My week 20 scan last week showed that my fibroid is now positioning low and in the way of baby's exit. I am already scheduled for c-section at week 39 for another medical reason so this won't change my birth plan that much but today in my consultant appointment, I was told that having a fibroid this low would mean that they will need to cut above it in the c-section and because it's a thicker part of the uterus there will be higher chance of haemorrhage and it will be considered a high risk c-section. She mentioned in passing about me having to take some medicine closer to the surgery but that will be something we discuss later on. The next step for me is to have a scan and then an appointment with the consultant at week 36 to see if the fibroid's position has changed although the consultant was of the opinion that it won't.
I wanted to see if anyone else here has had a pregnancy/ c-section with a low-lying fibroid? Did your fibroid eventually move out of way? and if you ended up having c-section because of the position of fibroid, how did they manage the risk of bleeding? What special precautions were in place on the day of your surgery? I am wondering how things will play out if I go into labour before the scheduled surgery at week 39 and end up having an emergency c-section...