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Thick dark brown discharge during 3 week late period. $1 pregnancy test was negative what could this mean ?

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Dr. Douglas Lawson answered

Annovulation: it could be that you didn't ovulate this month and are having some old blood being expelled.

Answered 8/30/2015

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