After Fibroid Surgery: Heavy Bleeding, Fever or Rising Pain and When to Call Your Team

Day four after a laparoscopic myomectomy, and the sofa has become headquarters. The incisions itch. Then, standing up to make tea, comes a warm rush of blood that was not there yesterday. Is this the ordinary shedding the nurse mentioned, or is this the moment to pick up the phone? Nearly everyone recovering from fibroid surgery meets a version of that question, usually at an inconvenient hour, and usually with a discharge leaflet that is either too vague or buried under the mail.

Fibroid surgery warning signs are not mysterious, but they hide inside a recovery that is already messy: spotting, cramping, a tender belly and a temperature that drifts. The skill lies in telling the expected from the exceptional.

This explainer walks through what happens in the operating room, why that shapes what you feel afterwards, and which signals earn a same-day call. The decisions belong to your surgical team. Knowing the signals means you can bring them the right information, early.

Fibroid surgery warning signs: why bleeding, fever and pain are the three to watch

Almost every serious complication after fibroid surgery announces itself through one of three channels: blood, temperature or pain. That is not a coincidence. A uterus that has just had fibroids cut out of it, or that has been removed entirely, leaves behind raw tissue, stitched blood vessels and, in the case of a hysterectomy, a healing seam at the top of the vagina. Each of those can bleed, become infected or hurt.

The trouble is that a normal recovery also involves blood, temperature and pain. The NHS notes that light vaginal bleeding after a hysterectomy is common and can continue for up to six weeks, and that a low temperature in the first day or two is not unusual. So the question is never “is there any bleeding?” but “is the bleeding heavier than yesterday, and does it come with anything else?”

Trends matter more than snapshots. Pain that was a six on the day of surgery and is a three by day four is doing what pain should do. Pain that was a three and is now a six, especially with a fever, is a different story. The same logic applies to bleeding: a steady trickle that fades is expected; a return to fresh, heavy flow after it had lightened is not.

Timing helps too. Bleeding from a stitched vessel tends to show in the first days. Infection more often surfaces between day three and day ten. Blood clots in the legs or lungs can appear weeks later, when people have stopped thinking of themselves as patients. Keeping those windows in mind turns a confusing recovery into a series of questions you can actually answer.

What actually happens during fibroid surgery

Fibroids are non-cancerous growths of muscle and fibrous tissue in the wall of the uterus. Surgery for them comes in two broad families, and the difference explains a great deal about what recovery feels like.

A myomectomy removes the fibroids and leaves the uterus in place. According to the Mayo Clinic, it can be done three ways. In a hysteroscopic myomectomy, the surgeon passes a thin telescope through the cervix and shaves away fibroids that bulge into the uterine cavity; there are no cuts on the abdomen. In a laparoscopic or robotic myomectomy, several small incisions in the belly let the surgeon work with cameras and instruments, then close the uterine wall with layers of stitches. In an abdominal myomectomy, a single larger incision, often along the bikini line, gives direct access for many or very large fibroids.

A hysterectomy removes the uterus itself, and with it every fibroid, present and future. The NHS describes vaginal, laparoscopic and abdominal approaches, sometimes keeping the cervix and ovaries, sometimes not, depending on the reason for surgery and the person’s wishes.

Why does this matter for warning signs? After a myomectomy, the uterus is a healing organ with fresh internal wounds, so cramping and some vaginal bleeding are expected as the lining recovers. After a hysterectomy, the vaginal cuff (the closed top of the vagina where the cervix used to be) is the main internal wound, which is why heavy bleeding there, or a sudden gush of watery fluid, is a signal surgeons want to hear about. The abdominal incisions, whether three keyholes or one long line, add the usual risks of any skin wound.

Who fibroid surgery is usually for, and who is often asked to wait

Fibroids are astonishingly common. The Cleveland Clinic estimates that between 40 and 80 percent of people with a uterus will develop them, yet many never know, because most cause no symptoms. Surgery is not a reward for having fibroids; it is one option among several for the minority whose fibroids genuinely interfere with life.

People commonly ask what signs mean fibroids “require” surgery. In guideline terms there is no single trigger. The NHS lists the usual reasons treatment is considered: heavy or prolonged periods causing anemia, pelvic pressure or pain, frequent urination from a fibroid pressing on the bladder, and difficulty conceiving when a fibroid distorts the uterine cavity. Even then, medicines that lighten periods, hormonal options and procedures such as uterine artery embolization (blocking the blood supply to fibroids through a catheter) are usually discussed before or alongside surgery.

