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brown discharge 6 days before my period?

By February 9, 2010 - 7:20pm
 
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okay so im 19 years old i was seeing someone and we were sexually active now on jan 30th we had sex and the condom was left in me all night and i had no idea because i was intoxicated and the next morning we went to go do it again and he pulled it out of me, i didnt think anything of it until today which is feb 9th, my period is due on feb 15th since last month my period came jan 15th it usually comes around the same day each month. i had extreme lower back pains on feb 4th that lasted all day until i took some tylenol arthritis pills and it stopped hurting the next day. at some points it still bugs me but not as much. Ive woken up with headaches the past week a few times but if i take some advil they go away. i havent been eating a lot because everytime i do i feel like my stomache is gunna explode no matter how much i eat could be very little portion it feels extremely full. so today feb 9th all day ive been getting a white mucus discharge that later turned lightish to mediumish brown still muscus. im gunna wait it out but wanted to know any thoughts on this.

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hello im jane,

Hi diane :)! im 22 years old. my period is feb22-26. after a week i had sex on march 9 and march 11. i did not use condom or pull out method! and i worried about because 3 days after brown discharges start on march 13 sometimes light brown discharges is coming out and its not heavy and i also ouch in my breast And i can feel sleepy in the afternoon! and its already 6 days that im experiencing this kind of thing and it was my 1st time! my period was due next week march 22 or march 25! PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU!

March 17, 2011 - 10:32am
(reply to mjane)

Hi Jane,
It sounds like you are worried about possible pregnancy, and I wish we could give you a concrete answer...but there isn't one. You would need to wait until your next expected period (next week) before taking a home pregnancy test to know if you are pregnant (or, your period will hopefully begin sometime between the 22nd-25th, as you expect).

The brown discharge you experienced sounds normal, as many times women will experience a little light spotting after sex (literally a few spots of blood on your underwear), and since you had unprotected sex, you can experience more discharge for 3-5 days following sex from semen leaking out of your vagina, coupled with a little discharge from your vagina. This is normal.

March 17, 2011 - 11:11am
(reply to Alison Beaver)

thank you for your reply ms. beaver ...its already 6 days and im experiencing this ... could i be pregnant?

March 17, 2011 - 10:10pm
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Hi diane :)! im 22 years old. my period is feb22-26. after a week i had sex on march 9 and march 11. i did not use condom or pull out method! and i worried about because 3 days after brown discharges start on march 13 sometimes light brown discharges is coming out and its not heavy and i also ouch in my breast And i can feel sleepy in the afternoon! and its already 6 days that im experiencing this kind of thing and it was my 1st time! my period was due next week march 22 or march 25! PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU!

March 17, 2011 - 10:25am

also ive been urinating like every 1-2 hours .. which is not usual !

March 2, 2010 - 9:15am
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Anonymous (reply to ellie106)

What happened finally?

December 13, 2010 - 11:32am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

She found out she was pregnant in April, according to her history on this site.

September 11, 2011 - 3:42pm

hii diane, im here to keep an update ! .. so on feb 17th i went and did a urine test and it said negative .. but i just have this weird intuition that it was false ... i keep getting headaches, mild cramps, my breast arent sore but my nipples are and i can tell they are changing weirdly.. staying hard, and they arent very dark but a bit darker from what they use to be.. im getting acne on my face, chest and back, my face sometimes feels flush, and hot like i have a fever but the rest of my body will be really cold. have any suggestions?

March 1, 2010 - 10:05pm

yesss ... but this morning when i woke up there was a little bit of red blood on my panty liner enough to think it was my period then it was only coming out brown very light and specks like little clots when i would urinate now its become a little bit heavier that i have a tampon in but still brown .. is this normal for periods like im not sure its never happened to me before.

February 10, 2010 - 12:58pm
(reply to ellie106)

The brown color in itself is not anything to worry about. Brown blood is just blood that is a little older than red blood. It does happen sometimes and it's not a cause for alarm all by itself. I would guess that by the next time you have your period, it will be completely back to normal.

February 11, 2010 - 9:07am
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