Thank you for reaching out.
Light brown spotting generally would not make you
niddah (see our page on
stains for a detailed discussion). A bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy also would not make you
niddah. However, a D&C does make you
niddah even though it is not your period, and even if you are not regularly menstruating (learn more
here).
The usual
taharah process applies, including the
minimum wait,
hefsek taharah, and
seven clean days. The day of the D&C counts as the first day of the minimum wait (if your custom is to count from the time you become
niddah).
In this case you may reduce the number of
bedikot to the
hefsek taharah, and one
bedikah each on days 1 and 7 of the clean days, and on one of the intermediate clean days. Note that light brown (the color of coffee with milk or lighter) with no reddish tinge is not a
niddah color and would not invalidate a
bedikah.
Please feel free to get back to us with any further questions.
Refuah shlaimah!
