Question:
Help!!! I think I was pregnant during surgery

OK, this is sort of embarrassing but need some really good advise right now. I think I may have been pregnant during surgery and had a miscarriage after because I had discharging brown blood from the vagina. I took 2 pregnancy test from the DR office which was required to have surgery done but both came out negative. What I want to know Is it possible to have blood come out from the vagina as a result from the surgery?    — Lovett (posted on April 22, 2002)

April 21, 2002
It is VERY common for women to experience their period right after the surgery even if you weren't due. So I wouldn't worry about it unless there was a great deal of pain and clotting. In that case visit your GYN to make sure all is well.
   — Virginia N.

April 21, 2002
I had the same thing happen to me but no chance I was pregnant. I think it's from the shock of the surgery.
   — Candace F.

April 21, 2002
I had the same experience despite the fact that I am physically unable to get pregnant and I had my period the week before surgery. Messed up menstrual cycles are a very common side effect of surgery.
   — Bobbie B.

April 21, 2002
I had the same experince even though it is physically imposible for me to be pregnand and I have not had a monthy for about 2 years lol . I was told that this was from surgery .
   — sallie P.

April 22, 2002
I had the same type of period you described right after surgery - with the brown blood. It was as if my rusty pipes were being cleaned out (: I was definitely not pregnant. Since that time, my periods have been more normal. I had a miscarriage once and the blood was bright red, not brown.
   — Julie S.

April 22, 2002
I have also had a miscarriage, and the blood was bright red, not brown. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I had some brown spotting, and was told by my OB/GYN that brown blood is old blood, and not to worry about it. I think your body was probably just getting rid of the old blood.
   — Becky H.

April 22, 2002
You are so perfectly normal! The period we get the day after surgery was from the shock or trauma of having a surgery. I then proceeded to have my regular scheduled period 2 weeks later! thank you! I am 4 months,1 week out and all of my periods after my surgery have been dark in color and this last one was almost black by day 3. I think our body is changing so fast that our hormones can't keep up.
   — blank first name B.