Is Depo or Tubal the Problem?
Question
I am 24 yrs old and have two kids. I got on the depo shot after my second child two weeks after giving birth then month and half later got tubes tied. Now two months after getting tubes tied and coming off depo I have been lightly bleeding for two weeks. What is this?? And about three weeks ago I had pain diuring intercourse for three days in a row but it went away. What is going on with me?? Is this from the depo or tubes being tied?
Delta
Answer
Last Updated: December 2, 2014
Dear Delta,
It is very common for women to have irregular bleeding as they are coming off of the depo. However, in your situation, you may be having other causes of the pain and bleeding. Because of your recent surgery, you should discuss your symptoms directly with your doctor.
Sincerely, Lynn Keenan, MD
It is very common for women to have irregular bleeding as they are coming off of the depo. However, in your situation, you may be having other causes of the pain and bleeding. Because of your recent surgery, you should discuss your symptoms directly with your doctor.
Sincerely, Lynn Keenan, MD
Answered By:
Lynn Keenan, MD
Lynn Keenan, MD, Immediate Past President of the CANFP Executive Board, is a Clinical Professor at the UCSF/Fresno Internal Medicine Residency Program (now retired), Board Certified in Sleep and Internal Medicine, and Vice President of the International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine. She earned her BSN at UCLA, her MD at Temple University School of Medicine, and completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF/Fresno. Dr. Keenan served on the Executive Board of CANFP since 2004, as President of CANFP since 2010, and graciously agreed to continue her service to CANFP on the Advisory Board at the beginning of 2019, upon her retirement from the Executive Board of CANFP
