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Re: How many days does implantation bleeding last?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:02:52 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 31 Aug 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am not sure if it was a period or implantation bleeding. Two months
>ago, the bleeding started at the usual time of my period. It was light,
>and lasted about 5 days.(Tapering off to brown color the last day) My
>breast were sore before, during and after the "period" About 18 days
>later, my husband and I had unprotected sex (purposely) and about 10
>days later i took a pregnancy and it was positive.
>
>10 days after that, I had an abdominal U/S and the doctor said I was
>definately pregnant, but no fetus could yet be seen.
>
>Do you think I conceived before my last "period" or 18 days after?
>(34-40 day cycles)

With no fetus on abdominal US, a normal pregnancy is less than 7 gestational (5 postovulation) weeks. Therefore if the pregnancy is normal, ovulation occurred no more than 35 days prior. Further US will give a better answer.

RDB

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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