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Why is my period blood brown?i had protected sex beginning of may then got my period end of may early june like i was supposed to and now brown blood

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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Cleaning Uterus: Brown is the color of older blood that has lost all of it's oxygen. It usually represents the uterus sloughing off older deeper blood tissue. It is normal.

Answered 9/29/2016

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A member asked:

Why is my period blood brown?i had protected sex beginning of may then got my period end of may early june like i was supposed to and now brown blood

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Robert Killian answered

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