subject: Implant Bleeding [print this page] Both implantation dip and implant bleeding are the symptoms of implantation. Implantation dip refers to a decline in the temperature of the body for some time, while implant bleeding is a brownish discharge of blood that is very little in amount. Before getting into the details of the implantation dip, we would first light to throw some light on implantation for your thorough understanding.
Implantation is an incidence occurring once the egg unites with the sperm. Once this unification process called fertilization takes place, zygote, a cell finds its way to be in the uterus. On its way, the cell gets split to get convert into a multicellular blastocyst that quarries in the uterine lining. This process of attaching is referred to as implantation. Due to this implantation, there are a myriad of changes taking place in our body. One of these changes is implant bleeding or spotting that is mostly associated with the start of pregnancy. After this, the second most common change is an immediate fall in the temperature during spotting and implantation.
In order to know the reasons behind implantation dip, we must have a complete knowledge about the different hormones that get emitted at the time of the menses. Each month, a matured egg is emitted that is nothing but the process of ovulation carried out by the ovaries. This ovum is freed via a follicle as a hormone named Luteinizing Hormone (LH) is secreted. Because of an incentive from estrogen, hypothalamus secretes LH in big quantities. In just seven days of the menses cycle, estrogen is generated by the maturing follicle called the corpus luteum. It has been found that estrogen is responsible for lowering the body temperature. Therefore, if estrogen is emitted in big quantities, the temperature will also drop significantly. However, note that this is a normal process taking place during the menses cycle even if pregnancy does not exist. Therefore, many a times, this dip is taken wrongly as the implantation dip and so is mistaken to be an indication of pregnancy.
Now, we will speak about implant bleeding and dip during pregnancy. Once the ovulation is over, the corpus luteum generates one more hormone that is progesterone. This hormone actually raises the body temperature. However, in the second stage, the level of this hormone tends to decline in case there is no pregnancy and so do the body temperature. But, if the implantation has taken place, the body tends to generate greater quantities of progesterone because it is needed to uphold pregnancy. This great amount of progesterone results in a hiked temperature. Therefore, pregnancy is sure if you notice a hike in the temperature that happens after an alleged implantation dip.
Take a note that whenever there is a temperature dip, implantation might not be responsible for it. Further, many a times, only a few women experience such a pattern in the body temperature. You will be only be able to notice the implantation dip provided if you have minutely observed the minor changes in the body by maintaining a standard chart. For this, you need to examine your temperature for a minimum of three months to know your coverline degree. The implantation dip under this coverline signifies that the ovulation has taken place. Further, checking the temperature of the basal body for some more days would be good to note a temperature hike. If this is found, you can surely have the pregnancy check.
It is mostly found that implant bleeding occurs as you notice implantation dip. Besides this, some more signs of implantation dip are cramping on a side and nausea. However, remember that implantation dip is a bit confusing symptom, but its presence does not assure you of pregnancy nor does its absence tell you that you are not pregnant.
