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Re: Dark Menstruation

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:38:51 -0600 (CST)


At Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Melissa wrote: >
>I am eighteen years old and have had regular periods mostly. I have
>been taking ortho-tri-cyclen now for over a year. This month I messed
>up on the days and fogot to take one. The first day of my period was
>very light and started at night. The next morning when I woke up there
>was black blood on the pad. Does anyone know what this may mean? Could
>this be a problem?

The darker the blood, the longer it took to go from the vein to the pad, and is not an indicator of anything dangerous. It is an indicator of a very slow rate of flow, but not anything bad.

--
William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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