fibroids and pregnancy

[Jali1208]

Im 17w and i measure at 23w. The doctor is recommending  an ultrasound for growth because he feels is fibroids. I was checking online and there are some risks with this pregnancy complication. Any advice??? I am super scared

[mandasimas]

Feel free to message me as well if you'd rather have someone to talk to. I'm not great at getting back quickly but I will I promise :)

[mandasimas]

I didn't read through the other comments so I'm sorry if I repeat something.

I wanted to tell you my story so that maybe you will feel encouraged. I have been exactly where you are, and I understand the CRAZY things your brain can do to you at this point. It can be ok and there are MANY cases and people I have talked to that have similar success stories to mine. So here it is:

I became pregnant in '09, due August 10, 2010. They found a large fibroid my first ultrasound. By the time I was 20 weeks they were measuring it at 14cm, very big. It gave me discomfort but I can promise you, it's worth that. It also gave me lots of worry, ESPECIALLY because of the internet. There were a few actual worries that came about, but nothing major. My blood pressure was higher towards the end, partially because I was feeding the baby and the fibroid. At 32 weeks I was put on bed rest. It wasn't real "stay in bed" bed rest but more of a "dont go out, sit on the couch, dont pick up anything, only walk to the bathroom and fridge" kind. My son was a little under weight, the 9th percentile when born a week early. He was as healthy as ever. I also had a cesarean because mine was positioned right on the edge of my cervix and prohibited him from coming out. These are all things that stressed me out, but none of them truly mattered in the end with my healthy baby boy in hand.

October 2011 I had a myomectomy, which unlike a comment I saw is not the same as a partial hysterectomy. Because of it's size they skipped the robotic and laproscopic (excuse my spelling) surgeries and went in at my ceserean scar. Once they got in there they discovered that the fibroid was actually growing down towards my pelvis and much bigger than expected, around 20cm x 30cm. A very very big fibroid my son shared his room with. I was told to wait a year to try again, put on the pill, and given the "we aren't sure you'll ever have children again" speech.

February 2012, despite taking the pill, I am now again pregnant. I'm 20 weeks and everything is looking great and going brilliant. There is another fibriod measuring 4cm in a new place, and some day I will get a partial hysterectomy because of them. Because of the damage to my uterus from the "long" story of my myomectomy they will take the baby at 36 weeks. Otherwise there is little worry about it. Downsides, this will probably be my last child. I will have a premature child but those risks far outweigh the ones I have if I have contractions. I have to take it easy and most likely be on bed rest the last 2 months. Upsides, I now know just how worth it this all is.

You may not know this love until it's in your arms, I didn't, but it is worth getting through the worry and you forget even an ounce of your own scared.

Praying your pregnancy, delivery (however it comes) and recovery all go well!

[Jali1208]

Hey ladies, thanks for the support. Im due sept 12th, i am really concerned about this. The doctors are being optimistics but i am so anxious

[ninky724]

As a matter of fact my actual due date was 12/2 and 12/6, but because of my fibroids they didn't want me to labor, because they thought they would bust so they waited until i was 37 weeks and pulled him.

[ninky724]

I was also measuring big to, How many do you have? Do you no? Well since im at work you can write back soon if you can, or i'll read it later at home. I get off at 1.

[ninky724]

Well let me tell you, I've had fibroids 4 19 years, had surgery in 09 to get rid of them [partial hysterectomy] aka myomectomy. The bleeding was so terrible you would of thought i had no veins, anyways the doctor's were compassionate at HUP, well some of them, the other ones were like wont you just get a hysterectomy since you already have kids[pause] i was like hell no im still young i want more kids, well in march of 2011 found out i was pregnant i was so dam happy i mean i was on cloud 10, altho i had to be monitered closely because of my age and the fibroids [ o ya they were back before a years time] i had a healthy bouncy babay boy on 11-11-11. The fibroids luckly were not in the uterus, but on the outside and didn't effect him in no threw my high risk pregnancy, now i did have to have a c-section and that was horrible my 19 year old daughter told me, because i was out of it, they had me so drugged up i didn't feel them pull him out or see him over the cover. My daughter said they had a hard time pulling him out because i had so many fibroids and they were blocking his passage, so they had to call stat immediatly, my daughter said doctors rushed in from all over because some fibroids bust open and some they had to remove, i just couldn't imagine that at all, my son lost his color for a moment and before they were getting ready to take him to the nicu his color came back but they took him for observation anyways. My son weighed 6lbs 12.4 ounces and he's almost 5 months on the 11 and he's gorgeous he's like 18 to 20 lbs now lol yes he's huge. The morrell of my story is just keep your faith and pray. I can say so much more but im at work rite now, i mean they even said i was having a miss and wanted to do a D&C.

[laMamiGypsy]

All I can tell u is that if it starts to grow the pain is unbearable. I've been on bed rest since last Thursday and can't go back to work until they can see whether is actually growing or if it's just swollen.  Just today I'm feeling better and i hope I can go back to work on Monday. Btw if the baby decides to crawl near it and /or kick in that direction it's beyond painful, I couldn't walk, sit or barely lay down even with the tylenol with codeine they'll give you. I'll be 25weeks on Saturday. The pain has decreased, but it's still there.

[Jali1208]

Thanks, i aam most concern because hysterectomies are common in my family due to cancer and large abnormal fibroids, i never had one but now my mind is going miles per hrs haventt slept in two days. Thanks for the advise, how everything is good with ur pregnancy

[brit0585]

So sorry. I've never heard of that but the internet ALWAYS puts the worst thoughts in your head. There is nothing you can do right now but relax and have the ultrasound done. I do the same thing trying to research online and always get myself worked up. Its not good for you or the baby to do that.  Hopefully its not the case but cross that road when you get there and ask lots of questions if it is. Hope your ultrasound comes back ok. But its hard not to worry I know.