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Is brown discharge and implantation spotting the same ? or how are they different if so?

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Can be: Implantational bleeding can be pink, red, or brown but is seldom heavy. Brown blood is old blood and there are many things other than implantation that can cause it. Hope this helps.

Dr Juchau agreed

Answered 7/30/2015

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