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Is Brown Vaginal Bleeding After Taking Emergency Birth Control A Sign Of Pregnancy?

My fiance and me tried to make love on one week before my due date for periods. I used emergency pills after it. A week later , i had periods. On the first day of my periods, I had sex with him again using emergency pills. But my periods stopped after 30 hours and brown coloured blood started coming from my vagina. The light bleeding in the form of brown blood with no pain persisted for 10 days from 17th january. I doubt if Im pregnant or if it was a side effect of ghe emergency pill which i had. Please help me with this confusion.
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Hi,
Thanks for the query.
In your case there was no need of emergency pill.
Because usually in case of regular periods ovulation will not occur one week before expected date of periods or during periods.
Emergency pill will have high dose of hormone.
That may be responsible for stopping of your bleeding after taking pill.
Once the hormonal effect decreased the collected blood might have came out.
Brown color of the blood indicates collected blood.
Emergency pills can lead to menstrual irregularities.
That may be responsible for prolonged spotting.
You should not take two emergency pills with less than 2 months gap.
Anyhow possibility of pregnancy is less in your case.
Take care.
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Is Brown Vaginal Bleeding After Taking Emergency Birth Control A Sign Of Pregnancy?

Hi, Thanks for the query. In your case there was no need of emergency pill. Because usually in case of regular periods ovulation will not occur one week before expected date of periods or during periods. Emergency pill will have high dose of hormone. That may be responsible for stopping of your bleeding after taking pill. Once the hormonal effect decreased the collected blood might have came out. Brown color of the blood indicates collected blood. Emergency pills can lead to menstrual irregularities. That may be responsible for prolonged spotting. You should not take two emergency pills with less than 2 months gap. Anyhow possibility of pregnancy is less in your case. Take care.