Implantation Bleeding?

I’m 9DPO ... I’ve had IB w 2 of my past pregnancies that looked a lot like this ... but it’s been a while and I’m just not sure. Period is 5 days out ... It looks kind of “tissue like” to me which can be a sign of IB... I know this sounds crazy but when I was younger as soon as I would see spotting I would stick a q tip up there to see if more was coming and it would always have blood if period was starting. Stuck a q tip just now and it came

Out clean as a whistle.