Pregnant with fibroids

talbeejoy13 · March 2024

During my 8week ultrasound, we discovered that I have several sizeable uterine fibroids. Doc discussed all possible scenarios so that I shouldn’t worry, but one scenario keeps surfacing from the back of my mind. This is my first pregnancy. Has anyone had a fibroid “die off” or disintegrate/degenerate while pregnant? If so, what was that experience like?

lindsaybelle · March 2024

Hi @talbeejoy13 I did not have fibroids die off, but I will share my experience in case it helps. In 2020 I had two large fibroids (20cm and 10cm) removed via open myomectomy and was told to wait 2 years before getting pregnant. In 2022 I became pregnant with my first child and was surprised to find during my first ultrasound that I had another fibroid (8cm) that had gown since. We monitored it throughout the pregnancy as I was told the increased hormones could possibly encourage it to grow, luckily it did not grow, but neither did it shrink. At the time I spoke with the OB about removing it during my c-section (mandatory due to my open myomectomy in 2020) but in the end decided not to and was told to continue monitoring it post-pregnancy. I have since had ultrasounds to "check-in" on it and it has remained the same size and was given the OK to get pregnant again. I am now pregnant with my second and have my first ultrasound in a few days and will check in on status/size again then. I of course don't know your situation (number of fibroids, size etc.) but I hope I can provide some comfort in knowing that you can safely have a healthy pregnancy with fibroids, just keep that open dialogue with your OB and hopefully they can help guide you through it.

talbeejoy13 · March 2024

@lindsaybelle thank you so much for sharing and congrats on your second pregnancy!!

knottie64729c64d0668a8c · April 2024

The ultrasound tech found several fibroids during my first pregnancy. They did not cause issues during either of my previous two pregnancies. The only concern that wad mentioned was that one was originally close to my cervix, but as my uterus grew, the fibroid moved farther away and it was not an issue.

During my first ultrasound for this pregnancy, only one fibroid was noted. I’m not sure if the others shrunk or died off, but they were not notable (or present). If they did die off, I didn’t feel anything that made it apparent to me.

Finding the fibroids provided a lot of answers for me actually. I’ve always had very painful period cramps, which is apparently very common if you have fibroids.

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