Two week brown period

[agh123]

Ive been on birth control for a year, and this month switched to a new kind. When switching, I did miss a couple days of the pack, and have missed 1 pill during the month (took it the next morning). The last week of the active pills, I started having a lot of brown discharge (old blood), and then into the week of my period, it stayed mostly brown with a little bit of blood. Should I be concerned of a medical issue or pregnancy? Or could this just be from switch BCs?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
It looks like spotting after changing the birth control pills. If you are having signs of pregnancy, I would suggest you to get your serum HCG levels estimated since this is more specific than urine for pregnancy tests. The HCG (it is a hormone) levels rise only in pregnancy and its presence will confirm the status of your pregnancy.

I hope it helps. 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.

[Jen12977]

I think it's breakthrough bleeding and it should resolve soon. If not you may need to switch to a different bcp. If you are concerned you may be pregnant you need to take a hpt.