Last updated on July 26th, 2018 at 05:50 pm<\/p>
Question: what causes brown discharge after period has ended? Is it pregnancy or something else?<\/em><\/p>\n Vaginal spotting after period has ended can be scary, especially if it’s happening\u00a0for the first time.<\/p>\n During a woman’s period, menstrual pain and emotional symptoms\u00a0are common, and in some girls, these symptoms may be very severe, affecting daily activities for few days.<\/p>\n At the end of your period, you quickly want to get into your missed activities\u00a0and return to your academic, business or other social events.<\/p>\n Having a dark brown discharge from your vagina right after period will cause you to think something’s wrong, or possibly you are pregnant.<\/p>\n If you are worried about your brownish discharge after a period, you are not alone. Here’s an email I received from Sandra (one of my readers)<\/p>\n Dunn, Good morning,<\/p>\n I’m wondering if I could get some help too. This may sound strange but I feel something is wrong with me.<\/p>\n I had my normal menstrual period that started on the 18th and lasted for four days. As usual, I experienced abdominal cramps too.<\/p>\n Surprisingly, yesterday, which is five days after my period,\u00a0I noticed black discharge from my vagina.<\/p>\n Is this normal?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Just like Sandra, the first thing that comes to your mind is a medical problem or pregnancy. While it’s possible a dark brown discharge after period may be due to a medical issue; For most women, it’s nothing serious.<\/p>\n Your uterus is made up muscles, which during your menstrual period, contract to release blood from your womb.<\/p>\n After the end of menstruation, some left-over endometrial tissues are expelled to your vagina forming a brown discharge. Brownish vaginal discharge occurs because blood mixes with your vaginal discharge, and most times, you don’t need to panic.<\/p>\n Having said that, a brownish discharge after period may be due to a serious health issue. Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, vaginal infections, birth control medications, hormone imbalance, and sexual intercourse can cause you to experience a mild or heavy vaginal bleeding.<\/p>\n This article explains the causes of brown discharge after period has ended, and when you must see a doctor right away.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If your period is over and you notice brown spotting, here are possible causes<\/p>\n During menstruation, your body produces hormones that stimulate your uterus to contract and push-out thick endometrial blood through your vagina as period.<\/p>\n This usually is accompanied by pain you will experience at the back, lower abdomen, and your pelvic area.<\/p>\n If your uterus fails to remove “thickened endometrial cells” from your uterus completely, the leftover blood comes out later as brown discharge.<\/p>\n Usually, old endometrial blood that stays in your uterus loses oxygen and become dark, black or brownish. This is the reason you will notice brown spotting when you wipe.<\/p>\n It’s also normal that you will experience mild lower abdominal pain for a few days. Don’t\u00a0panic; In few days, you will feel okay again.<\/p>\n One common concern for young women\u00a0that had sexual intercourse without the use of a condom is the risk of an unplanned pregnancy.<\/p>\n If you are experiencing brown discharge after the end of your period, it could be as a result of implantation bleeding.<\/p>\n Implantation bleeding results from the attachment of your baby (medically referred to as embryo) to the wall of the uterus (endometrium).<\/p>\n During this process, and after successful fertilization<\/a>, the embryo burrows into the endometrial blood thick layer that covers the inside of your womb. This causes blood to come out of your vagina slowly.<\/p>\n Usually, it takes some hours to days for implantation blood to be seen on your panties, and therefore becomes deoxygenated and turns brownish.<\/p>\n The truth is, you should be concerned about pregnancy if you experienced a somewhat shorter than normal menstrual period”. This could already have been implantation bleeding, and it’s best you take a pregnancy test.<\/p>\n What to do?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Spotting after period that lasted 5 – 7 days is likely because of removal of old endometrial tissues. However, if you suddenly experienced a light period that only lasted for 1 or 2 days, it’s probably because of pregnancy.<\/p>\n If you are pregnant, breast pain, mood changes, breast swelling, vomiting, nausea, and excessive vaginal discharge are common.<\/p>\n It’s best to take a pregnancy test. If you are negative, it could be due to<\/p>\n With millions of women in the United States using birth control pills for different reasons, if you are just starting out, it could result in brown vaginal discharge.<\/p>\n Birth control pills are commonly used by women who want to avoid pregnancy. Other uses are the prevention of cancer, to lighten a heavy menstrual period, and to make an irregular period regular.<\/p>\n These pills work primarily by blocking ovulation from occurring through the release of synthetic estrogen and progestin.<\/p>\n During your first 3 to 6 months after you commence these pills, spotting is not unusual. It’s normal that your body will adjust to these synthetic hormones, and in few months time, symptoms resolve.<\/p>\n Another reason you could be spotting on birth control is the dosage of estrogen in your pills. Estrogen works by stabilizing your uterine endometrium, and if levels are low in your medications, it means will spot in between your period.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, long-term spotting or heavy vaginal bleeding means something is wrong. Talk to your doctor.<\/p>\n Ovulation is the release of one or more eggs from your right or left ovary.<\/p>\n During ovulation, that occurs about one week after your period, some women will experience vaginal spotting that last hours or a few days.\u00a0Also, if you can tell your next period date, ovulation will take place about 14 – 16 days from your next period.<\/p>\n The truth is, ovulation spotting is usually brown in color and it’s not unusual for women to experience a pink, dark, black spotting from the vagina.<\/p>\n<\/span>What causes brown discharge after period is over?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>1. \u00a0Weak contractions during menstruation<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>2. \u00a0Pregnancy<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>3. \u00a0Birth control medications<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>4. \u00a0Ovulation spotting<\/span><\/h3>\n