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What is the brownish discharge?

By June 25, 2010 - 12:26pm
 
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Well on June 10,11,12 I missed my pills cause of being sick.So I took Them on the 13th and Then Took the 13th and 14th on the same day.(I spotted that Day)Know it is the 24th and I started cramping yesterday and spotted for about half hour a brown discharge.Then I stopped.Now it is the 25th and I am starting to spot more of red color and my period is due in about six days.I did have unprotected sex as well using the pull out method.I did talk to my dr and she said that it was probaly because of messing my system up.I justed need a little more advice.

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Hello Natasha

Your doctor is correct, but I wonder why you don't seem to have faith in her. If you are not comfortable with a doctor, it is sometimes a good idea to find a new one. It is really important for you to be able to trust and work with your doctor.

Withdrawal is not a dependable form of birth control. You may want to talk to your doctor about another method if you are having trouble with the pill.

Missing pills changes the hormones in your body and that is what causes the spotting. The brown discharge is usually just more spotting, but it is brown because it is older blood that just took longer to come out.

We have a lot of menstrual cycle discussion here and it may be helpful to you: https://www.empowher.com/condition/menstrual-cycle. Thank you for writing.

June 25, 2010 - 12:54pm
(reply to Cary Cook BSN RN)

Well it is hard to trust when I have a county health department i am going to and it is not just one dr it is serval different depending on what day it is.But i did ask another drs opinion and she said that it is that as well.Not only that but I am getting my tubes tied in about 3 weeks.I also statred to have a little red blood as well.She also said to start a new pack of pills to try and get back to normal.Thank you for your reply.

June 25, 2010 - 4:16pm
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