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Weird period - any ideas?

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Ellahbellah29 · 01/03/2026 17:31

I've had a long cycle, took a test on the day my period was due (negative) and then seemingly got my period. I had about 24hrs normal heavy bleeding, then it stopped for pretty much 24hrs and now I'm getting a small amount of brown blood. I usually get a period for around 5 days so not sure what is going on?

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BillieWiper · 01/03/2026 20:59

How many days have you been bleeding for? It's normal for it to be brown towards the end as it's dried. But it could be a very early MC if you had unprotected sex in that timeframe.
If it hasn't stopped visit GP or gybnae?

clementmarot · 01/03/2026 21:01

I would probably do another test in a few days to be sure if you don’t have a normal period. But sometimes there is just an odd one. If you don’t ovulate in a cycle, often in the end the body gives up trying, you get a bleed and then start again. Those bleeds can be lighter than a normal period because the womb lining did not build up in the same way.

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