Hello @luckielucci and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. A lighter cycle is certainly a benefit post procedure but the cramping definitely not.

There was a discussion started some time ago in this same group so you will notice that I have moved your post there to join other members who have shared about their experience with uterine fibroids. Members such as @marjou @gingerw and @mepowers may be able to share more with you.

Are you as active as you had been prior to the embolization, out of curiosity? What are you doing for the cramping?

@luckielucci I also welcome you to Mayo Clinic Connect!

Menstrual cramps can be so awkward, and interrupt our lives, right? I had a hysterectomy January 1999, where they removed one ovary, cervix [previously had been treated for cervical cancer in situ, so they removed it while in there] and large fibroids the size of an 8 month fetus. Prior to all that my cramps were horrible, too.

Getting out to exercise by walking helped, as did Midol like OTC medications, and hot water bottles. To still be feeling discomfort 5 months after your procedure, may warrant a call to your doctor. If the cramps are only at night, think bout how your position in bed, from upright and vertical during the day to horizontal and flat is affecting you. Are you a back sleeper? I'm wondering about gravity and weight on your abdomen.

Let me know if you reach out to your doctor, and what they say.
Ginger