We got 'roids

[lauren10]

ArmyWife, can you describe the pain to me? I'm only about 9 weeks now and on and off i've been having cramping feelings...more so than with my DD - and more close to normal period cramps. Which makes me nervous! I'm wondering if it's fibroid related. I haven't had an ultrasound yet, but with my miscarriage I know it was still there, and still pretty big.

 

[ArmyWife1984]

ArmyWife, can you describe the pain to me? I'm only about 9 weeks now and on and off i've been having cramping feelings...more so than with my DD - and more close to normal period cramps. Which makes me nervous! I'm wondering if it's fibroid related. I haven't had an ultrasound yet, but with my miscarriage I know it was still there, and still pretty big.

On day 1 of the pain for me it would start off really faint. It would just feel like light cramps. That's how I knew it was most likely about to start again.

Then it would increasingly get worse overnight and onto the following day to the point that whenever I tried to move the slightest inch, my whole uterus area would throb in pain. Felt like the most horrible cramps ever. I basically could not move for 1-4 days without being in absolute pain. Sitting, Standing, Laying everything hurt.
You won't be able to mistake this type of pain. It's very Debilitating.
I had 3 episodes of it so far.

I also had normal cramping throughout this pregnancy off and on like you have described.
If you aren't experiencing bad pain then I wouldn't think it would be fibroid related. Probably just experiencing the normal cramping.
My doctor told me everytime I had pain to take tylenol and to not worry unless I start bleeding.
I know how hard it is in the beginning not to worry about everything. I hope the pain you are experiencing isn't bad like mine and hope it goes away. If it isn't anything too bad then I'm sure its normal pregnancy cramping.

When is your next ultrasound?

 

[lauren10]

Ok it might not be then. Thank you...sorry you had all that pain, how horrible!

 

[lauren10]

Hi girls,

Had an u/s last Thursday at 9 weeks and everything is perfect! yay. The roid is still large and in charge. It's a 5cm ball. I was double that by the end of my pregnancy with DD...so we'll see! Also a 3cm cyst in my ovary. Does that seem big? They say it's on my right side, but I've only been having pain on the left, so go figure. Unless they got the side wrong on the u/s report.

Hope everyone is doing well...report back with any news!

 

[ArmyWife1984]

Hi girls,

Had an u/s last Thursday at 9 weeks and everything is perfect! yay. The roid is still large and in charge. It's a 5cm ball. I was double that by the end of my pregnancy with DD...so we'll see! Also a 3cm cyst in my ovary. Does that seem big? They say it's on my right side, but I've only been having pain on the left, so go figure. Unless they got the side wrong on the u/s report.

Hope everyone is doing well...report back with any news!

Hi :wave: That's great news that everything is looking good besides the roid!
Did you have any complications last pregnancy with the roid? Did you have to have a c section?

I also had a cyst at my 6wk ultrasound on my right side...can't remember the size but they said it appeared to be the corpus luteum cyst which I guess was normal.

My next ultrasound is at 31wks to check how the baby is growing and to check the roids. I'll let you all know how it goes!

Other than that, No problems with my roids since week 23 so I'm feeling Great!!!

 

[lauren10]

That's great Army!!! Do you know what you're having? So exciting and I'm glad you haven't had pain in a while.

I delivered vaginally since the baby's head was lower down than the roid once she was engaged. They did have to use forceps but it was because the cord was around her neck so they needed to get her out. I don't think the roid got in the way, since things were progressing - even with an epidural. I wondered if the roid might have been making the contractions worse...but I have nothing to compare it to.

 

[readyORnot]

I have my doctor's appointment in a week, so hopefully a scan not too long after that so they can tell me how the baby's getting on and what's going on with my fibroids. I can definitely feel one of the fibroids through my skin when I lay flat and feel my abdomen. Hubby actually noticed it before I did. I have a constant dull ache around that area so not sure if that's down to the fibroid.

 

[ArmyWife1984]

That's great Army!!! Do you know what you're having? So exciting and I'm glad you haven't had pain in a while.

I delivered vaginally since the baby's head was lower down than the roid once she was engaged. They did have to use forceps but it was because the cord was around her neck so they needed to get her out. I don't think the roid got in the way, since things were progressing - even with an epidural. I wondered if the roid might have been making the contractions worse...but I have nothing to compare it to.

We are having a baby boy! I figured it would be a boy. Boys run on both sides of our families. No granddaughters yet just 8 grandboys!

Are you going to find out what you are having? Any gender preference?

Thats great that you got to deliver vaginally, I am hoping I will be able to too.
I am going to try and not have an epidural..my husband thinks I am crazy, But I want to try without. If need be though, I will definetly take one!

I figure the roid pain I already experienced was pretty bad and I had to bite my tongue through that pain, so maybe I could bite my tongue during labor, we shall see!

 

[ArmyWife1984]

I have my doctor's appointment in a week, so hopefully a scan not too long after that so they can tell me how the baby's getting on and what's going on with my fibroids. I can definitely feel one of the fibroids through my skin when I lay flat and feel my abdomen. Hubby actually noticed it before I did. I have a constant dull ache around that area so not sure if that's down to the fibroid.

