 HPT and they r both neg.  i freaked out yesterday and took 2 white pills from a birth control pill package....i am not on any type of BC, but thats what they give you for a morning after pill. and then you take 2 more 12 hours later.  so when can i be sure i am not preggers....will i get my period at all now if i am not because i took the BC?  is it this implantion bleeding that i read about?  what to do?
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hi visqueen just wondering what happened...I am in the same situation same simptoms no period (which I have a normal 28 day cycle) light spotting for a couple of days tested after 3 days of no period but HPT was neg.  I have no other official symptoms apart from heartburn, hungry but no apetite twitches and very mild cramping...I am not sure if my mind is playing tricks or if this is all related. I have an appointment tomorrow with the Dr but I thought I'd ask.....thanks
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Hi mars65,
I am still waiting! its been 11 weeks now!! My last period only lasted for a day so i went back to the doctors and they sending me for a scan which is on Tue 5th so i should no for defo then. Its just so hard waiting i no exactly how your feeling. I really dont think that i can be pregnant now after testing negative 11 weeks late but every time i try to do abit of research for other reasons i could be having problems with my period all it comes up with is pregnancy. Let me no how you get on.
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ok my boyfriend and I have sex pretty often and we never use protection we use the pull out method so if I was pregnant I wouldn't know how far a long I'd be. I had blood flow for one day (normal blood flow) then it stopped and then I had slight reddish pink spotting on and off  for two days then it stopped for a whole day and turned into a dark blood color and I only twice through out the day found any. Then then yesterday I was too tired to do anything at all then today I have been extremely hungry (I have a small appetite normally) and in the morning I felt like throwing up but I didn't then later I felt like throwing up again. I say check just to be safe to see if maybe i am prego while my boyfriend says I'm just paranoid and there is no need- Its perfectly fine. Could I be or not??  
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Hey i got my period(?) a day late (my cycles are short every 24 days and are like clock work)  then only lasted 2 days.. (normally 4-5 days) hard to tell how the flow was... since i use tampons ... took a HPT it was negative but i've been very moody lately , feel like i am getting my period (very crampy and moody) My breasts really arent sore but this would be my 3rd child 4th pregnancy and i breast fed so i am not sure if that would really be a sign... i have tingling in my breasts but nothing i would say is hurtful...feel like i cant get enough to eat... had spouts of nausea and heart burn.... i know the only way to know is to test but really dont want to waste anymore money...guess i just wanted to vent
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Did you end up being pregnant after these symptoms?
I have just had the same but neg test...
Spotted for 5 days after short period?
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Hi everyone,

I am just trying to see if anyone knows what I could be experiencing. My husband and I are have been married for 3 years and very active in our sexual life the whole time. However we have never gotten pregnant and my cycles are usually pretty normally last 5-6 days. This month however I got my cycle as expected on Dec 18 but I experienced only light bleeding up until the 20th when I got only light blood on tissue when I wiped or light brown spotting. That Thursday night as I was sleeping I got very nausious and ended up throwing up in the middle of the night. It's now Christmas Eve and I haven't had anything (bleeding etc.,) for three days and the lower left side cramps just a little. Does anybody or has anybody ever experienced this and if so what was the end result of it...
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Hi, I really need help!!! I am on a 28 day cycle to the tee and this month, I started 2 days early...the first day was heavy and normal but the second day was pink, and now I am completely thru with it, Me and my husband never use protection and I urinate constantly and my breasts are fuller and very tender!!!! Could I be Pregnant or am I just looking into it too much!!!
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448602 tn?1205457044
UPDATE...

I am now spotting brown very lgtly!!! I am so confused!!!
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It is possible to have a light short period when you are first pregnant and my hpt with my son was neg until I was four months pregnant so you never know if in doubt have a blood test they are the best way to find out and for those ttc good luck and those not I hope you best of luck too!  I am also spotting this month so I cross my fingures that I am going to be pregnant :-)
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448602 tn?1205457044
I hope everything works out for you!!! I love to hearing good news from others!!!! I am going to test again in a week or so, then I am getting a blood test...I dont want to get my hopes up!!
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I AM TRYING TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY,  I TOOK A HOME PT AND IT CAME OUT POSITIVE, THEN SINCE I BOUGHT 2 TESTS THE FOLLOWING DAY IT CAME OUT NEGATIVE.  SO I BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE AND IT CAME OUT NEGATIVE, FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS I'VE BEEN HAVING LIGHTISH PINKISH BROWN SPOTTING ONLY IN THE MORNING AND WHEN I CLENA MYSELF.  I DONT WANT TO GET EXCITED AND MY HUSBAND AND I ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.  I JUST DONT UNDERSAND HOW COULD 1 TEST BE POSITIVE AND THE OTHER NEGATIVE?  I QUESS I HAVE TO WAIT, I FEEL A SLIGHT CRAVING AND I FEEL NAUSEA AND SOMETIMES THROW UP SOMETHING GREENISH AND SOUR.  I JUST DONT KNOW
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