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Missed a few birth control pills this cycle, now having spotting right before predicted period. could it be implantation bleeding? or period spotting
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Any or all of above: It could be hormonal spotting from missing pills, to early pregnancy spotting from implantation to normal early pre menses spotting.
Answered 1/12/2015
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