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Brown Vaginal discharge

I am not sexually active, and I have not had my period yet.  This morning when I woke up, I found my panties to feel sticky and wet.  Thinking it was just a lot of normal discharge, I went to put new underwear on.  Surprisingly, the large amount of discharge was brown! This has never happened to me before, so I smelt it to see if the smell could indicate whether it was my period kicking in or what.  It did not smell like iron or blood, it smelled like...barbeque sauce, the exact barbeque sauce that I had for dinner the previous night.  I know this cant be normal, and I am very worried, please help!
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Annie im 10 finna be 11 in 4 days on the 4th of july and i have brown discharge what do it mean
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Im 13 and I think I just had my second period.
I don't really know because for my first one I had horrible cramps at night and when I woke up and I noticed that my vaginal discharge was brown. Then for the rest of the day I wore a pad and it got wet with fluid. But it only lasted a day! Is that normal. Now on my second one I got cramps and now I'm not even wetting the pad! But the red discharge is staying in my pubic area.
Do you know what's going on?
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I have deep dark brown discharge and never had a period also my breast feel tender Wat does that mean
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Dont worry!!! This is very common with people who have not started their period yet... just keep some panty liners on at all times so you wont ruin your underware and be prepared for your period...Good Luck!
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I have not started my period yet, and have been getting some dark brown discharge for the past couple of days! It is quite horrible to look at but then again doesnt smell of anything. Is it a sign that I will start my period soon? Has anybody been getting brown discharge and then starting their periid a couple of days or a week or two afterwards :/ Im only 13 and it just confuses me why I'm getting this! Please reply, Thank you XX
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I have not started my period yet, and have been getting some dark brown discharge for the past couple of days! It is quite horrible to look at but then again doesnt smell of anything. Is it a sign that I will start my period soon? Has anybody been getting brown discharge and then starting their periid a couple of days or a week or two afterwards :/ Im only 13 and it just confuses me why I'm getting this! Please reply, Thank you XX
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