Irregular periods

[Rafiaa_8 3]

Hello,

This is my first time writing anything on here so I hope I do it right!

So I had my mini gastric bypass on the 18th of August 2021 and since then I got my period twice and both times it lasted 8 days! and there is one week break between them and my actual period ended on the 12th. so that's 22 days of bleeding in one month and a half.

I know these things can happen post-op but the weird thing is my last period ended on the 15th of September and I just started again 4 days later!!

I'm very worried and confused tbh... If anyone knows if this is normal or not please let me know or if you have any suggestions on what might help.

[NovaLuna 710]

Sometimes your hormones from the weight loss can totally mess up your cycle! My own was really messed up at one point and I had my period then was off it for about a week and had it again and then was off it for a week again and had it again and it kept recycling that for about two months (in which I had my period about 5 times) before it even itself out. I did bring it up to my doctor, but by that point it had even itself out again. She told me that if it happened again she'd give me some meds to hopefully regulate it so you could always bring it up with your PCP.

[Arabesque 7,534]

Oestrogen is stored in your fat so as you lose weight or that oestrogen is released into your bloodstream. This hormonal flush can cause more or less frequent, heavier or lighter, longer or shorter periods. It will settle when you get closer to goal &/or your weight loss slows.

For me, my menopausal symptoms disappeared - whoo hoo - but once I got to goal (I lost the subsequent weight slowly) they all came back again. Sigh.

Congrats on your surgery.

[catwoman7 11,234]

^^ ditto what the other two posters said. I agree with them. Very common experience.

[JDLane 140]

Yes this is normal, I had a very similar experience. I got my first period then a small break then another one that lasted for what felt like forever. It was more like light bleeding for about 2 weeks. By the time my next cycle came around things leveled out and have been back to normal since. I would give it another cycle or two to even out then reach out to your surgeon or gyno if you feel you are excessively bleeding.