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Stressful month, 19 and on bc pills for a yr, brown discharge for 1 week before my actual period. what is going on?
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Breakthrough bleed: The stress of the past month and the oral contraceptive has caused "breakthrough bleeding". If your normal period shows up in one week, great! if not, that brown discharge may have been the only "period" you may see this month.
Answered 1/26/2014
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