After going off birth control

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Registered: 04-22-2004
After going off birth control
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Thu, 04-22-2004 - 2:09pm
I just stopped taking birth control that i have been on for 1 year. i stopped right in the middle of taking it and ever since ( which has been about 4 days) i have had this brown discharge! is this normal? will it go away?
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Registered: 06-29-2003
Thu, 04-22-2004 - 2:26pm
I stopped the pill after taking only two pills of the pack I was on. A few days later I had the brownish discharge, which is just spotting. It is normal and it will go away in a few days. Your actual period can show up about the time it would be due if you were still on the pill. Or, it may be days late. Or you may even skip a period! Or it could show up sooner. So, it wont be predicatable! Be careful to use another form of birth control now(condoms) and keep track of your cycles. It will save a lot of worry!

~Josie