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I had a laparoscopic bilateral salpingo oophorectomy last monday(6 days ago)...on friday 4 days after surgery i started bleeding..its quite heavy, ?

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Your period: This is your period. Estrogen stopped when you lost your ovaries. This is same as if stopping active pills of birth control and now taking placebo.

Answered 6/3/2021

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