Females. Is it normal to start menstrating after surgery ?

[beachblondeee 6]

Got sleeved last week. Got my period. It is not my time of the month at all. Is this normal? Is this my natural menstrual cycle or is this blood draining from surgery ?

Guidance appreciated. Thanks ladies

[shoshshe13 3]

Got sleeved last week. Got my period. It is not my time of the month at all. Is this normal? Is this my natural menstrual cycle or is this blood draining from surgery ?

Guidance appreciated. Thanks ladies

I got mine but I was due. But I have had it for 11 days now. Wondering how long I should wait to call the dr. I heard because of the heprine we might bleed more.

[Deeda26 3]

Same thing happened to me! My doc said thats normal so i wouldnt worry bout it

[bmbrush413 124]

Got mine the morning after...lasted a little longer than usual. Seems to be fairly typical.

[New1 201]

I hadn't had a period in years before surgery. Had one 2 weeks after surgery that lasted 18 days o_O

[Gonnabeslim1day 80]

I still haven't gotten mine and its been 7 weeks post surgery.

[rdoactv 218]

I've heard its the stored hormones being released w/ the weight loss. I had mine 1 week after, but I was almost due. It was much lighter than normal though.

[dreamerfalava 6]

I got mine as regularly scheduled before surgery and then the day after surgery and I had it for like two months every day on and off its your hormones and the heparin they give you so u Dont have blood clots it's annoying but it's normal

[Newme48 104]

I had not had mine for 11 months and whammo after 10 weeks post-op it decides to come for a visit. I take it as a sign that as you are losing weight your hormones are reacting in a positive way. Good luck to you.

[sweetcurves3 57]

I've heard its the stored hormones being released w/ the weight loss. I had mine 1 week after' date=' but I was almost due. It was much lighter than normal though.[/quote']

I heard the same thing. I had mine 5 days after surgery and I have an iud. It lasted over 2 weeks but I haven't had 1 since.

[iggychic 1,405]

Blood from the abdomen does not drain out the whoo ha. (Quick answer). Blood in your body cavity will be absorbed by the body over time (over a long time if you have severe bleeding) or through a drainage tube if your doctor places one, but it won't be picked up by any female devices known to man or woman kind

That said, there are many issues in surgery that effect your cycle. First, rapid weight loss throws your hormone levels into shock. You produce massive levels of estrogen which can trigger a cycle for most, but for some actually have the opposite effect. So changes in your cycle are normal with weight loss. Secondly the effects of the trauma to our bodies can do the same thing. Many people experience this after a major surgery where anesthesia is involved.

You might find that your cycle changes a bit for the first six months or more after surgery (depending on how long you see rapid weight loss). I found that my once sporadic cycle regulated while going through IVF and stayed that way for the first time in my life for two years afterwards, but now that I've had the surgery I'm back to the "whenever my body feels the need" cycle, which can be once a month, every few weeks, or I often skip a month. So back to normal weight...back to normal cycles...or abnormal in my case.

But rest assured, its not blood from surgery. Just wacky girl germs getting to you