A member asked:

My period was over a week late and was very light and only lasted a day and is brown/yellow discharge. what could this mean?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Uncertain: Reasons for missed/late periods: low body weight, obesity, marked weight ^ or v, over-exercise, endurance athletics, breast-feeding, ^ stress, illness, eating disorders (bulimia or anorexia), anovulatory cycle (no egg released), travel, hormone irregularities, drug use, meds (i.e., birth control) or medical problems (i.e. PCOS). #1 reason is pregnancy.

Answered 3/22/2020

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