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Did anyone else experience this? I got my period 4 days after surgery as expected. I should have gotten it again over a week ago. I'm not pregnant but have been bloated and crampy. Also am. I retaining Water? I feel like I am.

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Right there with you. No idea I guess body is just freaked out.

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This hasn't happened to me, but before my surgery my nurse told me that a lot of women do skip periods. No big deal!

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This hasn't happened to me, but before my surgery my nurse told me that a lot of women do skip periods. No big deal!

I feel crampy and bloated though.

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Your body is literally in shock from surgery. It's trying to figure out what the crap you did to it, lol. And it will feel somewhat weird for a while, as all of your organs and bones and muscles try to adjust. I was on my period when I had surgery and I ended up bleeding for two weeks, then didn't have a period for over a month...when my doc put me back on my BC pills, things started to straighten out. Major surgery like the sleeve is a pretty large trauma to the body. Things will straighten out!! As long as you know you aren't pregnant, you're fine.

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Prior to surgery I hadn't had one for over a year due to my Mirena. Got one 5 days post op, and now 7 weeks out its started again. It's a pretty common stress response for them to become irregular, but definitely one I could have lived without!!

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