Three days before my period was due I had a watery pink discharge it lasted a day the next day it was mostly the same but had a hint of red blood every now and then on the third day it was dark red and went to brown almost instantly this was the day I expected my period but the spotting was stopping on the fourth day I saw dark brown almost black when I wiped two times . This is not normal for me I only noticed this spotting when I went to the bathroom it was not an actual flow like my period it only lasted three days where I usually last six days i only wore a liner I did not have cramps were usually I do however two days before the spotting began I had menstrual like cramping and while this spotting occurred I realized I was going to pee like ten times a day