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Girl answers only please: Nonstop Vaginal Discharge?
All this week (It's Thursday now), I've had nonstop vaginal discharge. I recently turned 13. In the beginning, it was a regular brown but now it's dark brown and kind of red... It won't stop and I'm just really scared and don't know what to do. I've been putting toilet paper THERE and it's really red and brown the next time I check. What should I do? My mom knows about it and she said it might be that I'm getting my first period, but... Should it be this bad?
Also, when will it stop?
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Yup, its safe to bet that you're about to get your first period. Your body is used to doing this yet. and even in the future, periods delayed due to stress and illness will result in the same things.
You can have easily two weeks of spotting the sticky dark brown stuff, like the color of dried old blood. The fact that theres some fresh bright red mixed in means this is your period, or will become your period. As a teen my periods were anything but normal. The length of time one lasted, or the time in between periods or the type of flow I had, varied all over the place. For me, as a teen a period sometime was nothing but a 3 to 5 to 7 days of light spotting, the next month a normal flow and then back again. As a year or two go by it will become more regular, predictable and have its own normal pattern, whatever is normal for you.
The discharge of clear liquid is your bodys natural cleansing system kicking into gear trying to clean the vagina out in between periods and since you haven't quite started, perhaps its all happening at once. Start wearing panty liners, change them as often as needed and always have a pad with you where ever you go in case a steady flow starts. An extra pair of panties carried in your purse may be a good idea. I did that. Sometimes the panty was already soiled before I realized I had started and half the time I was at school, work, out running errands, not at home.
Don't worry. Its normal. I want to post a few videos by a gal just 10 yrs older than you who has been putting out videos on the topic of sexuality and relationships since high school. One will be on all the period products available today and others on how to keep clean down there. No soap or douches as you will see...
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Everyone's body is different. It can very well be your period and normal. I've had dark colored periods many times. You should go to the doctor for a check up anyway regardless but don't worry about it I really believe this is totally normal. Sometimes it will be bright red other times dark as brown sometimes heavy and sometimes light. Women's bodies are weird that way. Relax, make a doctors appointment and go on with your usual activities.
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