Who is asked to wait? Someone close to menopause may be advised that fibroids often shrink as estrogen falls, so the problem may ease on its own. Someone hoping for pregnancy may be steered toward myomectomy rather than hysterectomy, and toward timing that fits their plans. Someone with uncontrolled diabetes, significant anemia or a recent infection may be asked to correct those first, because each raises the risk of the very complications this article describes.

How risky is fibroid surgery? Mayo Clinic lists the main risks of myomectomy as excessive blood loss, scar tissue, and, rarely, the need to convert to a hysterectomy during the operation. Hysterectomy carries the general risks of major surgery: bleeding, infection, injury to bladder or bowel, and blood clots. Your surgeon should put your personal risk in context; it depends on fibroid size and number, the approach chosen and your overall health.

Normal recovery or warning sign? A side-by-side table

Discharge leaflets often list what to report without saying what is ordinary, which leaves people either phoning about every twinge or dismissing something serious. The table below sets the two side by side. It is a guide to the conversation, not a substitute for it: when in doubt, the call is always the right move.

What you notice	Usually expected	Call your surgical team
Vaginal bleeding	Light spotting or brownish discharge, easing over days to weeks	Soaking a pad every hour for 2 hours or more; clots bigger than a golf ball; fresh heavy flow after it had lightened
Temperature	Slightly warm in the first 24–48 hours	38°C (100.4°F) or higher, chills, or feeling unwell with a lower fever
Pain	Cramping and incision soreness that improves each day	Pain that climbs, is not eased by the plan you were given, or is severe and sudden
Incisions	Mild redness at the edge, small amount of clear fluid, bruising	Spreading redness, heat, swelling, pus, foul smell, or edges opening
Discharge	Pink or brown, light	Foul-smelling, green or yellow, or a sudden gush of watery fluid
Bladder and bowel	Slower bowels, mild sting on urinating in the first days	Unable to pass urine, burning with fever, vomiting, or a hard swollen abdomen
Legs and breathing	Mild general aches	One calf swollen, warm or painful; chest pain; breathlessness; coughing blood (emergency)

Two patterns deserve emphasis. First, combinations are more worrying than single symptoms: a low fever alone might be nothing, but a low fever plus foul discharge plus rising pelvic pain is a cluster that needs assessing today. Second, direction of travel is everything. Recovery should feel like a slope downhill, however bumpy. Anything that turns the slope back uphill is worth a phone call.

Bleeding after myomectomy: what counts as too much

Bleeding after myomectomy is expected in two forms. There is the surgical bleeding at the time of the operation, which the team manages in theater, and there is the vaginal bleeding of recovery, as the uterine lining heals and sheds. Mayo Clinic notes that vaginal spotting after myomectomy can last from a few days up to six weeks, depending on the approach. After a hysteroscopic procedure it is often brief; after an abdominal one, the uterus has been opened and stitched, so the lining takes longer to settle.

So what crosses the line? Surgeons tend to use pad counts because they are concrete. Soaking through a regular pad every hour for two or more hours in a row, or passing clots larger than a golf ball, are the thresholds most commonly given, and they are worth writing on the fridge. A sudden return to bright red, heavy flow after several days of light brown discharge is also a signal, because it suggests something has changed rather than simply continued.

Watch for the company that bleeding keeps. Lightheadedness on standing, a racing heart, unusual paleness or feeling cold and clammy can indicate that blood loss is affecting circulation, and those symptoms make the call urgent rather than routine. Someone who went into surgery already anemic from years of heavy periods has less reserve, which is one reason teams try to correct anemia beforehand.

Your first period after myomectomy can be heavier or more painful than you expect, and may arrive earlier or later than usual. That is common, but it can also be hard to tell from surgical bleeding in the early weeks. If you are unsure whether what you are seeing is a period or a problem, that uncertainty itself is a good enough reason to phone the team and describe it.

Signs of infection after fibroid surgery

Infection is the complication people most often expect and most often misread. It rarely arrives on day one. The typical window for a surgical site infection is between roughly three and ten days after the operation, when bacteria that entered a wound have had time to multiply. That timing means the first signs often appear at home, not in hospital.

