Anyone who has been pregnant or just has the knowledge, I've read online about early pregnancy symptoms and was curious if implantation bleeding happens before other symptoms such as swollen/ sore breast? Or in other words does the egg have to implant for the other symptoms to start?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Health? Peeps answered Sunday June 6 2010, 8:54 pm: The bleeding, typically, happens around the same time your period is usually due. It can last up to 4 days. So, it would be happening, usually, around the same time you would be able to take an over the counter store brand pregnancy test to get a result or a little earlier. The pregnancy test would possible read false at this time though since the baby had not properly implanted yet.
The bleeding is, usually, nothing to worry about. It, typically, starts about 7 days after your sexual encounter (give or take, of course, as it depends on you own cycle).
Does the egg have to implant before other symptoms begin? That's hard to say.
Some women report somehow "knowing" they've become pregnant the night after having sex. I have read countless of stories of women having pregnancy dreams, fainting, waking up in the middle of the night, vomiting, etc so early into pregnancy (ie: just a day or two after sex) and knowing they are pregnant. Some women just have that instinct, I guess, and can tell their bodies have changed.
Do I think it's typical though? Nah.
Your body doesn't produce enough of the hCG pregnancy hormone before the egg attaches to the uterine wall. That's why pregnancy tests cannot tell for days after you get pregnant. There are changes that happen though so...it's possible, apparently.
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