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Its normal to have a long period after a missing period. i missed july, in august i had 10 days of brown spooting and after that my period a lot?

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Heavy , Late Peeiod: It is not unusual to have heavier than normal bleeding of you skipped a period. You essentially build up twice the amount if uterine liking that will be released with the delayed period.

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Answered 5/5/2016

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