Fibroids in pregnancy

[Guest guest]

I was wondering just what is fibroid dengeneration? I found last week that I

am pregnant and is something that I need to worry about? I have been having

sharp stabbing pain as well. The pain this time seems to be much more worse and

it brings me to my knees. I have been taking tylenol and then going and laying

down for a couple of hours. I get it really bad at night time as well and I

am home alone at night and I don't want to call my hubby home from work just

any old pain but is this something that I really need to watch out for or what?

This is my first child after trying for 4 years to get to this point and I

dont want to anything to happen to me or this baby. Any help would be most

apprecaited.

Carol

[Guest guest]

Christa, that was an excellent post! You provided some great suggestions.

I'm sorry that you had to experience the pain of fibroid degeneration. Like

you, I was surprised to find out how little some pain medication affects

babies. I found out after my daughter was born, though. I had an ovarian

cyst that burst two months after her birth, while I was still

breastfeeding. The ER doctor first gave me Toradol, which didn't have an

effect, then gave me morphine, which also didn't seem to do much. But she

assured me that both pain medications are fine when you're breastfeeding,

which surprised me.

I'm glad you mentioned that not every pregnancy with a fibroid is

automatically considered high risk. The first two trimesters of my

pregnancy, I saw an ob/gyn for my prenatal care because I thought the

fibroid, my age (I was 39), and my DES exposure added up to a high-risk

pregnancy. As the pregnancy went on, I kept passing milestones that

indicated that yet another potential risk was not going to be a problem. I

also started feeling uncomfortable with my ob/gyn, who seemed a little too

eager to use invasive measures unnecessarily during labor and delivery. I

ended up deciding to switch to a group of midwives instead, in the 30th

week of my pregnancy. I wanted to try to have an unmedicated birth, and I

wanted the kind of warmth and support that midwives provide. Midwives are

trained to handle the kind of labor and delivery complications that can

occur with a fibroid, such as excessive hemorrhaging after delivery. I was

very glad I switched, because the midwives had a great relationship with

the hospital where I had my daughter. If I had needed urgent care because

of a degenerating fibroid, I am sure they would have been wonderful

advocates for me. One of them even stopped by to see me when my ovarian

cyst burst two months later, even though the midwife group was not

responsible for my medical care at that time.

Getting the kind of care that fits your needs and your philosophies makes a

huge difference in how you feel.

Cheryl

[Guest guest]

A fibroid can degenerate if it grows too large for its blood supply. Larger

fibroids are more likely to degenerate than smaller ones. My fibroid did

not degenerate even though it grew to 13 cm during my pregnancy.

You should talk to your doctor or midwife about any kind of troublesome

pain that you experience during pregnancy. Don't ever hesitate to ask them

questions. That's what they're there for. They get asked all kinds of

questions all the time, so they expect it. They'd much rather have you ask

a lot of questions and have a healthy baby and healthy mom than hesitate to

ask and then have problems.

Cheryl

At 10:22 PM 2/25/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>I was wondering just what is fibroid dengeneration? I found last week that I

>am pregnant and is something that I need to worry about? I have been having

>sharp stabbing pain as well. The pain this time seems to be much more

>worse and it brings me to my knees.

[Guest guest]

hi,

I hope you have a safe delivery, you are really brave. may I ask you why you

didnt choose to go through myomectomy before getting pregnant? I think being

getting pregnant with fibroids is a challenge.

Christa Acampora running_n_being@...> wrote:

This is a response to Kim K regarding fibroids in

pregnancy.

Pregnant women with fibroids will have different

experiences depending upon the sizes and locations of

their fibroids as well as the unique characteristics

of individual pregnancies.

[Guest guest]

hi there

i was pregnant and at 10 weeks suffered a miscarriage - the doctors

think maybe due to several fibroids that I did not know I had. My

ob/gyn said to not even bother TTC without getting rid of them or

else Ill have another miscarriage. How do they know whether its ok

to TTC or not?? Does anyone know why she would say that?

L

[Guest guest]

Hi Lola,

Sorry to hear about your loss, it all depends on where your fibroid is..Did yuor

Dr do any test to draw her to this conclusion? Where are your fibroids

located..that plays a huge factor on carrying your preg to term

lola2197 sistermadly22@...> wrote:

hi there

i was pregnant and at 10 weeks suffered a miscarriage - the doctors

think maybe due to several fibroids that I did not know I had. My

ob/gyn said to not even bother TTC without getting rid of them or

else Ill have another miscarriage. How do they know whether its ok

to TTC or not?? Does anyone know why she would say that?

L