Re: Just had LEEp surgery and a complicated situation!
From: Marisa Geller MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:03:36 -0600 (CST)
After a LEEP it is recommended not to have intercourse for a month to
avoid bleeding and itching. If you had sex a week later you can have
some bleeding. You can get pregnant after a LEEP. Therefore, I suggest
you to do a pregnancy test to know if you are pregnant.
At Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Carrie wrote:
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>hi everyone,i have a question. i had a LEEP surgery last december02 and
>after 2 weeks i started having sex again and then the next week after
>having sex again i started to bleed for several days and it suddenly
>stopped.i went to see my gynecologists and she said that it is normal to
>bleed after the surgery .Is this normal to happen? next,i visited her
>again coz i started to itch like crazy on my genital and i had a small
>bumps on my genital and she did a culture and sent it to the lab and she
>suspected that i might have herpes and when the lab results came back it
>came back positive and she put me on valtrex for 5 days .since i started
>having sex when i was 18 i have never been to birth control and my
>former partner never used condoms and i never got pregnant. now that
>i'm with a new guy (my fiancee ) are deciding to have kids and started
>trying for 1 and a half years now and never got pregnant.but now after
>several weeks of the surgery i did not have my period this month of
>january and don't have any symptoms of pregnancy at all but when i sit i
>always feel like i'm sitting on my uterus is gonna fall.
>i have been really stressed too .can it be possible for me to get
>pregnant after years of trying and after the surgery?should i start
>going to infertility doctor real soon?Plaese i need some help and coz
>whenevr i visit she doesn't give me full explanation of my situation .
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Marisa Geller M.D.
Coordinator Obgyn.net Latina
Specialist on Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialist on Fertility and Sterility
Buenos Aires
Argentina