Pregnancy is one of the most exciting periods of a woman’s life, as she is about to become a mother and give birth to her child, all in the short time of 9 months. However, the best thing about pregnancy and child birth is that each and every moment of it will be shared by the person she loves the most – the person she married. Like any other biological process that takes place in the human body, there are many steps to pregnancy. For new mothers, many of those steps may seem frightful and induce fear. One such step is implantation bleeding during early pregnancy.
Implantation is the process where a fertilized embryo attaches itself to the walls of the uterus, and slowly begins to push itself into the wall, carrying the egg along with it. Because it digs into the uterus wall, it disrupts the lining which causes a small amount of blood to be discharged from the vagina. The usual time for implantation bleeding to occur is about a week after a successful conception, which is just before the next period is likely to take place. This bleeding is known as implantation bleeding. It is very normal for implantation bleeding during early pregnancy to occur to a woman, and there is no threat to either the baby, or the individual.
There have been numerous cases where a woman becomes confused whenever implantation bleeding during early pregnancy occurs. They are usually confused with regular menstrual bleeding, though there are a few distinct differences between the two. One of the main differences between implantation bleeding and a period is the texture of the blood that is released. Menstrual blood is normally blood red, whereas the color of the implantation blood is either flesh pink or brown. The blood may even be dark enough to be considered black, though it is quite rare. The reason behind the discoloration of the blood is because of the time it takes to travel out of the body, by which time most of the red blood cells would have died.
The length of implantation bleeding is also much shorter than the length of menstrual bleeding. Implantation normally lasts only a few days and ends quickly after it begins. The amount of blood lost is also significantly less than a period, as only a few drops of blood are seen to escape.
Implantation bleeding is seen in many women during their primary months of pregnancy, but it does not mean that everyone will experience such a bleeding. Tests show that out of the whole women population, twenty to thirty percent of the women encounter such bleeding. This of course does not mean that the success of a pregnancy will rely on implantation bleeding, though this is one of the signs of pregnancy. It also means that women who have implantation bleeding is pregnant, as it may be accompanied by a miscarriage or even an ectopic pregnancy, which can be life-threatening if it is not checked by a doctor immediately.