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What does it mean when you have dark brown discharge days before your expected period and then it gets lighter then nothing no period?

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Pregnant?: Check using a urine test strip available inexpensively at your local pharmacy.

Answered 4/29/2015

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A member asked:

What does it mean when you have dark brown discharge days before your expected period and then it gets lighter then nothing no period?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Martin Raff answered

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