How do you know when they're back?

[Guest guest]

For some reason, I feel like I should know the answer to this

question, but I have to ask it anyway:

Is there a way to tell without a doc's exam if the fibroids have come

back? I'm breastfeeding my 14-month-old, and started getting my

period again about 5-6 months ago. It seems like with each period

the bleeding gets heavier. I don't get cramps anymore, fortunately,

because during my myo I had a presacral neurectomy that virtually

eliminated them, but now I get PMS, which I never had before. About

a week before my period, I have a couple of days of nausea followed

by a couple of days of extreme fatigue, a day or two of headaches and

sometimes mood swings, and then the heavy bleeding starts. I

definitely want more children and do not plan to stop breastfeeding

my baby to go through another surgery. I had my annual exam done

about six months ago and at that point my gyno said that there were

still some small fibroids, but nothing worth worrying about. I have

to wonder if they've had a growth spurt.

Anyone had a similar situation? Can we tell on our own if they've

come back?

Thanks.