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Its 2 weeks before my next period, and i've been spotting a very light pink for the past week. today i have a heavy flow of black blood. help?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Black blood is: usually old, deoxygenated blood being cleaned from the uterus. Maybe you have breath through bleeding related to imbalance of estrogen / progesterone? Take care.

Answered 9/29/2016

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A member asked:

Its 2 weeks before my next period, and i've been spotting a very light pink for the past week. today i have a heavy flow of black blood. help?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

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