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Started birth control pill july 7 stopped pill a few weeks since then had unprotected sex on a day was due for my period had a brown discharge 3 day?

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Dr. Bryan Treacy answered

Specializes in Gynecology

May need protection: If a woman stops her birth control pill, she is unprotected from pregnancy by this method for the remainder of the cycle and from then forward. This may be the start of a menstrual period but in this scenario, exposure to pregnancy has already occurred.

Answered 8/18/2013

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