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What is "breakthrough" bleeding in a pregnancy?

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That is a term: For when u are not preg, u can have bleeding in pregnancy from a variety of reasons that your OB should evaluate, some go away and do not cause problems some are more serious depending on what is the cause and how far along u are.

Answered 6/10/2014

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