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Q: Post-abortion Period and Bleeding

asked by: rachelxu on September 14th, 2008

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I had my surgery on May 28th, 2008. Three days after, i had a fever which lasted for a whole night. I went back the next day and the nurse gave me some methergine pills, because she believed my fever was mainly due to the fever. After taking the pills, i experienced heavy clots and the fever did go away.

Everything was all right, until recently i realized something wrong. My first period started on Augst 21s, which was almost 3 months after the surgery. The period stayed for 12 days.

Two weeks after the peroid, which was yesterday, I had bleeding again. I got really worried. It had just been two weeks since my first period after the abortion, and my husband and i just had sex the night before this bleeding... This bleeding was only seen for one day.

I don't know whether the short bleeding was period or not. If it is, it was just two weeks since the last one... If it is bleeding, does it relate to the sex the night before?Or is it due to my abortion surgery? But why i still experience bleeding 3 months after the surgery? Does it indicate some infection or other problem?

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Animeisha

replied on September 19th, 2008

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Most likely nothing is wrong, sometimes it takes MONTHS for your body to re-adjust and for the hormones to completely level out. For the first six months following my abortion, I got migraines around that time of the month, would spot, then nearly hemorrhage, then spot some more. You should definitely see a gynecologist or consult the clinic where the procedure was done if you've not done so, but most likely, that's just your body trying to get back on track.

I didn't get a period for about 9 weeks after my medical abortion, and it wasn't what I would have called a normal period either, they were heavier for awhile. I know other women who've had abortions who had irregular periods for several months after their first post-abortion period as well, it's very common.

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