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Hi Christa... I was doing some research yesterday and discovered a study done on women with multiple fibroids. (as you only have one I would worry even less than these women) Fibroids can increase the chance for miscarriage by 12%. That being said, most problems from fibroids occur when the placenta is located OVER a fibroid. And the problems result from plscental seperation. Red degeneration (when a fibroids outgrows its blood supply and dies) is very painful, but causes no adverse affects on the pregnancy. Fibroids growa two thirds of the time in the first trimester, two thirds of the time in the second trimester and less than 10% of the time in the thrid trimester. They can cause pain aside from degenerating when the uterus grows. I have had some slight bleeding/painful episodes that I am SURE are from my fibroids but the doc says the baby is just fine, placenta is just fine, cervix is tightly closed. So I am trying not to worry about it. I wish I had bookmarked the website I got the info from, it was just one study remember, but it seemed pretty reassuring. Good luck and let us know what happens.

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