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On birth control pills and use them everyday but it's the 3rd day of period and cramping a lot and have brown spotting. am i pregnant?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

School: Cramping and bleeding are never a sign of pregnancy. They are a sign of a period or of an infection. You are not pregnant.

Answered 4/15/2014

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