Dark brownish-red discharge for 10 days!

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Registered: 10-29-2003
Dark brownish-red discharge for 10 days!
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Mon, 05-05-2008 - 11:19am
I am 36 and I have been on the same birth control for 3 years now and have never had problems. I am always very good about taking my pill on time but this month, for whatever reason, during the first 10 pills of the pack, I was late with 4 of them. One by 1 1/2 hours, two by 3 hours and one by 7 hours. None of these were 2 days in a row. After 10 days on the pack I started having rusty colored discharge every day. At first I thought it was just a little breakthrough bleeding, but then I was staining my underwear pretty bad every day so had to wear a pantyliner or tampon. Everyone says spotting is just a little pink when you wipe, but this was never pink and it was more than just when I wipe. Yesterday I started my placebo pills which is when I should have begun bleeding, not 10 days ago. But now that I've started my placebos, the bleeding is bright red and normal for how it is every month. I have been taking my pills at the right time for the past 10 days and this didn't alleviate the odd discharge. Another thing I freak out about is that about 4 years ago I had cervical dysplasia and underwent 2 LEEPs. I had a pap every 4 months for 1 year and they were normal and have been normal every year since. Just had a pap back in October and it was fine. Could this bleeding have anything to do with problems in my cervix again? Oh yeah, and I haven't had sex for almost 4 months so I know I'm not pregnant or anything.
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Registered: 11-23-2004
Sat, 05-10-2008 - 2:02pm

Welcome to the board mapper71.


I honestly think you being late with the various pills is at the root of your problem.


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