You will go home on the same day. Post-operative discomfort is usually a lower abdominal cramping like period pain, not dissimilar to the cramps after your colposcopy.
After your procedure you will also likely experience discharge, lasting for up to 2-3 weeks after the procedure. This discharge can vary in colour and consistency. Some women describe the discharge a few days after the procedure as looking like “chicken skin”. Please be reassured that this is an after effect of the medication applied during the operation for infection and bleeding control.
Intercourse, spas or swimming pools, baths and other strenuous activities should be avoided until 1 week after the discharge settles, to minimise the chance of infection.