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So there is a correlation btwn periods and post op?



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Ladies, let me hear from you.

I was nursing my 11 month old but chose to stop because of the surgery and because dad was a little jealous that he couldn't soothe our second child like I could. Four days post op, my period started. I assumed it was due to my milk drying up but I see there is a correlation between this and being post op?

Do tell please.

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I haven't been sleeved yet, but I know from a couple of previous surgeries, that yes, after surgery your period does come at a different time. You're hormones are all screwed up from the anesthesia and the stress of having stuff done to your body causes the period to happen sooner than it "should". It will eventually straighten itself out.

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Randomly for me it was the other way around!

My period was due the day of my surgery (thankfully it didn't arrive whilst I was in hospital), and my body decided to skip one completely the first month post op - which NEVER happens to me.

Kind of settled down into a pattern month 2 and beyond thankfully.

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Hmmm...I know my period got/gets crazy whenever I do "extreme" dieting (which is kind of the case now b/c I consume 1000 or less calories/day). My first period post-surgery started "on-time". But, that was followed up with another FULL period about a week and a half later. This has happened before when I was very low calorie diet. Someone suggested it may be that the estrogen "bound" up in my fat is being released and triggering more periods. Regardless, I'm not a huge fan of two periods a month.

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I'm perimenopausal and had no period from January until the day I got home from the hospital on April 20. !!! As if the gas/surgical pain wasn't enough! Had to laugh, though. So yes, at least for me, I think there was a correlation--darn it!

Meg

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Yes, I think there is a correlation between the surgery and your period. I started 3 days after surgery when I wasnt due until the end of May - I have seen that a few other ladies are having the same issues as well.

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Dr. told me the blood thinner can cause some women to start when they weren't expecting it. I got mine immediately following surgery, 2 weeks before I was expecting it.

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Dr. told me the blood thinner can cause some women to start when they weren't expecting it. I got mine immediately following surgery, 2 weeks before I was expecting it.

wow that makes sense!

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I have PCOS and have had it since I was 13 yrs old. Well lucky me I was sleeved March 15th and just so happened to start my period THAT day after not having one for 8 months!

And now that I'm losing this weight (52lbs since march 15th), I have been having the weirdest "periods".

Not even actual periods I guess, but like a full on "period day" a few times a week! It's driving me mad! (How many times can I write PERIOD in one post?haha)

It's like I start a period every other day and then stop again. And this has been going on for a couple months. Kinda freakin me out.

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