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A member asked:

I was delayed for 8days and i'm having a brown spot for 1 week already but i did a pregnancy test twice and it came up negative. what is wrong?thanks

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Dr. Andrew Silverman answered

Late menses: Sometime the first pregnancy test is inaccurate. Wait a week and repeat the test.

Answered 8/2/2014

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