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This question was answered on Mon 20, Jul 2009 09:14am by Dr Bhupinder K, MD

Period about a week and a half early, and a browny colour - not long after unprotected sex.



    
Asked by gordon larner (Female; 18; 21742 ) on Tue 05, May 2009 07:14am

i went to the toilet this morning to find i had come on my period. i am usually very heavy for the first few days of my period, but this is unusually light. it is also a brown colour as oppossed to the dark red i usually experience. what does this mean?! my last period was around 14th-19th april and was completly normal. in the early hours of the morning of the 25th april i had both protected and unprotected sex. i went to the sexual health clinic as soon as possible, which unfortuately wasnt until the 27th, approximately 64hours after the sexual encounter. i took the morning after pill slightly crushed, as i was unable to swallow it whole. since then i have had protected sex once, on the 1st of may. i lost my virginity at the end of 2008, it was unprotected and i took the morning after pill the day after. since then i have had 2 other sexual partners. the first of which was mid-february, and was protected (although after i was a few weeks late for my next period and had to take a pregnancy test, the result was negative) i am due back at the clinic on the 18th may for STI tests and a pregnancy test as the morning after pill was taken well into the 72hour time-slot. until this morning i wasnt too concerned, but now i am confused as to what this means. please help! thankyou.

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Answer by Dr Bhupinder K, MD (doctor) on Mon 20, Jul 2009 09:14am:

Hello, This mid cycle brownish discharge can be due to implantation bleeding or spotting can also occur midcycle at ovulation. I would suggest you to consult a gynecologist if you miss your periods and then get serum HCG levels done to confirm the status of pregnancy.Other possibilities are hormonal changes or intermenstrual bleeding.A pelvic examination and investigations to rule out the various causes of intermenstrual bleeding are needed.Hope it helps.Take care and regards.

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