 [ Symptoms ] what does it mean when your period blood is brown and not red since we were having trouble getting pregnant we went and saw a doctor and the doctor put me on hormone pills for 10 days well my last pill was on the 25th i believe i have started my period but i am not100 sure the blood that is coming out is brown and not red and i am in a lot of pain i have no cristals or anything like that on my overies i tried to call her and her nurse is not there i need to know because i am post to start taking my overlating pills during day 5 of my period [ Disease ] i heard that drinking mild water early in morning will surely help you in weight loss efforts