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I'm 4 weeks out. I am 5 days late. Did anyone else experience this? I am assuming its the whole weight loss and increase in hormones. I know its not pregnancy, because then it would be either considered an immaculate conception, or I might have some serious "splainen" to do to the husband.

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Surgery is a major "upset" to the body. Your being off-schedule can be attributed to any number of reasons:

1. Increased hormone release from fat cells during initial weight-loss

2. The body reacting to the major surgery

3. Delayed anaesthetic effect that can also effect hormones, cycles and rythmns

etc.

As long as you're sure there's no chance of conception (you sound pretty certain to me!), I wouldn't worry about it for the first couple of months as your body readjusts and sets itself into a new routine.

Of course if it is really worrying you, as always, consult your medical team for professional medical advice!

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Surgery is a major "upset" to the body. Your being off-schedule can be attributed to any number of reasons:

1. Increased hormone release from fat cells during initial weight-loss

2. The body reacting to the major surgery

3. Delayed anaesthetic effect that can also effect hormones' date=' cycles and rythmns

etc.

As long as you're sure there's no chance of conception (you sound pretty certain to me!), I wouldn't worry about it for the first couple of months as your body readjusts and sets itself into a new routine.

Of course if it is really worrying you, as always, consult your medical team for professional medical advice![/quote']

Thanks.... Could it seriously last a couple of months? :-)

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Thanks.... Could it seriously last a couple of months? :-)

Everyone is different, so I don't know how things will do for you!

I know that before my surgery, my period was quite sporadic (due to my obesity). Sometimes it would be delayed, sometimes I would miss a month, sometimes it came early! The hormones in our fat cells can really play havoc with things like our menstrual cycle.

If you are someone who is rock-steady (sounds like you might be, if you know you are exactly 5 days late), perhaps it won't be anything like that for you.

Do more reading here on the site to see if others have had this issue (there is a SEARCH button in the top right hard corner of every page) and how they dealt with it.

My advice is to seek medical attention if it concerns you, or wait to see how things develop if you're not that worried.

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I would say don't trust that it's just surgery, and do whatever due diligence you need for peace of mind. That being said, I'm about 5 months out and my periods are still completely jacked up. Late, early, lasting almost twice as long as normal, acne breakouts, bleeding between periods, etc. I have issues with Constipation and I've even had vaginal bleeding after poops that make me work for them. (Yes, I'm sure it was vaginal blood and not a hemorrhoid or tear - I know which part of me I'm wiping, TYVM Gyno who thought I was just confusing the two.)

Our bodies go through a lot with surgery, and that doesn't stop. Weightloss is an extremely stressful thing for our bodies. It goes gainst everything our bodies do naturally. Until we reach goal, we're pretty much in body panic mode. Not to mention the hormones, switches in body priority (e.g. hairloss), etc.

I had my annual exam last week and told my gyno all of this. She basically agreed it's to be expected. And also brought up that, "You're no longer 20, and as you age..." :wacko:

I can tell you my body is extremely out of whack. Has been for about 5 months now. In my case, it's "normal" but that doesn't mean someone else on here going through the same things is also "normal" so any concerns, make an appt!

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I have a friend that had wls 8 years ago. She is 46 now. She didn't get her period at all anymore after her surgery:) She was very happy about that!

I am still pre op so I can't help. I am almost to the stage of not getting it anymore so i am hopeful I will not get it again!!

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