Gross...any help would be SO APPRECIATED

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-11-2003
Gross...any help would be SO APPRECIATED
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Fri, 03-05-2004 - 4:38pm
Hi there. I'm hoping someone can help me. I have used birth control pills in the past & even used the patch as my last hope. They made me really emotional so I am not using any form right now for birth control. I did notice even while still on the pill that I always get a disgusting brown dischage about 10 days even before my period even starts. This started the last 2 years I used the pill. It always happens now & I have been off all forms of BC for 1 year. I was hoping this would all go away. I have no other symptoms at all. No pain or anything like that. Just have a dark brownish dischage several days before I get my period and it usually even is there a few days after my period is gone. I'm hoping to try & have a baby sometime this year but can't seem to find out what it is. I have asked my doctor but his only suggestion was to open me up & see what is going on. So before I go through all of that any help would be so appreciated. Thank you all very much!
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-29-2003
Sat, 03-06-2004 - 11:50am
This happens to me now and I am not on the pill either. I usually have what is called spotting(the brownish discharge) 3 days before my actually period, and a day or two after. This happens because your hormones are starting to drop(so you have a period) so your uterus begins to shed some. They when the hormones have dropped "enough" your actual period starts. It is really nothing to worry about.