Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Ann, Fibroids need both estrogen and progesterone to thrive. After menopause, either natural or surgical, the fibroids do not go away but they do shrink by about 50% of their volume. This process takes about 6 months or so, but I have seen shrinkage continue for even longer. For many women, that amount of shrinkage, in addition to the cessation of bleeding, is enough to relieve symptoms and no treatment is needed after menopause. I wish you well with your fertility, and hopefully soon, your pregnancy. Bill , MD Re: IUI study reponse Thanks for reading and responding. You might have noticed that I've been on a hardcore research spree related to fibroids and fertility. Doctors don't share much information about the affects of fibroids and based on my lay analysis the information that is available today doesn't seem that definative. I consider myself a bit of a case study of infertility and fibroids since we are experiencing male factor issues. It will be a couple more months before we move on to try Clomid/IUI and then if we are successful another 9 months from then to see about complications and delivery. I do have a question that I think I sent to you a while back but perhaps you missed it. What happens to fibroids post menopause? Do they shrink into lumps of scar tissue, do they just shrink, do they go away. The whole process of fibroids and their symptoms subsiding post menopause is a mystery to all of us who have fibroids, most especially the women who are close to menopause. Please share the answer with the list if you don't mind. Best, Ann > I thought I would add a few comments about some of the issues recently > discussed on the message board. > > > > Fibroids and Fertility: > > I just read the article in the March, 2004 issue of Fertility and Sterility, > mentioned by Ann. The conclusion that fertility is not reduced by fibroids > smaller than 4 cm (about 2 inches) and in the wall of the uterus (but not > bulging into the uterine cavity) is consistent with the large analysis of > 4,900 patients published by Dr. Pritts a few years ago. > > The conclusion that fertility may be reduced by fibroids larger than 4 cm in > the wall of the uterus is not supported by the statistics presented. In > fact, the Results Section says that there was only a " trend " towards lower > pregnancy rates and that the DELIVERY RATES (of babies) WERE THE SAME > compared to women with no fibroids. > > There were only 41 women in the fibroid > 4 cm group - a very small study. > Also, neither confidence intervals nor power calculations (sophisticated > methods to determine whether statistics are truly meaningful) were > performed, making me question the conclusions. > > I don't mean to burden everyone with these details, but before this article > gets into the public domain, I think it is important to understand that its > conclusions, I believe, are misstated. > > Bill , MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Hi, wparker@...> Iam oready gate three operation and my problem came back, so what can i do to gate preganate and what thinks can i do to shrink my fibroids and my bleeding. Please D.K. help me. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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