Hi I'm 21 years old and was recently in a car accident. After the CT scans for simply safety reasons, the doctors discovered I have a dermoid cyst in my ovary. They told me it's not something that is totally serious but I would need to do surgery to take it out sooner or later. So what if I don't take it out? Does this affect my chances of getting pregnant? Also, I've always had very irregular period (every 2 months or so, sometimes 3). Could my irregular period be caused by this? And I realllyyyy don't want the scar from surgery. Is there another way out of this?!?!?
Hi there,
Don't worry about the possibility of having surgery. I just had a laparotomy last week and my doctor was telling me before surgery that she has even operated on pregnant women to do the same thing she was doing for me...removing a cyst. So it happens, its not all that uncommon, and you will be fine! As for rupturing the cyst, it's my understanding that if it is going to rupture it will. But it's probably not likely. There isn't anything you can do to prevent it. I've had a lot of cysts rupture out of nowhere.
God bless!
Jessica
Hi! Congrats on your pregnancy.
I am currently 24 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child and had a laparotomy at 16 weeks to remove a 20 cm cyst from my left ovary. Everything turned out just fine and I was feeling pretty good by 2 weeks post op. My scar is ugly and gross but the main thing is that my baby boy is growing and very healthy and the surgery didn't affect my pregnancy at all.
I am back at work now as well. The major risk of having abdominal surgery is the chance of going into preterm labor, but other then that, there aren't many risks. As my ob told me-there is always a slight chance of miscarriage but the risk is very small. Better to get the cyst removed especially if it will effect the growth of the baby at some point.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to email me off the boards- jessica.***@****
Good luck!
ought you be lifting heavy people anyway whilst pregnant hun? I know its not an illness but be carefull. Lifting 'specifically' doesn't rupture the cysts to my knowledge, it may just rupture anyway! Many woman have surgery to remove ovarian cysts while pregnant and I personally have never heard of a bad outcome. What ever questions you have ask away thats what we are here for!
Anna x