??? about fibroids (m/c mentioned) - Infertility Message Board

pumpkinpatch73 · 07-06-2003, 06:37 PM

Does anyone here have fibroids? Not really sure what I am asking or where to go with this. Hopefully someone with experience will reply and give me any helpful information that I can pass along.

I have a friend who as of yesterday suffered her 4th miscarriage. Apparently the fibroids are causing the problem. We were talking about it and wondering if an RE would be of any help to her. Has anyone else been down this road and been treated for these? Or, can she be treated for this by her regular GYN? If anyone can you give some input on what she can do or should do from this point, it would be greatly appreciated.

She's 31 and like I said, this is her 4th m/c. This is so sad and hard.

Thanks in advance!

Mindoo · 07-06-2003, 07:15 PM

I think m/c is the only thing harder than not conceiving. If your friend is not getting answers or the doctor is not doing things different in response to the previous m/cs, then she should definately get another opinion. I'm not sure if the RE is the person she should talk to or not. Maybe she should see a high risk OB. I doesn't hurt for her to call an REs office, explain her situation and ask who the appropriate person to see would be.

I have fibroids (either 1 or 2 depending on which doc I see). The docs say that if they are in the wall or if they cause pain, then they remove them, otherwise they leave them alone. The docs did tell me during one month that they might affect implantation and they were interfering with my lining. The next month, the doc said they weren't a concern. So I don't know. I go to a practice that has 4 docs. I see whoever is on duty the day I go in for my scheduled days. Then I have one primary case manager doctor. It was my case magager doctor that told me not to worry.

Sorry I rambled with little advice. But, if your friend hasn't had a 2nd opinion, advise her she should get one. She doesn't have to change doctors (if she likes the one she has). But it would be good if she listened to what another one has to say.

Mindy

pumpkinpatch73 · 07-07-2003, 06:48 AM

Hi Mindy,

Thanks for responding. This most recent pregnancy was with a high risk OB and he was just horrible. I won't go into details, but he is horrible.

I don't know much about fibroids, but I do know that she said that they're not painful. She did mention something about taking meds to shrink them because the surgery was too risky.

Hopefully things will resolve and she'll be able to conceive and carry to term!

Thanks again for responding!