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Like 3-4 days ago i woke up with brown discharge soaking my underwear never happen before my periods or after...what is it? period not 4 another week

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Breakthrough : This sounds like breakthrough bleeding. The fact that the discharge is brown only means that the blood in the discharge is old. Could be due to hormonal changes. I wouldn't worry about it. It's not a sign of anything dangerous.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 9/3/2015

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