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Been spotting g for four days and it has stopped today, it's been very light and brown? i stopped my birth controle in march. could i finally be preg

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Get a test...: Get pregnancy test if your period is different than usual especially if you have been trying to conceive. If negative follow up your period pattern and if abnormal see your GYN provider to evaluate for other causes, for example infection.

Answered 9/24/2014

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