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Spotting brown blood for 5 days. some days it's more than others. period is 2 weeks late. is this a miscarriage? been trying to get pregnant.

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Take a test: The only way to tell is if you have taken a pregnancy test and it is positive. Brown spotting indicates old blood, so this is not new blood however if you have a positive test you should see your gyno to evaluate the bleeding.

Answered 7/24/2015

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