Re: pain from degenerationg fibroid during pregnancy

[Guest guest]

Hi Sandy,

one more thing: I was very surprised though that on this very large

email group there were not more people who had similar experiences.

Are degenerating fibroids really so rare?

Sabine

[Guest guest]

Hello, my name is Roslyn, I'm 37 years old and just joined the

group. Last Sunday, June 2, I lost my baby at 14 weeks due to

the sudden growth and degeneration of a fibroid. I didn't know I

had fibroids until shortly before I got pregnant and was assured

that in all likelihood they wouldn't be a problem. At about the

eight week mark the pain was so excrutiating I literally dropped

to my knees and couldn't get up. I dealt with this for an additional

six weeks with no pain killer besides Darvocet until finally I went

into pre-term labor. It's fairly certain that the fibroid grew so fast

that it deprived my baby of space in my uterus. I assume now

that I'll have to have surgery before getting pregnant again,

there's no way I'm going through that type of pain.

>

> Hi Sandy,

>

> one more thing: I was very surprised though that on this very

large

> email group there were not more people who had similar

experiences.

> Are degenerating fibroids really so rare?

>

> Sabine

[Guest guest]

At about the

> eight week mark the pain was so excrutiating I literally dropped

> to my knees and couldn't get up. I dealt with this for an additional

> six weeks with no pain killer besides Darvocet until finally I went

> into pre-term labor. It's fairly certain that the fibroid grew so

fast

> that it deprived my baby of space in my uterus. I assume now

> that I'll have to have surgery before getting pregnant again,

> there's no way I'm going through that type of pain.

>

Hi Roslyn,

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your baby. What about the

medical people that treated you? Had they never thought of getting you

into hospital for the pain? As I wrote earlier, I was told that if

these first tablets did not work (Dihydramol) then they would have to

put me on a morphine drip and keep me in hospital. In my experience,

my normal doctor did not really know enough about the effect fibroids

can have in pregnancy and therefore did not take my problems that

seriously.

In terms of medical care, I was given the best care by some people in

the teaching hospital where I eventually delivered, not necessarily by

the consultant, but by some people down the line. There was an

assistant doctor who knew about fibroid pain (that was when I went

into hospital because I could not bear the pain anymore) and the

radiologist who did my first scan also seemed to know a bit more. The

more people you see, the greater the likelihood that there will be

someone wo actually knows something more that the others.

All the best

Sabine