Implantation bleeding or my periods

[Davck]

Sorry members for unpleasant photo attached. I have irregular periods but for the past three months I have been seeing them on 21st. I had unprotected sex on 1st 3rd,5th,7th ,10th 14th,17th. I was expecting my periods on 21st may but on 22 may morning I felt like I’m bleeding but it was just a brownish rust discharge. I have put on a pad for 12 hours and removing it, it looks like this and nothing more is coming. . Usually my period blood is pink to bright red on day one. I have been feeling cramps for the past 8 days ‘ now I’m feeling sleepy and my moods switch. COULD IT BE IMPLANTATION BLEEDING or MY PERIODS

[Sunnyday33]

You need to take a pregnancy test. If it's positive it could be implantation bleeding otherwise it is your period.

[Positivechangeplease]

I’ve never had implantation bleeding but I think this is less likely to be at this point - although you said your periods were irregular so I guess it could be a late ovulation… I would take a test if your period is due. If it was implantation bleeding then it’s a really late ovulation and pregnancy wouldn’t show yet. I always used to get brown blood before a red blood period, it’s just the old blood clearing out first. I also had inter bleeding of light brown blood between periods - investigated once they’d actually stopped and they didn’t find a problem but said it was probably a hormonal thing. Good luck

[Msze]

Why would you not test? How would we know?