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Brown gooey discharge instead of my period. does this mean i may be pregnant?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

No: That brown discharge is likely to be your period. The blood turns brown when it is older and deoxygenated.

Answered 5/30/2015

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