Activity level

• Limit your activity for 2 days.

• Ask a friend or family member to stay with you as you rest in bed or on the couch.

• Slowly increase your activities during the week after the procedure.

• Don’t drive for 24 hours.

• Don’t climb stairs for 2days.

• Don’t lift anything heavier than 10 pounds for 1 week.

• Don’t bend at the waist for 2 days.

• Ask your healthcare provider when you can go back to work.

Other home care

• Don’t be alarmed by vaginal discharge that is grayish or brown in color. This is from the breakdown of the fibroid. It's normal.

• Your periods may be different than before the procedure. Ask your healthcare provider what you should expect.

• You may be given pain medicines and other medicines to take at home. Take these medicines as directed. Don’t skip doses.

• Your healthcare provider will tell you when you can resume your normal medicines.

• Unless otherwise directed, drink 6 to 8 glasses of water every day. This helps to prevent dehydration. It also helps flush your body of the dye that was used during the procedure.

• Take your temperature and check your incision site every day for a week. Look for signs of infection, such as redness, swelling, or warmth. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any of these symptoms.

• Ask your healthcare provider when it is safe to swim or take a bath.

Follow-up care

Make a follow-up appointment with your healthcare provider, or as directed.

When to call your healthcare provider

Call your healthcare provider right away if any of the following occur:

• Constant or increasing pain or numbness in your leg

• Severe or abdominal pain that gets worse

• Vaginal discharge increases or has a foul odor

• Fever of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, or as directed by your healthcare provider

• Chills

• Signs of infection, such as redness, swelling, or warmth at the incision site

• A leg that feels cold or looks blue

• Blood in your urine

• Black or tarry stools

Call 911

Call 911 if you have shortness of breath.