Hi all, I wandered if any of you have experienced problems in pregnancy relating to fibroids. I had a fibroid before I conceived and it was around 2cm, GP said it shouldn't cause any problems in pregnancy or stop me getting pregnant and he was right - I got pregnant straight away. On my 20 week scan a couple of weeks ago, my fibroid was measuring around 6cm, so obviously grown, but was told it shouldn't cause any problems as it was not blocking birth canal and it was well away from the baby on my right side.
On Friday I ended up in hospital with severe pain on my right hand side, the consultant felt my stomach and said she could clearly feel the hard lump on my right hand side which she thinks is my fibroid, apparently they cannot do anything about this in pregnancy and I had to stay on bed rest and take Codeine and Paracetamol as pain relief. I was discharged from hospital on Friday night and have had a pretty painful weekend, luckily the pain has started to subside a bit now, so I think I am getting a bit better. I think what I had was called 'red degeneration' and it basically happens when fibroid's blood supply gets cut off by a growing baby and it bleeds into itself which causes all this pain.
Anyone else experienced this, I am a bit worried as all they did in hospital is felt my tummy and listened to baby's heartbeat, no ultrasound or examination?!
Sorry for the long post and thanks for reading.
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Fibroids in Pregnancy and 'Red Degeneration'
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Bubalie · 07/06/2011 08:54
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