In the days following the transfer, it is important to avoid activities that involve lifting excessive weights and require significant abdominal pressure (for example: heavy shopping, carrying suitcases...).
Intense physical exercise such as swimming, running, spinning, aerobics, etc. should also be avoided until the pregnancy test has been performed.
It is normal to feel some abdominal discomfort, such as pre-menstrual pain, without this meaning a better or worse evolution of the cycle. Sometimes these discomforts may be accompanied by light bleeding, which should not be a sign of alarm.
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Rut Gómez de Segura
M.D.
Gynecologist
Graduation in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Alcalá de Henares. Specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella. Dr Rut Gómez de Segura currently works as medical director in the fertility center ProcreaTec in Madrid.
Licence number: 28/2908776