There are three places infection tends to settle after fibroid surgery. The skin incisions may become red beyond the immediate edge, warm to touch, swollen or increasingly painful, and may leak cloudy or foul-smelling fluid rather than the small amount of clear or pinkish fluid that is normal. After a hysterectomy, the vaginal cuff can become infected, which usually shows as pelvic pain that deepens rather than fades, discharge that turns yellow or green and smells offensive, and fever. After any pelvic surgery, the bladder is a frequent site, especially if a catheter was used; burning when passing urine, going more often than usual, cloudy or bloody urine and a fever together suggest a urinary tract infection.

Fever is the common thread. The NHS uses 38°C (100.4°F) as the threshold to report after surgery. A digital thermometer costs little and removes guesswork; “I feel hot” is far harder for a nurse to act on than a number. Chills, shaking, feeling generally unwell or unusually tired can accompany a fever or arrive slightly before it.

Treatment decisions sit with your team. Many wound infections are managed with antibiotics, a class of medicines that kill or slow bacteria, and sometimes with opening a small part of the wound to let it drain. The earlier an infection is seen, the simpler that tends to be, which is the strongest argument for phoning about a wound that looks worse rather than waiting to see.

How painful is fibroid surgery, and when is pain a problem?

People asking how painful fibroid surgery is usually want two things: an honest sense of the first week, and a way to know when pain has stopped being normal. Both are answerable.

The intensity depends mostly on the approach. Hysteroscopic myomectomy, with no abdominal cuts, typically causes period-like cramping for a day or two. Laparoscopic surgery adds soreness at the small incisions and, distinctively, an ache in the shoulders and upper abdomen from the carbon dioxide gas used to inflate the belly during the operation; that gas pain usually fades within a couple of days as the body absorbs it. Abdominal surgery, whether myomectomy or hysterectomy, involves cutting through the abdominal wall, so pain is greater, movements like coughing or sitting up are harder, and the NHS advises expecting several weeks before the abdomen feels normal.

Pain management is planned by the team before you leave, often combining a non-opioid anti-inflammatory with other options for breakthrough discomfort. The specifics, including what to take and when, belong to the prescribing clinician; if the plan is not working, say so rather than adjusting it yourself.

The warning pattern is pain that changes character. Expected pain is dull, achy, worse with movement, better with rest, and a little lower each day. Concerning pain is sharp and new, steadily rising, concentrated in one spot, or accompanied by fever, vomiting, a rigid or swollen abdomen or heavy bleeding. Pain that wakes you from sleep when it had not been doing so, or that suddenly makes it hard to stand upright, is worth a same-day call. Severe, sudden abdominal pain with a hard belly or collapse is an emergency.

Blood clots after fibroid surgery: the quiet risk

Of all fibroid surgery warning signs, the ones for blood clots are the easiest to miss, because they can appear when the wounds look healed and life has restarted. A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a clot in a deep vein, usually in the leg; a pulmonary embolism (PE) is a piece of that clot that travels to the lungs. The CDC identifies surgery, particularly pelvic and abdominal surgery, as one of the leading triggers for both, and notes that risk remains raised for around three months afterwards.

Why after fibroid surgery in particular? Three factors line up. Operating in the pelvis can slow blood flow in the large veins nearby. Lying still during and after surgery lets blood pool in the calves. Surgery itself shifts the blood toward clotting as part of healing. Fibroids that were large enough to press on pelvic veins may have added to the risk even before the operation.

Hospitals reduce that risk with compression stockings, early walking and, for many patients, a short course of an anticoagulant, a medicine that slows clot formation. Whether you receive one, and for how long, depends on your personal risk assessment and is decided by the team.

The signs are specific. For DVT: one calf or thigh that becomes swollen, warm, tender or reddish, often with pain that feels like a persistent cramp. For PE: sudden breathlessness, chest pain that is worse on breathing in, a racing heartbeat, coughing up blood, or feeling faint. PE symptoms are a reason to call emergency services, not the clinic. Between appointments, the best protection is movement: short walks several times a day, calf pumps while sitting, and drinking enough fluid, especially on any long car or plane journey home.

Bladder, bowels and the signs people overlook

Bleeding, fever and pain get the headlines, but two systems that sit right beside the uterus quietly generate a large share of the calls surgeons want to receive.

