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i'm seeing black blood 2nd day of period. what's this mean?
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Not to worry.: Black blood is older, deoxygenated blood being cleaned out of the vagina.
Answered on Aug 22, 2015
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