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If i have brown discharge when it should be my period and it not a bad thing should i take the sugar pills or the regular birth control pills ?
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If it id: Time to start the regular pills start them no matter what the bleed was like sometimes on the pill you may not have heavy or a regular type bleed for your period . To be safe you also should check a pregnancy test.
Answered 3/18/2014
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