Hi ladies,
I’m hoping to hear from anyone who has experience with fibroids while TTC, particularly larger subserosal fibroids.
I recently had a Well Woman scan and was surprised to find that a small fibroid I knew about from a scan around 10 years ago has now grown to 7cm (apparently about the size of an orange 😮).
I’ve had no symptoms at all, and the scan suggests it’s subserosal, so it’s growing on the outside of the uterus rather than into the uterine cavity. I’ve read that these types of fibroids are generally less likely to affect fertility or implantation because they don’t directly interfere with the lining. However, mine is causing some downward displacement of the endometrial cavity, which has obviously made me a little anxious.
We’ve been TTC for 10 cycles now and are also in the process of looking into IVF, so the timing of finding this has been a bit of a shock. I’ve sent the scan report to my GP and will be getting their opinion, but in the meantime I wondered if anyone has had a similar-sized fibroid and gone on to conceive naturally or through IVF?
I’d really love to hear your experiences — especially if you’ve had a 7cm-ish subserosal fibroid and whether it caused any issues with getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy.
Thank you!