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I suppose to be on my period but i've been spotting brown discharge instead. i spotted blood for like 2 days, then it was just brown discharge

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Is : Is there a possibility you could be pregnant? If not, you may just be having a light period. As doctors, the first thing we do when we hear that a young, fertile woman is having a missed or light period or abnormal spotting, we check a pregnancy test. You can either take a home pregnancy test as long as it has been 5- 6 weeks since your last normal period, or you can go see your doctor and they can test you. A home pregnancy test is 97% accurate if taken a week or more after the missed period. A blood test can tell if you are pregnant as soon as 7 days after conception and a doctor's urine pregnancy test can tell if you are pregnant around when you next period should come. There are other reasons besides pregnancy that can cause a woman to miss or have a light period such as: stress, diet, excessive exercise or a hormone imbalance such as with a thyroid disorder or poly cystic ovarian syndrome.

Answered 10/3/2016

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