A woman’s egg is fertilized inside of her fallopian tube. It normally takes about 24 hours for fertilization to take place and then the egg will begin to travel down the woman’s tube toward the uterus. After fertilization occurs, the fallopian tube contracts rhythmically to help move the fertilized egg down the tube and into the uterus. Around 6 to 9 days after conception occurs, the egg will implant into the uterus. About two to four days later a woman might experience slight bleeding known as implantation bleeding. It’s also common to have cramping or backache when implantation occurs.
It’s hard to know precisely when the egg implants. A woman can determine when she ovulates by using an ovulation prediction kit or keeping a fertility chart. Knowing when ovulation occurs will give you an estimate of when implantation will take place. If you know when you ovulate, you can estimate that the egg will attach to the uterus around 7 to 10 days later (or 6 to 9 days after conception). If you keep a fertility chart, you may be able to identify when this happens by looking for a dip in your chart around this same time frame. Implantation dips are typically seen during the luteal phase of a woman’s cycle, about a week to 4 days before a woman’s anticipated period.
Some other ways to tell when implantation occurs is to watch for symptoms. A woman may have very early pregnancy symptoms that start around the same time as the egg is implanting. Some symptoms you might notice are bleeding or spotting, mild cramping, backache, or exaggerated PMS symptoms. Some of these symptoms are quite similar to PMS, but usually they are more profound. Cramping will usually start earlier than when premenstrual cramping would start, and there may be other symptoms like breast tenderness or bloating. If there is bleeding, it usually happens a few days before the woman would start her period. There can be some confusion over whether the bleeding is due to menstruation starting or something else. Some ways to tell if it is implantation bleeding is by looking at the color and how heavy the flow is. If the flow is heavy or bright red, it is more likely an early start to a woman’s period and not from implantation. Light spotting that is pink or brownish is likely from the egg attaching to the uterine lining. This may cause a little of the lining to shed, but won’t cause full-blown bleeding like a period would.
If you are pregnant, you can get a pretty good idea of when the egg implants by watching your chart for a dip and looking for implantation symptoms such as bleeding, cramping, or other typical pregnancy symptoms.
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