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Hi, i'm on birth control and missed my first 2 pills but made up for them, i was a day late for my period and at the end of it, it was a brown color?
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That sounds fine.: The important issue is that you got your period. Brown colored blood is just older blood being cleaned from the uterus. The color of menstrual blood is not normally of clinical significance. Take care.
Answered 10/12/2014
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