WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2002: Re: Dark brown vaginal discharge

Re: Dark brown vaginal discharge

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:32:03 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Kate wrote: >
>I have been getting a dark brown vaginal discharge that is really thick
>and sometimes stringy. I am currently taking ortho-tri-cyclen and I
>don't know if that may have something to do with it. I have never had
>this kind of discharge before and I was supposed to start my period two
>days ago because I am on the green pills. Could I possibly be pregnant?
>I didn't take one pill at the normal time two weeks ago and so I took it
>the next day when I remembered and then took the next pill the next day
>because I forgot again. The days when this happened my boyfriend and I
>were fooling around and I think that he got some of his semen near my
>vagina. Is there a chance that I could be pregnant because I missed the
>pill and took it at a different time two days in a row? I'm worried this
>vaginal discharge could be a sign of pregnancy.

Brown discharge means there has been a small amount of bleeding. This could be associated with a pregnancy or it could be that the OCP's have decreased your menstrual flow to a very small amount.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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