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Re: adenomyoma/pregnacy
From: Sarah (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jul 30 14:02:51 2008
My doctor does not think that it should affect pregnancy and I can't
find anything saying that adenomyosis would affect pregancy it just
seems like something like that WOULD. My doctor thinks it might shrink
when I'm pregnant because studies have reported that. My symptoms have
gotten much better but it still appears to be growing.
At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, anonymous wrote:
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>I know, it's hard. My fibroids were growing some years ago, and the
>doctor put me on the pill to deal with the mid-cycle bleeding. At
>first, he was going to recommend one, and then I said, ''will that help
>reduce them?" He went like ''oh yeah - good idea!" and gave me a
>different one! Now why didn't he pay attention to that in the first
>place?! Why did I have to ask, to double check him?!! Why ask why? :)
>
>I can't tell you which ones are good and which ones are bad for trying
>to help shrink them...I would assume your doctor gave you one that might
>help shrink fibroids. Maybe double check? Mine did not shrink,
>continued to grow and I had to have them removed when I found someone I
>trusted. The first doctor actually did not feel he had the skill to
>remove them where they were. I had them removed, and have used
>progesterone. It's been many years and they have not returned.
>
>I would be wary of TTC right now. They can be a real problem, I've been
>told, in carrying a child. I also just had so many problems, and they
>didn't shrink. Strangely, though, the progesterone in pregnancy might
>help them shrink! My sister had smaller fibroids and they didn't affect
>her pregnancies at all.
>
>Perhaps you can work on lowering some estrogen, such as cutting out red
>meats, chicken with hormones in them. Same with milk. Cut down on
>sugar. See if there's any way the fibroid will shrink. I used
>progesterone, but I wasn't on the pill when I used it. You wouldn't use
>them both at the same time. I had low progesterone, and I feel that
>supplementing progesterone, and cutting out some high-estrogen items,
>has kept them from returning. My doctor has been impressed that they
>didn't return, she was pretty sure they would.
>
>I have read that adenomysosis is not supposed to affect fertility. What
>does your doctor think?
>
>At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Sarah wrote:
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>>I am on loestrin birth control pills currently and haven't had many
>>symptoms of adenomyosis. I'm wondering if the mass is growing because
>>of the pill and if it'd get better after going off the pill. I'm also
>>worried that when I go off the pill my cycle will be horrid!
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>>At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, anonymous wrote:
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>>>I had large fibroids removed, and I've been fine since then.
>>>
>>>Have you ever heard of natural bio-identical progesterone, some think it
>>>can help fibroids shrink? I wish I had used it years ago. You can find
>>>info at johnleemd.com
>>>
>>>The do tend to grow, if you don't do something to help them shrink. Too
>>>much estrogen, too little progesterone can help them grow :(
>>>
>>>Have you ever had your hormones tested?
>>>
>>>At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Sarah wrote:
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>>>>I recently had a hysteroscopy because I was supposed to have a
>>>>myomectomy to remove a fibroid. Upon looking my Dr. found that it was
>>>>adenomyosis. Well at that time it was 8cm. That was early June.
>>>>Yesterday I had an ultrasound and it looks like it has grown a little to
>>>>9cm. My question is...the pictures from the hysteroscopy show a healthy
>>>>uterine lining. Do you think it is safe to conceive? I know that some
>>>>specialty dr.'s can remove the mass but how do I know it won't just grow
>>>>back. We are ready to start TTC. Any thoughts?
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