Implantation Bleeding and How to Recognise It
Posted onThat was it. That was the moment you became pregnant, although you probably weren’t even aware of the monumental process going on in your body.
But as roughly 1.5 – 3.5 million sperm headed for your fallopian tubes one amazing little seed hit its target and your egg was fertilised.
This fertilised egg became a zygote which spent the next 7-10 days dividing and multiplying as it moved slowly into the uterus. When the little zygote was finally implanted it became known as a blastocyst and measured about 0.1 – 0.2 mm
It was while this minuscule blastocyct burrowed itself down into the wall of your uterus that you may have had a little bleeding or spotting. This is known as implantation bleeding.
Up to 30% of women experience some implantation bleeding and many of these women mistake it for a period. However implantation bleeding, sometimes called implantation spotting, doesn’t look like a regular menstrual period. There is much less of it and it is usually pink or brownish in colour, not like the red of a menstrual period bleed.
Implantation bleeding normally occurs a week to a few days before your period would normally start. If your spotting occurs … Read the rest