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My last period was december 20. i had unprotected sex jan 10 and jan 13. today im spotting it was very light and is gone now. implantation or not?

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Implantation bleed: Ovulation occurs 2weeks prior to the next menses. Unless you have a long cycle it seems that you have already ovulated before having sex on cd 23 . Neverthelessless if you did ovulate that late you should expect you period on jan 24-27th, with implantation around jan 17-20. Spotting earlier would unlikely be implantation.

Dr Higginbotham agreed

Answered 2/24/2017

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