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Had sex on april 5 today the 16th i have spotting. also started birth control on the 5th mid cycle it's brownish pink, pregnancy? or mid cycle pill?

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Breakthroughbleeding: If a pill is started on the first day of the menstrual cycle, a woman has unprotected intercourse on that day, and experiences bleeding/spotting on day 11, this in all likelihood is breakthrough bleeding rather than from an unintended pregnancy.

Answered 4/16/2017

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