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Bleeding day after mikveh, seven weeks postpartum

I had a baby 7.5 weeks ago. I stopped bleeding two weeks postpartum. I counted seven clean days and went to the mikvah. Three weeks later, when I was six weeks postpartum I began bleeding again, I assumed this was my period. I waited five days, then count...

Missed sunset with day one bedikah

Hello, I only do one check per day during the seven clean days, due to perimenopausal issues. Due to a blizzard here at home, I forgot to do my day one check before the sundown time. Sundown was reportedly at 5:11 and I did not do my check until 5:20. Doe...

Mikveh after C-section

I am currently around 3 weeks postpartum. My bleeding is slowing significantly and will likely stop completely before my 6 week checkup. However, I had a c section and I am not allowed to immerse in a bath or pool until I’m cleared at 6 weeks. How s...

I want to go to mikveh to make up for being less careful when I was younger. Can I go in the daytime?

I’m 62 and did taharat hamishpacha in the past. I wasn’t so careful though, and recently I heard you can make up for it by going to mikvah. Since it’s not due to counting days, can I go to the mikvah during the day?

Mikveh while in committed relationship

I am a divorced woman and I’m in a committed relationship. I would like to go to the mikvah so I could be sexually active and not be sinning. What are the halachos attached? Would I count 5 + 7 clean days and then dip in the mikvah? Do the same laws...

Bleeding from progesterone post-menopause

I am a 60 year old post-menopausal woman. I have thickening of the endometrial wall (14 cm). After one negative biopsy and 3 months of no change in the thickness the Dr. put me on 10 mg progesterone 1x per day (about 3 and a half weeks ago.) After 2 weeks...

Friday night embarrassment

It is currently bein hazmanim and I am away, out of town with my husband and baby visiting relatives. I was not clean after five days and therefore unable to do the hefsek. It looks like though I may be clean after 6 days and may be able to do the hefsek ...

Forgot hefsek one week before husband’s return

I am abroad for work. My wife's period finished many days ago, but she did not do a hefsek because I would not be back for over a week anyway. Today is 7 days before I return but she forgot to do a hefsek before shkia.
Can she do one tomorrow mornin...

Extended niddah, horrible timing

I really have a difficult situation and I don’t know what to do. I became a niddah about two months ago during a difficult emotional time. Not that my husband and I were fighting, but we just really needed each other’s support. I spotted for o...

Niddah after partial hysterectomy

I will be undergoing a hysterectomy and I thought that afterward I would not be niddah ever again. Is that correct? I would be retaining my cervix.

Irregular period going off pill

I recently went off birth control pills to try to get pregnant. My period (I don't even know if it was really considered a period) was very unusual. I had bleeding for a day and a half and it was 5 days later than expected. I am not pregnant. How do I go ...

Hefsek after sunset

I tried to do a hefsek on days 5 and again on day 6 of my cycle, which were both not clean. I managed to get a clean hefsek yesterday (day 7), but this morning (day 8) I found some red spots on my underwear and therefore did not do a morning bedikah. This...

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