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Jess - yes, due to myometomy procedure to remove a lot of fibroids, my uterus is very week. I had a lot of cramping during the week of 16-20. So my doctor decide to give me a progestrone shot very week since then to relax my uterus. These shots have definitely been helping my uterus calm down a lot. When I get p/g, my fibroids are growing back and the estimation is about more than 4lbs total of 2 big fibroids which they are block my cevix. I still have few little ones around. With all these complications, I have to schedule for a classic c-section at 36th week (I pray that I can go to that far). My belly looks like it's ready to pop out any time. It's big, heavy and very pressure down below.
Mindy - I am so sorry to hear about your lost. Yes, make sure you get different opinions from different doctors before you remove it. In my case, few doctors kept saying to have to remove my uterus instead of myomectomy procedure... and many of them said that I could not get p/g or carry a child up to 27 weeks. Thus, I have passed my 30th week. Good luck!

tram -u r 30 weeks now?? awesome! yeah i had a dr that said conception would be impossible....i have a feeling certain things r just not up to us!! i am stilll shocked to be at 32 weeks! confused- there are alot of scarey things that can and do happen....but it seems like there are success stories too....it seems like the challenge for the little one is to outgrow and take more nutrients than the fibroid does, and that can depend quite alot on positioning........

Yes, I do.

I was just wondering how everyone was doing. I'm 33 weeks now and the baby doesn't have much room to move around at this point. The 2 large fibroids have continued to grow along with the several little ones. I haven't had any pain with them other than my stomach feels very heavy at times. The doctor scehduled me for a c-section on Nov. 5 but he now say's because the baby has turned head down there is a possiblity I may have a vaginal birth. I guess it all depends if she can push that large fibroid (the one blocking the cervix) out of the way.Good luck everyone!

Carol,

do you have a cerclage in???
I have a fibroid that blocks the cervix or is on the cervix and might have caused me to miscarry.
Did they put in a cerclage for you??

No they didn't. They just moniter me very closely. I had tons of sonograms and a few more dr's visits than the average person.

hi carol...i am feeling very heavy too!! my C is scheduled for Oct 11 - i am 36 weeks now.....but my boy is pounds alredy!! the fibroid is around 17 cm..i think.....i am otherwise doing ok......!

I am trying to get pregnant, but I have a fibroid and was told by the doctor that I would have a difficult time trying to get pregnant. I have enjoyed reading everyone's stories and I think me and my husband will began trying.

I found out I had 2, 2cm fibroids, intramural when I miscarried Feb. 2004. I was told they were not the reason I m/c, however I feel they were. In addition, I have tried to conceive for over 15 mos. I am starting the infertility workup. Had HSG-normal, hormones-normal, sperm count-normal. Fibroids??? I think so. Anyone had experience TTC with fibroids for one year or more?

i have fibroids, but it on top my womb,so i was told i may not need a c-section . how true is that

am starting my first week in my eight months of pregnancy. my nurse told me that the fibriod is above the womb .my baby is below ,but i need to be very careful.she said i may not need to do a c section cause it's on top and not below the womb. can this be possible

Hi - I had a mc 8 weeksd ago. It was twins. Lost the first at 6.5 weeks due to chromosome problems. The second I lost at 14.5 weeks. I had placenta previa at that that time and we think it just a pregnancy set up poorly that failed. So, the docs brought me back yesterday to have the water ultrasound test. They found 3 big fibroids, the largest measuring 4.5 cm. One oon top, one on each side. They want me to have the surgery to remove them, then wait 6 months to get preg again. I am 37 and don't want to wait. They are the type in the lining of the uterus. Does anyone think there is a HUGE risk of mc in 2nd trimester because of fibroids? Should I have this surgery? I don't want to but don't want to mc again, especially in the 2nd trimester. It was my first pregnancy.

Melissa- I had a miscarriage back in aug and have one large fibroid that is 9 cm on my left side in the wall of my uterus. I'm also confused as what to do because my doctor wants me to come back in 3months for another u/s and told me that I can start trying again if the fibroid isn't going into the endometrium wall. Which I was already told it wasn't. I'm alittle scared to get pregnant with what happen to the last pregnancy (hematoma under the baby's placenta that detached the placenta). One doctor told me that the fibroid had nothing to do with losing the pregnancy and another doctor told me that the fibroid left my uterus an odd shape and that is why the hematoma started when the baby attached and got larger. I don't know what to think. I'm 35 and will be 36 at the end of January. I'm still not over this miscarriage and somedays I want to have a baby so bad and other days I don't want anything to do with what I went through with my miscarriage. I do think you should get a second opinion by a high risk doctor as I'm planning on doing when my three months are up. Good Luck and God Bless!

Mindy:

Our stories are eerily famiiar. The week before the mc, I had a reported low papp-a, so basically looked like a bad placenta. I don't know if there was a clot under the placenta but there was very bad cramping (labor) for about 2-3 days then whoosh - the whole pregnancy ended. Yeah, I am really tramatized by this. I had no idea how rough this is for women. No clue at all. So NOW, my hubby says let's just go for it and I told him he better be prepared for a potential miscarriage at 20 + weeks where you have to make funeral arrangements. I know that sounds awful, but seriously, that's how the doc made me feel yesterday. I am really concerned about how prepared I am emotionally. I work out almost daily to handle it. But the problem is the fibroids weren't the problem, so why is my doctor telling me now to have them removed? They are 1/3 size of a lot of the posts here (all three are 4.5 cm or less). I don't know if I can handle it emotionally when the fibroid will become painful in the 2nd trimester and there will be some blood. I'll probably fall apart.

Mindy - I just re-read your post. That's a joke that you have to wait three months. Get a second opinion at a fertility clinic. I'll let you know what we do but right now my doc is confering with another doc in her office who I have seen before, and they will also confer with the fertility specialists in the city (I live in the mountains). So I'll have three opinions. The fact that I am 37 is an issue for them, they would rather try to have the pregnancy sooner than later.

I’m sorry to hear about your loss Melissa. I too had a miscarriage at 21wks with my boy. I had 8 fibroids inside my uterus. I also did have a myomectomy 3 months later. After 2 months of my surgery I got pregnant. As of tomorrow I’ll be 7 months (God willing) and hopefully, I’ll be able to carry to full term. Good Luck and only do what your heart feels.