Every woman is different, but implantation cramping generally occurs between day 20 and 22 from the first day of your last period if you have a 28-day cycle, Ruiz says. “You might think that your period is a little bit early,” he says. “There's a sensation that your period is coming.”
When Does Implantation Cramping Occur? Not everyone experiences implantation cramping. If you do notice it, the cramping usually happens anywhere from 3 to 10 days after ovulation—about two to nine days before your regular period is scheduled to arrive.
However, while some people notice implantation cramping when implantation happens, others do not. And whether or not you feel implantation cramps doesn't impact your pregnancy, but if you do, it can be an early sign of conception.
Cramping is common in both PMS and early pregnancy. Early pregnancy cramps are similar to menstrual cramps, but they can occur lower down in the stomach. These cramps may persist for weeks or months during pregnancy, as the embryo implants and the uterus stretches.
Where do you feel implantation cramps? If you have them, you'll feel implantation cramps in your lower abdomen, in the middle rather than on one side. (It's your uterus that's cramping, even if the implantation is happening in one area.) You may also feel the cramping in your lower back.
Ramzi theory suggests that a healthcare provider can use ultrasound images to detect the fetus's gender as early as six weeks' gestation. If the placenta implants on the right side, the baby's sex is male. If the placenta implants on the left side, then the baby's sex is female.
“Early on in your pregnancy, it's natural to feel some mild cramping in your lower abdomen at infrequent times as your body prepares for your growing baby,” Dr. Nalla said. As your belly grows, so does your uterus. This may cause you to feel some slight pulling, tugging or stretching similar to period cramps.
Although a positive pregnancy test is possible during implantation bleeding, it's still very early and your hCG levels are usually very low at this point. You're more likely to get an accurate test result if you wait until your implantation bleeding stops and after your first missed period.
About 11-14 days after implantation, a woman's hCG levels are high enough to start causing early pregnancy symptoms. Some of these might include fatigue, food cravings, darkening in the color of the nipples, or gastrointestinal changes. When a woman experiences these symptoms, a pregnancy test may show up positive.
Clearblue Early Detection Pregnancy Test provides early detection of the pregnancy hormone. 71% of pregnancies can be detected 6 days before the missed period (5 days before the expected period) and 94% of pregnancies can be detected 5 days before the missed period (4 days before the expected period).
Many period cramps can be felt on just one side of the lower abdomen as one of the ovaries releases an egg. Early pregnancy cramping might be more likely to be felt across the entire lower abdomen, pelvic area, or lower back.
Implantation bleeding is brown, dark brown or slightly pink. It's considered spotting or light bleeding. It shouldn't be heavy enough to soak through a pad. Implantation bleeding resembles the flow of vaginal discharge more than it resembles the flow of your period.
Implantation pain
Feeling those implantation pains during the first trimester? It could be twins, but if you're not sure or you're worried about the pain, make sure you get this one checked out by your midwife or doctor.
about 5 to 6 days after ovulation, the fertilised egg burrows into the lining of the womb – this is called implantation.
Boys' and girls' genitals develop along the same path with no outward sign of gender until about nine weeks. It's at that point that the genital tubercle begins to develop into a penis or clitoris. However, it's not until 14 or 15 weeks that you can clearly begin to see the differentiated genitalia.
Which parent genetically determines the gender (sex) of a baby? Neither parent is fully responsible for determining the sex of the baby. However, all eggs produced by the female have an X sex chromosome, and all sperm from the male have either an X or Y chromosome.
Day 1: The blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell. Day 2: The blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus. Day 3: The blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation. Day 4: Implantation continues.
Not everyone has cramps during implantation. And for those that do, the cramps may be mild or moderate. Some describe the sensation as: pricking.
Before you have a missed period, an egg that's been fertilized needs to implant in the lining of your uterus where it will grow—and that can come with a little noticeable discomfort. Implantation cramping is completely normal, and “may feel like a little twinge, aching or pulling sensation,” Greves says.
But there's one big telltale difference between the two — ovulation cramps will happen around the time of ovulation (generally anywhere between day 11 and day 21 of your cycle, whereas implantation cramps (if you feel them) occur toward the end of the cycle.
Pregnancy-specific symptoms
“The key difference between the two, however, is that with pregnancy, your period doesn't occur.” Nausea and vomiting are symptoms that can accompany pregnancy and are often not experienced with PMS. “The nausea in early pregnancy often resolves after the 12th week of gestation,“ Giles said.