Hi readyornot!
Hopefully you will get a scan before 20wks. I know how much of a relief it is to get everything checked out.

After my intial scan at 6wks, I wasn't supposed to have another one to check the roids and development until 20wks but since I had the roid pain at 14wks, I went to the ER and they checked everything out again.

The dull ache could be the roid, I experience that from time to time.

Stay Positive, From what I have researched online it seems that roids for the most part don't cause any problems and if they do, it just affects the mommies!

 

[lauren10]

good luck readyornot!

Congrats!!! wow 8 boys!!! that's nuts! I hope we have a boy so then we'll have 1 of each. My husband thinks we might have 3, but I don't know about that!

I was the same with the epidural...I figured I would just see how it goes and it's there if I need it. I did 6 hours of active labor then broke down...and let me tell you...I was SO happy after that!! it was a much more enjoyable experience. Not to sway you in any way...but I was a big fan It wasn't so much that I couldn't handle it, because I was...but knowing that you don't HAVE to handle it...you think, meh...why shouldn't I?

 

[readyORnot]

Hi guys, hope you're doing okay! just thought I'd post in here today since I'm now getting a lot of aching from my front fibroid. It's very obvious now (the lump I mean) and although I've had the dull aching for a while, this is the first day when I could say I'm having much more intense aching. And it's definitely the fibroid. Every now and then the aching suddenly gets more intense for like 10 minutes, then it goes back to being a background ache again.

lauren10, when will you be having your first ultrasound?

 

[lauren10]

Hi Ready...sorry you're getting pain I can now feel my roid again through the skin...fucker. I hate it. It hasn't caused me pain yet though.

I had an u/s on Dec 8th, at 9 weeks, and everything was looking perfect. The roid was a 5cm ball, starting in the wall of the uterus and projecting outward. Same ol' roid that's been there for years.

My next scan is a week from Friday. It's with the perinatologist. With my DD this doctor pretty much mentioned the fibroid, but didn't focus on it at all, and didn't see it as a risk or a problem. Hopefully that's still the case!

Ready, hope you feel better soon

 

[ArmyWife1984]

Hi Ladies! Hope everyone is doing well! I Hope your ache's are getting better readyornot! I know for me, it seems like once I passed 23wks the pain finally stopped.

I have my next ultrasound tonight! I haven't had one since 20wks.
One positive thing about fibroids is, I get extra ultrasounds!
Sounds like they are just checking out the roids and checking measurements.

 

[lauren10]

That's awesome Army! let us know how it goes. My 12 week is tomorrow morning.

I don't get any extra attention for my roid....wah!!

 

[ArmyWife1984]

My appt. went well...I think lol
The ultrasound tech wasn't very informative though. She couldn't really answer a lot of my questions. She was there to just measure everything and then hand it over to my doctor to be inspected.
But she did say my roids weren't down by the cervix, mine were all up top!
So I would think that would be a good sign I can deliver normally.
Also baby was head down and she said they typically don't flip in these last few wks...so I'm hoping he stays that way!!

Well that's all I have for now. I go back on Tuesday to see the doctor for my regular checkup.

Let us know how your 12wk appt. goes lauren!

 

[lauren10]

That's great Army! I'm sure they'd let you deliver vaginally then. That was the same case with me. Actually, near the end of my pregnancy, the fibroid was really low in my abdomen, but the baby's head was lower, so all was fine.

My appt went great! Baby looks perfect and the Nuchal fold is normal. She measured the roid and I forgot to ask her how big it was...but I'll get that from my family doc next week.

 

[justonemore11]

Congrats RHR on your beautiful little girl!!


Just wanted to post a little update and photo from my private gender scan that shows in very good detail my fibroid that has grown. I have been in so much pain the last few days and have my level II ultrasound and anatomy scan next week so fingers crossed that all will be well.

My fibroid looks like it is squashing my little guys belly in these photos

Wow, thanks for posting those pics to see what a fibroid looks like. My Dr. thinks I may have one or some because my uterus feels to her larger than it should for my weeks.....I wont know if it fibroids or not for a whole week...I am nervous though.....

 

[readyORnot]

so happy for everyone's positive news so far! I finally have a scan booked for Tuesday so hopefully some answers coming.

 

[readyORnot]

had my scan this morning - I think baby had hiccups. Most of the fibroids are submucosal, which is a pity as those tend to be associated with recurrent early loss and failure to implant (sorry to bring up negative things but can't help thinking about my prospects for having more babies after this one!).

The fibroids have all grown. The largest submucosal fibroid has gone from 2.7x3.2cm to 6x4.7cm.

The large subserosal fibroid, which is the biggest one, has gone from 5.9x5.1cm to 9.2x8.6cm.

My next scan is on the 21st of Feb.

How's everyone else doing?

 

[lauren10]

ready or not that's an awesome picture!! it looks a lot like mine

I get the same attitude about my roids. My OB is like...if they give you severe pain, go to the ED. Thanks! But...it's true that they're really a problem for the baby, so I guess that's why the tech wasn't concerned with it. It's annoying though.