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Brown discharge? i am sexually active and i had u/s last week but this has been happening since a few days after i got my first depo-provera shot?

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Dr. Justin Diedrich answered

Specializes in Gynecology

Normal depo: Depo causes spotting or light bleeding. When it's a few days old it can turn to the brownish coffee-colored discharge. Totally normal. You're probably not pregnant.

Dr Altman and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/5/2016

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