Gastric sleeve and missed period???

[Jwatson16]

I was sleeved on 10/25 and was regular on my period before hand however im almost a week late? No chance of being pregnant tubes have been tied for over a year.. Is this normal??

[Stacey03]

Yea, pretty normal, it can knock your periods around from what I've read :-) Of course visit your doc if you get worried, or call up your clinic.

[BlueUmbrella]

Surgery messes with your hormones quite a bit iirc. If there's no chance you could be pregnant then I wouldn't worry, your body might just be taking a while to get back on an even keel, hormone-wise.

[Ann2]

Yes, hormones can go crazy for pre-menopausal women after WLS. That's why doctors tell pre-menopausal WLS patients to use not one, but TWO forms of birth control post-op to avoid getting pregnant while losing weight and after they've had a chance to get their maintenance going well.

If you haven't read about this yet, here's another lovely bit: As you lose weight rapidly post-op, a lot of old hormones that have been stored throughout your body are going to get flushed out into your blood stream and may cause some extra mood changes. This happens to men also. So in addition to all the expected mental and emotional and psychological changes one goes through after WLS, you get some extra hormonal boosts at the same time. Oh, joy!

Yeah, not very fair, is it? But it's good to know that some of your Big Feelings post-op are being biochemically elevated by the "hormone-cleansing" your body is undergoing.

[Christie13]

Yes, rapid weight loss can do that. I was not that lucky. Not even when breastfeeding. LOL.