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Is it possible i'm pregnant, if i have light brown spotting? i am a month and a half late on my period, and had unprotected sex about a month and a half ago, i thought i got my period but i just got a small amount of brownish light spotting and it stopped

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It : It is possible that you could be pregnant. It is possible that the spotting was implantation bleeding. Recommend that you take a pregnancy test.

Answered 10/3/2016

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