Re: Fibroid Changes According to Our Cycles?

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I most definitely feel a difference in my fibroids depending on where my

cycle is. When I get my period and up until I ovulate, they definitely seem

smaller. Once I ovulate, I feel like they are huge. I feel overall " smaller "

in the abdominal area prior to ovulation.

Amy

[Guest guest]

Lots of us have a lot of bloating with/before periods, and suspect

that this is fibroid-related. Would like to hear input from others,

but I don't believe the fibroids themselves (which are muscle tissue,

like the wall of the uterus) can fluctuate in size that significantly

over just a few weeks, and especially from orange to grapefruit-size

and back again, which was 's question. Rather, there is

probably a lot of fluid build-up in and around the uterus area of the

pelvis.

Also, the fibroids can feel like they are changing size when it's

actually your uterus changing position. This happened to me

regularly, in fact there was even a change over a period of a day --

when I woke up in the morning the top edge of the fibroid would be

way up over the belly button -- by the end of the day it would be

much lower after the effects of gravity had let my extremely large

fibroid+uterus sink down in the pelvis.

Sunny

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> I most definitely feel a difference in my fibroids depending on

where my

> cycle is. When I get my period and up until I ovulate, they

definitely seem

> smaller. Once I ovulate, I feel like they are huge. I feel

overall " smaller "

> in the abdominal area prior to ovulation.

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> Amy

[Guest guest]

Amy,

It sounds like your fibroid may be influenced by progesterone but

don't quote me on that.

My pattern is different. I start to feel twinges in the prolific

(from period to ovulation) phase of my cycle. It can be especially

bothersome for several days prior to ovulation, which I think has

some relationship to the hormonal dip at that point in the cycle.

I think my problem is with estrogen, and not enough progesterone.

--ann

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> I most definitely feel a difference in my fibroids depending on

where my cycle is. When I get my period and up until I ovulate,

they definitely seem smaller. Once I ovulate, I feel like they are

huge. I feel overall " smaller "

> in the abdominal area prior to ovulation.