Doctor called me yesterday saving I have 2 tumors on both my ovaries

[mrsseven2305]

I have been having pain in my uterus for the past 2 years. A couple of months ago I decided to have it checked out for sure since my husband and I decided to have another child.  After gaining 35 pounds in 6 months, I assumed I was going to be pregnant real soon.  I know kind of dumb but I wanted to be pregnant so I can make an excuse for all the weight I was gaining. Anywho-fast forward after appt -gyn said there's a cysts on my left ovary - had an ultrasound, it was 5 cm...Only option was to follow up 6-8 weeks later with another ultrasound to see if its growing...My call yesterday was my follow up of the ultrasound I had May 4th-come to find out - I now have 2 cysts/tumors on both my ovaries.Doc says same thing, ultrasound in 6-8 weeks.....I want them out of me, they hurt soooo bad...but I'm being told that I will have to have my ovaries removed....I want another child....Please tell me there is something else I can do to get rid of these besides just waiting on them to go away on their own.  On another sad note...In my lamest terms....she advised me to get on birth control asap and not think about another baby right now.

[AnnieBrooke]

Look up ovarian cysts in one of the sites like Mayo Clinic's, that is basically a medical encyclopedia.  Birth-control pills shrink some types of ovarian cysts, presumably you have that type or the doctor would not have prescribed them.  I am sorry you are impatient, but it will help to get rid of the cysts if you are trying to conceive, even if it means you have to wait a month or two.  I don't know if you cannot ovulate when you have a cyst, but it sure would be a painful thing and probably it does prevent ovulation when a cyst is present.  The bcps cut the hormones that prolong the cyst, and it shrinks.

[mrsseven2305]

I'm sorry....she called me yesterday and stated they are cysts...She did mention birth control but how would that help if my entire reason is because my husband and I want a child?? It seems as though its maintaining the cysts to me...and if I stp taking the birth control, will they come back?

[AnnieBrooke]

The birth control is to shrink the cysts.  (Did the doctor say cysts or tumors?  There's a difference.)  You really don't cut out an ovarian cyst if it is fluid filled, you either try to aspirate the fluid with a needle or else to shrink it by going on birth-control pills.  It's a lot better to go on the pill and shrink them than to remove the ovaries, so I'd be glad the doctors are saying that is a choice.