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Re: Confused - No period but spotting

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:26:23 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Sandee wrote: >
>I am generally a 25 days cycle, occasionally I will go out to 28 days, I
>was due the 12/22, no period, today is the 12/28 and I've been spotting
>for 4 days, first dark brown and mucous like in texture and now the
>spotting is a light red but still only noticable after urinating. What's
>could possibly be going on? We are trying to concieve, a urine preg test
>came back negative, my Doctor sent me for a progesterone level test???
>What is this for? Please someone give me an idea of what might possibly
>we going on?

there are many possibilities, including very early pergnancy (retest in 7 - 10 days); infection; hormone imbalnace includign progesterone deficiency.

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