I have had my period for 10 days now without much cramping (it's finally getting lighter and seems to be going away) But I still want to know why I've had it so long when mine are usually only 3 to 4 days with a lot of cramping. Friends tell me it could be early miscarriage or the fact that I have eased up on smoking and started exercising more. I'm pretty healthy, not overweight or anything like that. It started being very light looking brownish pink kinda how it looks at the end of a period. Then it gradually got heavier with some small clots with more cramping. Now it's light again just looking pinkish. Can you help?