Re: Another new one

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Looks like we are sort of in the same boat. I found out that I have fibroids

about 1.5yrs ago. My fibroids are also asymptomatic except for some fullness in

my abdomen. I'm 29yrs old with no children yet so I'm also hoping to buy some

time and give the diet/hormonal etc plan a try. I'm worried about having surgery

before I have at least 1 child though just in case something goes wrong during

surgery. I know I should think positively but I'm really paranoid at the moment.

Anyway, I'm also new to the group so please let me know if you find any good

natural remedies. I'll keep you posted on what I find too.

AK.

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group. My fibroid, which was on a stalk outside my uterus,

was discovered 2 years before I got pregnant with my first child, and I had

a successful, uneventful pregnancy despite the fibroid, which doubled in

size during the pregnancy and reached 13 cm at its largest. I decided to

have a myomectomy after my daughter's birth because we want to have a

second child, and the fibroid could cause problems if it grew more during a

second pregnancy. The myomectomy, which was performed last September, went

well, and my husband and I are now trying to conceive our second child. If

you'd like to read more about my fibroid and myomectomy experiences, see:

http://home.comcast.net/~cmagadieu/myoreport.html

Fibroids can affect conception and pregnancy in various ways, depending on

whether they're inside or outside the uterus. Fibroids inside the uterus

tend to be more problematic than ones on the outside. Sometimes fibroids

cause premature labor or cover the opening to the cervix, which would cause

problems during delivery. However, those problems are rare. One

DiscoveryHealth.com article says " 10 to 30 percent of pregnant women with

fibroids who do end up having complications, the most common is abdominal

pain, which occasionally may be accompanied by light vaginal bleeding. The

baby is rarely affected unless the bleeding is substantial. "

http://health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy/americanbaby/fibroids.html

Here are some of the concerns with fibroids and pregnancy:

* Can the baby attach itself to a spot in the uterus that isn't occupied by

the fibroid?

* Has the fibroid significantly altered the shape of the uterus? (There is

a slight chance of this causing a miscarriage.)

* Are the fibroid and the baby competing for blood supply and/or space? (It

depended on the location and size of your fibroid.)

* Is the fibroid so close to your cervical opening that it could cause

problems during delivery? (This situation is unusual.)

* Will the fibroid cause hemorrhaging after delivery? (There is a slight to

moderate chance of this happening.)

* Will the fibroid cause premature labor (There is a slight chance of this

happening.)

Many women have had healthy babies despite their fibroids. In fact,

midwives, who screen out high-risk cases, don't even necessarily consider

fibroids to be high risk.

This BabyCenter page has lots of stories from pregnant women who have/had

fibroids:

http://www.babycenter.com/tips/7187.html

Your doctor can give you an idea of whether your particular fibroid's size

and location are likely to cause problems with conception and carrying a

baby to term.

Cheryl

At 03:36 PM 2/13/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>Is the idea that getting pregnant without having done anything to treat the

>fibroids (even though they are not producing any symptoms) would be a bad

>thing? Or that even getting that far might not be feasible, due to

>potentially compromised fertility?