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Re: adenomyoma/pregnacy
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jul 30 22:34:02 2008
I meant, a lot of women over 35 get fibroids, when progesterone levels
start to dip.
At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Sarah wrote:
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>I have a very well regarded OBGYN/surgeon and he said removing my
>adenomyoma would be very dangerous. He said my reproductive organs all
>look very healthy and my uterine lining looks great (the pictures were
>rather ugly but supposedly good). He said that pregancy shrinks the
>mass and said that carrying a pregnancy to term should not be an issue.
>I appreciate your thoughts and perhaps I should get a second opinion
>from another Dr. I just don't want to go through any more testing!
>However, I don't want to risk a late term miscarriage either. Thanks
>for your support...
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>At Wed, 30 Jul 2008, kathryn wrote:
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>>If the mass is 9cm, it is too big, especially if you are
>>ttc.
>>The fetus will have to fight for room to grow, not good!
>>I would get it removed as fast as possible and immediately
>>ttc. The mass might grow back but it may take months, so
>>ttc as soon as possible after the surgery.
>>Kathryn
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>>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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