14DPO with BFN's - Could I still be pregnant? - Page 2

[Jaimee]

Implantation spotting is really not that common.  What is more common is spotting around the time of expected AF when pregnant, so it could be that.  If it's not, then spotting prior to AF is a sign of low progesterone and you cannot count your spotting days in your fertile LP length.  And again,  you need at least 10 days in your fertile LP to sustain a pregnancy.  If you O'd on the 16th then you should be 13dpo today and an HPT should be accurate.  You could test tomorrow with FMU and see what you get!  FX!!  Post a picture!

[Mommy 2 Jacob]

AF is now in full force.  We will try again this next cycle. I have begun charting! All in God's timing!

[Jaimee]

Bummer!  I'm sorry!  Well, now you get to chart, which is fun! 

[erigeron]

Too bad it didn't work out this cycle. :( I hope you have better luck on the next one.

"Implantation spotting is really not that common.  What is more common is spotting around the time of expected AF when pregnant, so it could be that."

What's the difference between these two? I had some bleeding when I was expecting my period on the cycle I got pregnant with my daughter, so I thought it was my period but turns out it wasn't. Wouldn't implantation spotting take place around that time?

[Jaimee]

Originally Posted by erigeron 
"Implantation spotting is really not that common.  What is more common is spotting around the time of expected AF when pregnant, so it could be that."

What's the difference between these two? I had some bleeding when I was expecting my period on the cycle I got pregnant with my daughter, so I thought it was my period but turns out it wasn't. Wouldn't implantation spotting take place around that time?

Implantation occurs between 6 and 12dpo and 84% of the time between 8 and 10dpo, so spotting from the burrowing embryo would occur within that time frame and usually be just pin pricks of blood.  The average LP is 12-14 days, so spotting around the time of AF would be outside that window.  Spotting around the time of AF is hormonally caused, usually by a dip in progesterone and not from a burrowing embryo.