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spotting before period is due

please let me know if it is normal to maybe spot a few days before your period is due?? It is not heavy bleeding at all, and I probably would not notice it if I was not looking for it..(I worry about my health).....I have a great deal of stress lately in my life and wondered if stress could cause spotting and no period as well?? please let me know what you all think..thanks for your help on all...Mainly wanting to know if small amount of spotting brown/red blood may be normal right before period is due..or how stress can affect your cycle as well.....have a great day everyone
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i am 18 years old. ive been on bcp for about 2 years now. last summer i stopped taking it. me and my bf have unprotected sex regularly (yes i know, not smart) and i got pregnant instantly but had no symptoms. i was just tired all the time constantly napping. and i had sore breats for onli a few days, and i did not bleed what so ever. unfortunately, with my mom, i had an abortion in august 2010 at 15wks2d. then i went back on the pill again. ill miss one and make up for it the next day. now on jan 7th i was ovulating and had UP sex with my bf. todays is thursday jan 20th and i have been spotting red and brown blood, but not too much, since monday jan 17th. my period is not due til next tues (4 days from now) i have mild cramps on and off, lower back ache on and off as well. a headache here and there. my appetite changed maybe a little. now i am so confused. could i be pregnant? if i am could this be a miscarriage ? me and my bf rele want to be preg. we cannot go thru another tradgedy again =(. PLEASE someone help me. ANY advice is greatly appreciated !
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ok my period is every 33 days today i noticed when i wiped some red blood my period is not due till either sunday of this week or next friday  round abouts but i noticed todaywhen i wiped after peeing red blood which isnt heavy with some very mild cramping. the bleeding is not as heavy now my BF and I have had sex unprotected as we figure if something happens will be thrilled either way so im wondering if anything is wrong Could it be implantation bleeding???
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Me and my husband have been ttc for about three months now. My last period was December 4-9. My next period is not due for another week. On the 26th for about an hour I had a light pink discharge or spotting mid day. Now for the rest of the day i had nothing. On the 27th which is today again for about an hour I had light spotting but it was brownish like it was older blood. Both days I've had very light cramping. With my normal period I wake up with very hurtful cramping and back pain and start out with a heavy flo within a couple of hours. I went ahead and took a hpt but it come up neg. Now I knew it could be to early since I still have a week until my period is due. I could really use any advise that anyone could offer. I know not to get my hopes up but I have never experienced this. Thanks in advance. And sorry if it was to detailed...
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I have been on Aviane birth control for about 10 months.  In the first month, I had a little spotting, which is normal.  Last week, which was my third week of pills before the placebo week, I started spotting, and at times it was heavy.  The first day of the placebo week, when my period could have started (usually it starts on the 2nd or 3rd day) the spotting stopped and I didn't get my period.  Tomorrow is my first day back starting a new cycle of pills.  Has this ever happened to anyone?  I
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Okay my boobs and my back has been hurtin all week I have cramps and some light spotting but im not due for my period for another week and a half any chance I could be pregnant.? Im also exhausted and hungry and nautious.
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A week before my period was due I started spotting a light red and then I began a really heavy flow. (which is not normal for me) about 2weeks later I had felt like I had discharge and when I wiped it was dark reddish brown clot then started bleeding very lightly after that. Now I am having brown clots daily. What can it be?? Please help!!
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