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Diagnosed with placenta previa thursday and still spotting brown. should i be concerned or only if it turns bright red? i'm 16 weeks.

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Dr. Ron Eaker answered

Be careful: brown discharge is not uncommon, but any bright red bleeding needs to be reported immediately

Answered 9/1/2014

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