question: Hello. So about a month ago I began to have intercourse, and our method of contraception is the withdrawal method (as per the proper safety precautions). However, about a week ago on the 2nd of January I began to spot light brown and it has fluxuated from dark to none at times. If a cotton swab is inserted the blood near the cervix is red. At first I believed this to be implantation bleeding, but I have no other symptomes until tonight. However, I cannot tell if they are related. My new symptomes are chills and general, flu-like achiness around my body.I should be recieving my normal period within the last day or so, however I continue to fluxuate with brown spotting- and today I took a pregnancy test which showed negative.