The bladder first. Both the bladder and the tubes that drain the kidneys into it, the ureters, lie against the uterus, and hysterectomy in particular involves working close to them. Difficulty starting to pass urine in the first day or two is common, especially after a catheter has been removed. What is not common, and needs reporting the same day, is being completely unable to pass urine for several hours, a constantly full-feeling bladder, urine leaking continuously without control, or flank pain on one side with fever. Burning with a fever suggests infection; burning alone in the first couple of days often does not.

The bowel second. Anesthesia, pain medicines and reduced activity slow everything down, so constipation is close to universal after abdominal surgery, and the NHS specifically advises fluids, fiber and gentle walking for this reason. Trapped gas can be surprisingly painful. The flags here are different: no bowel movement combined with vomiting, a belly that is becoming visibly distended and hard, and cramping that comes in waves, which together can point to an obstruction and need urgent assessment. Diarrhea after antibiotics is worth a mention to the team, particularly if it is severe or bloody.

Lastly, watch what comes from the vagina beyond blood. After hysterectomy, a sudden gush of clear or straw-colored fluid, especially after a bowel movement or cough, can indicate a problem with the vaginal cuff and should be reported promptly. It is rare, but it is exactly the kind of sign people talk themselves out of mentioning because it does not fit any list they were given.

Myomectomy recovery time and hysterectomy for fibroids recovery: what the weeks look like

Recovery timelines are ranges, not promises, and your team may set different milestones based on how surgery went. Still, having a rough map helps you notice when you have wandered off it.

Mayo Clinic gives these typical windows for myomectomy: after a hysteroscopic procedure, most people return to ordinary activity within a few days; after laparoscopic or robotic surgery, about two to four weeks; after abdominal myomectomy, roughly four to six weeks. For hysterectomy, the NHS describes a hospital stay of about one to five days depending on approach, and a full recovery of around six to eight weeks, longer for abdominal surgery than vaginal or laparoscopic.

The first week is about the basics: managing pain, walking a little more each day, keeping incisions clean and dry, and noticing the trend of bleeding and temperature. This is the window for surgical bleeding and the start of the window for infection. Fatigue is profound and normal; the body is spending energy on repair.

Weeks two to four bring more energy, lighter discharge and fading incision soreness. It is also when people overreach, lift a full laundry basket and feel a sharp pull. The NHS advises avoiding heavy lifting and strenuous exercise until the team clears it, and avoiding anything in the vagina, including intercourse, tampons and swimming, for about six weeks after hysterectomy while the cuff heals.

Weeks four to eight are about rebuilding. Driving usually resumes once you can perform an emergency stop without pain and are no longer taking medicines that impair alertness; your team will confirm. Clot risk has not vanished yet, so keep walking.

Beyond that, a follow-up appointment checks healing and, after myomectomy, discusses periods and, if relevant, future pregnancy plans, which may include advice about delivery method.

Do people feel better after fibroid removal?

This is the question underneath all the others, and it deserves an honest answer rather than a cheerful one.

For the symptoms fibroids directly cause, the evidence is reasonably clear. A hysterectomy ends menstrual bleeding entirely, so heavy periods and the anemia that follows them stop being a problem; the NHS lists this as the definitive treatment for fibroid-related bleeding when other options have not worked or are not wanted. Myomectomy generally reduces heavy bleeding and pressure symptoms because the growths responsible are removed, and Mayo Clinic describes most people reporting relief of the symptoms that led them to surgery. Pelvic pressure, frequent urination and the visible abdominal swelling from large fibroids tend to ease as the abdomen recovers.

Two honest caveats. First, myomectomy removes the fibroids present now, not the tendency to grow them. Mayo Clinic notes that new fibroids can develop after myomectomy, more often in younger people and in those who had many fibroids, and some will eventually need further treatment. Second, feeling better is not instant. In the first few weeks many people feel worse than before surgery, because they have swapped a chronic problem for an acute recovery. The improvement typically becomes obvious at the first or second period after myomectomy, or over the two to three months after hysterectomy as energy returns.

Emotional recovery follows its own path. Some people feel unexpectedly low after hysterectomy even when they were certain about the decision; others feel lighter than they have in years. Both are normal, and a persistent low mood is worth raising with your team, not carrying alone. What the evidence does not support is a guarantee of any particular outcome for any particular person, which is why the conversation about expectations should happen before surgery, with the surgeon who knows your case.

