I'm 18 years old and have had 16 days of very light bleeding and brown discharge. The discharge is a normal occurrence right before and after the actual bleeding, but it has been happening the entire length of this phase. It started out sort of light and has progressed to a little less than regular flow for me.

This started about a week before my period should have started and has not stopped. The day it started, my boyfriend had fingered me and I thought that maybe he had been a little bit too rough, but it hasn't stopped! I am not on any form of contraception and other than receiving digital sex and giving oral sex, I am not currently sexually active.

I have no other regular symptoms of my period such as cramps, fatigue, or back pain. I have avoided any form of sexual contact since then in case I had been injured and needed to heal, but that doesn't seem to be the case. There is a history of uterine fibroids in the family (my mother), but I'm not sure if I'm at risk at my age.

I have had unprotected sex in the past with only one other person who I am sure was a virgin (not saying that means he was 100% clean, but less of a chance for STDs) and that was back in August. He was my only sexual partner.

So I have no clue what's going on! If anyone has any experience with this, help would be greatly appreciated. I can't get a doctor's appointment until after the first of the year (when the new insurance kicks in), so I would just like a little peace of mind until I can get a professional to check me out.

Thanks. :)