Thread: Brown discharge... Any help would be appreciated!

Hey, so I'm new here, and I'm a bit of a worry-wart so here goes.
I'm 18 and have been on the pill (Ovranette) for over year and a half now. Just finished my month's pack, and am due on about Friday (I'm pretty regular, always have been) but have noticed a little bit of dark brown discharge over the last 2 days.
Just wondering if anyone could tell me is this normal, I looked it up and came across something called implantation bleeding, a symptom of pregnancy, which has totally freaked me out, I can't be pregnant? I did miss a pill this month, but I took it as soon as I remembered, and my consultant at my clinic told me that, on Ovranette, you could miss up to 2 pills and as long as you take one as soon as you remember you've missed it, you're protected. Never experienced this before so just kind of worried (like I say, worry-wart!) so any information anyone has would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

The first question you need to ask yourself is did you have unprotected sex (no condoms) with a male prior to missing you pill, if you have not had any sexual encounters prior to this then it is not implantation.

When you see brown discharge it usually "old" menstral blood from your prior menstral cycle, old blood can remain in the vaginal vault without any health problems... usually when you are not on birth control pills ---a person can experience brown discharge a week or a few days prior to the start of the new menstral cycle..your body is just flushing out the old prior to starting the new (red discharge-new menstral flow).

In the case with birth control pills --it is very common to have break through bleeding--which is bleeding between menstral cycles or periods. Since you missed your birth control pill (did not take it exactly at the same time everyday) your body was thinking it's time for the period --(the hormone levels changed due to the missed pill). If you took your next pill at the appropriate time the brown discharge would start to decrease.

If you continue to have brown discharge call your doctor and ask to be seen --(usually longer than 2 to 3 days).