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Re: Menstruation after a c-section delivery
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:54:25 -0500 (CDT)
I went 7 months after the birth of my daughter before I started to
menstruate again. My doctor had to put me on hormones to get everything
started and regular.
At Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Alicia wrote:
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>I'm not a doctor but I have read that after delivery (vaginal or
>c-section), it takes a while for your body to become regular again.
>Chalk it up to hormones of course. I would suggest that you wait it
>out, your period will come. And if you don't want to have another baby
>right away, use protection! You could be ovulating even though you don't
>have your period. Good luck!
>
>At Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Trisha wrote:
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>>Hello, this is my first visit to this forum. My question is, I had my
>>Son now 16 weeks ago. I got my first period after a c-section delivery
>>9 weeks post partum. I bleed from the delivery normal 6 weeks. It was
>>a normal period and lasted 5 days. I am not breatfeeding (I did for 2
>>weeks) and my husband and I have unprotected sex, freqently. About 2
>>weeks ago I went to the Doctor for an unrelated reason and had them do a
>>pregnancy test, then I was 3 days late and it came back negative. I am
>>now 3 weeks and 3 days late from when I should have gotten my period, my
>>next period is Due May 4th...Is this normal? If not could there be a
>>reason why my period is so late? Should I schedule an OB/Gyn appt?
>>Please let me know
>
>--
>Alicia
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