period question...don't know where to go

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Registered: 02-04-2004
period question...don't know where to go
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Sun, 02-22-2004 - 11:56pm
i dont really know where else to put this question..

and i also started back on the pill today after being off for....7 months

so i think i just got my period today. it is really light (only using a pantiliner) - could probably go all day on just that, and it's really dark in colour...really dark. like a brownish...

does a change in diet have this sort of effect? it's strange and it's never happened to me before.

 

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Registered: 05-13-2003
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 2:06am
i dont know for sure the cause of it, but i also get it and as far as i know it is normal spotting. I have been curious why its dark and thicker. I just . Also you said you just started back on the pill- you want to make sure you arent missing pills and taking them around the same times everyday. I know for me if i forget to take a pill or if i take it too late, i get spotting.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 8:19am

Really dark is still considered normal, don't worry!

Judie Cl for Birth Control 
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Registered: 02-04-2004
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 9:25am
ok thanks.

i just started the pill yesterday, since it was the 1st day of my brownish-like period. its better today (colour wise) but irregularly light.