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White discharge the day your period supposed to come. what could it be?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Sexually active? If : Yes - take a pregnancy test. When pregnant, vaginal discharge is thin, white ; milky. But because this is not a diagnostic symptom, a pregnancy test should be taken if you miss your period.

Answered 5/27/2017

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