Brown discharge twelve days before period

[Sabilie]

I have been on my birth control pill for over a year. My boyfriend and I have been together for over two years. I had a very irregular period before I started the pills, but they evened me out and it's good now. We almost always use condoms, but occasionally we do not. When we don't use them we use the "pull out" method, which I know is not very affective but as I said I am also on the pill. We haven't had unprotected sex in over two weeks, where he also pulled out way before he came. Today I noticed a thick brown discharge, not a lot at all, and I'm not due for my period for twelve more days. I've had the discharge before - 1-2 days AFTER my period but never before. Everything I'm reading is pointing to early stages of pregnancy- implantation bleeding, but it's saying that happens 6-10 days before a period. I haven't had any pain or weird symptoms. I was sick about 2 days ago, but so was my boyfriend, and I'm pretty sure it was food poisoning to be honest.
My mind is doing laps right now, and I just wanted to know if anyone had an idea as to why this happened, and if there's still a chance I'm pregnant If I'm on birth control.
Please help.

[Sabilie]

I'm just soo terrified. I'm nineteen years old, a full time student living with my boyfriend that can't even afford to miss work. I'm going to get a test at the end of this week, and hope to god planned parenthood has an open appointment.
Thank you, I will definetly keep you posted.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
This could have been implantation bleeding. However to confirm the status of pregnancy, I suggest you to test for pregnancy by a highly sensitive pregnancy test 10 days post ovulation with a sensitive ( 20 - 25 mIU ) pregnancy test. Also then I would suggest you to get your serum HCG levels estimated since this is more specific than urine for pregnancy tests.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.