What people often get wrong about fibroid surgery warning signs

Recovery advice circulates by word of mouth, and some of it steers people wrong in ways that matter.

“No fever means no infection.” Not always. Older adults, people with diabetes and anyone taking medicines that dampen the immune response can develop a wound or pelvic infection with little or no temperature rise. Spreading redness, foul discharge or pain that climbs are enough on their own to warrant a call.

“Bleeding after a hysterectomy means something went wrong.” Light bleeding or brownish discharge for up to six weeks is expected as the vaginal cuff heals, according to the NHS. The signal is heavy or fresh bleeding, not the presence of any bleeding at all.

“If the pain is bad, I should just rest more.” Rest helps incisions, but total bed rest raises clot risk. The CDC’s advice after surgery is the opposite: move early and often. Rising pain also needs assessment, not just rest.

“Antibiotics were given during surgery, so infection is not possible.” A single preventive dose lowers the risk; it does not remove it. Infections can still develop in the days that follow.

“Shoulder pain after keyhole surgery means a heart problem.” Shoulder-tip ache in the first two days after laparoscopy is usually from residual gas irritating the diaphragm, which shares a nerve with the shoulder. It fades on its own. Chest pain with breathlessness is a different symptom and is an emergency.

“Once the incisions have healed, I am out of the woods.” Clot risk stays elevated for around three months. Fibroids can regrow after myomectomy. Follow-up appointments exist for reasons beyond checking scars.

“I should wait until the follow-up to mention it.” Teams would rather take ten unnecessary calls than miss one necessary one. Nothing in this article replaces that call.

Questions to ask your care team before you go home

The most useful moment to ask about warning signs is before you need them, ideally with the discharge nurse and again at your pre-operative appointment. Write the answers down; memory is unreliable when you are tired and sore.

• Which number do I call during working hours, which one out of hours, and when should I go straight to the emergency department instead?
• What amount of vaginal bleeding is expected for the operation I had, and at what point should I report it?
• What temperature threshold do you want me to use, and how often should I check?
• What should my incisions look like at day three, day seven and day fourteen? Is there anything about the dressing or stitches I need to manage myself?
• Will I be going home with a medicine to reduce clot risk? If so, for how long, and what should I do if I miss a dose or notice bruising?
• What pain pattern should I expect, and what is the plan if it is not controlling my pain?
• When is it safe for me to walk further, lift, drive, return to work and resume sex or use tampons?
• Were there any findings during surgery, such as a fibroid that could not be removed, adhesions or a change of approach, that affect my recovery or future plans?
• If I had a myomectomy and hope to become pregnant, what does the surgery mean for timing and for how I might deliver?
• What follow-up is planned, when, and with whom?

One more, often skipped: ask who at home should know the red flags. A partner, friend or family member who understands what to watch for can spot a change you are too exhausted to notice, and can make the call if you cannot.

When to call your doctor

Keep this list where you can see it. Contact your surgical team the same day, using the out-of-hours number if needed, for any of the following:

• Vaginal bleeding that soaks a regular pad every hour for two hours or more, clots larger than a golf ball, or bright red heavy flow returning after it had lightened.
• A temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher, or chills and shaking with any fever.
• Pain that is increasing day on day, is severe, is not controlled by the plan you were given, or has changed to sharp and localized.
• An incision that is spreading red, hot, swollen, leaking pus or foul-smelling fluid, or whose edges are opening.
• Vaginal discharge that smells offensive, is green or yellow, or a sudden gush of watery fluid after hysterectomy.
• Inability to pass urine for several hours, burning with fever, or pain in one flank.
• No bowel movement plus vomiting, or an abdomen that is becoming hard and distended.
• One calf or thigh that is swollen, warm, tender or red.
• Feeling faint, lightheaded on standing, unusually pale, or a racing heart.

Call emergency services immediately, rather than the clinic, for chest pain, sudden breathlessness, coughing up blood, collapse or fainting, severe sudden abdominal pain with a rigid belly, or bleeding so heavy you feel weak or confused. These can indicate a pulmonary embolism or major internal bleeding, and minutes matter.

If none of those fit but something feels wrong, phone anyway and describe it. Surgical teams assess dozens of recoveries a week and can often tell in a two-minute conversation whether you need to be seen. Your instinct that today is different from yesterday is data, and it is exactly the kind of data they want. Every decision about what happens next, from a reassuring word to a same-day review, sits with them.

