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Why on your period its heavy and dark drop like gooey it's a lot of it when i pe and dark brown or dark red stuff inside?
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Menstrual Flow: During the menstrual period, your body is shedding the inner lining of the uterus, which built up in preparation for a possible pregnancy. It is not simply blood, but tissue.
Answered 5/18/2016
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