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Take pill on and off have had brown spotting for 4 days with only a tiny amount of pink/red blood. could i be pregnant?

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Dr. M. Jan answered

Possible: Do pregnancy test ( HCG quantative ) in 2 weeks, to find the exact situation.

Answered 6/10/2014

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