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I got my period for the third time this month and it looks brown and has a different smell. what is going on ?
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I suspect that: Some of the episodes of bleeding are break through due to hormonal imbalances. Brown blood is older, deoxygenated blood being cleaned out of the uterus.
Answered 11/21/2013
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