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Re: leep with spotting

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:20:58 -0500 (CDT)


At Tue, 19 Jun 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am having leep done this week and I am on the pill Nor/QD, I spot alot
>and have break thru bleading on this pill and was wondering if the the
>leep can still be done, how much is to much bleeding for the doctor to
>do the leep? I realy want to get this over with and the spotting comes
>and goes all month long. I was put on this pill because of smoking but
>I quit three weeks ago, I would love to go on a normal pill(estrogen)how
>long do I have to wait since I have stoped smoking,I am 35 years old?
>thanks for advise :)

Spotting, or even full menstrual bleeding should not interfere with a LEEP, but you need to ask the doc that is going to actually do yours to be sure. If my patients have not smoked for 6 months, I will use low-dose combination OCPs.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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