Frequently asked questions

How risky is fibroid surgery?

Fibroid surgery carries the risks of any pelvic operation: bleeding, infection, blood clots, injury to nearby bladder or bowel, and reactions to anesthesia. Mayo Clinic lists excessive blood loss and scar tissue as the main myomectomy-specific risks, with rare conversion to hysterectomy. Your personal risk depends on fibroid size and number, the surgical approach, anemia and other health conditions, so ask your surgeon to explain it in your context.

What are the signs that uterine fibroids require surgery?

There is no single sign that mandates surgery. The NHS describes treatment being considered when fibroids cause heavy periods leading to anemia, pelvic pain or pressure, frequent urination, or fertility problems, and when medicines or less invasive procedures have not helped or are not suitable. Many people with fibroids need no treatment at all. The decision is made with your gynecologist based on symptoms, plans for pregnancy and personal preference.

How painful is fibroid surgery?

It depends on the approach. Hysteroscopic myomectomy usually causes a day or two of period-like cramping. Laparoscopic surgery adds incision soreness and temporary shoulder ache from the gas used during the operation. Abdominal myomectomy or hysterectomy is more painful, with several weeks of soreness on movement. Pain should ease each day; pain that rises, sharpens or comes with fever should be reported to your team promptly.

Do people feel better after fibroid removal?

Most people experience relief of the symptoms that led to surgery, such as heavy bleeding, pressure and frequent urination, once recovery is complete. Hysterectomy ends menstrual bleeding; myomectomy generally lightens it. Improvement is usually noticeable after the first period or two following myomectomy, or over two to three months after hysterectomy. Fibroids can regrow after myomectomy, and no outcome can be guaranteed for any individual.

What is a normal myomectomy recovery time?

Mayo Clinic gives typical ranges of a few days after hysteroscopic myomectomy, about two to four weeks after laparoscopic or robotic myomectomy, and roughly four to six weeks after abdominal myomectomy. These are ranges, not promises. Full energy often takes longer to return, and your surgeon may set different milestones for lifting, driving and exercise depending on how the operation went and how you are healing.

What are the signs of infection after fibroid surgery?

Look for a temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher, chills, an incision that is spreading red, hot, swollen or leaking pus, foul-smelling or discolored vaginal discharge, pelvic pain that increases rather than eases, or burning on urination with fever. Infection typically appears between day three and day ten. Some people, especially those with diabetes or weakened immunity, may have infection without much fever, so wound changes alone justify a call.

How much bleeding after myomectomy is normal?

Light spotting or brownish discharge that fades over days to a few weeks is expected, and Mayo Clinic notes it can last up to six weeks after some approaches. Report bleeding that soaks a pad every hour for two hours or more, clots larger than a golf ball, or a return to fresh heavy flow after it had lightened. Lightheadedness or a racing heart with bleeding makes the call urgent.

What does hysterectomy for fibroids recovery involve?

The NHS describes a hospital stay of one to five days depending on approach and a full recovery of about six to eight weeks, longer for abdominal than for vaginal or laparoscopic surgery. Light vaginal bleeding may continue for up to six weeks while the vaginal cuff heals. Heavy lifting, strenuous exercise and anything in the vagina are usually avoided until the team confirms healing at follow-up.

Can a fever a week after fibroid surgery still be related to the operation?

Yes. Surgical site and pelvic infections most often appear three to ten days after an operation, so a fever at one week is well within the typical window and should be reported to your surgical team the same day. Urinary tract infections after catheter use also commonly surface in this period. Do not assume a later fever is unrelated; let the team decide after assessing you.

When should I go to the emergency department instead of calling the clinic?

Go straight to emergency care, or call emergency services, for chest pain, sudden breathlessness, coughing up blood, fainting or collapse, severe sudden abdominal pain with a rigid belly, or bleeding so heavy you feel weak or confused. These can signal a pulmonary embolism or major internal bleeding. For fever, wound changes, rising pain or heavy but not overwhelming bleeding, phone your surgical team the same day for guidance.

References

• NHS: Fibroids, Treatment
• NHS: Hysterectomy, Recovery
• Cleveland Clinic: Uterine Fibroids
• MedlinePlus: Uterine Fibroids

This article is for general information only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult a qualified doctor about your individual situation.