Fibroid tumor pushing uterus to one side?
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at
2:36 am
What do you do if you have a fibroid tumor pushing uterus to one side, so therefore sperm can’t find its way to the egg? I have been examing and my tubes and everything looks good to get pregnant.
Filed under: Fibroids Uterine
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"There are 3 general locations for fibroids:
Subserosal – on the outside surface of the uterus
Intramural – within the muscular wall of the uterus
Submucous – bulging in to the uterine cavity "
"The only type that is supposed to have a large impact on reproductive function (unless they are large or numerous) is the submucous type that pushes in to the uterine cavity. These are much less common than the other 2 types of fibroids. Because of their location inside the uterine cavity, submucous fibroids can cause infertility problems or miscarriages."
"The decision to actively treat fibroids can only be made on an individual basis. Most women require no treatment at all. If the tumors are small and cause no problems, most physicians will simply schedule an examination every six months to make sure the fibroids aren’t growing.
Reasons for Treatment
Your doctor may decide to treat fibroids if they start growing rapidly, cause serious pain or discomfort, or may interfere with your ability to become pregnant"
Option : " Myomectomy. Understandably, the prospect of any type of gynecologic surgery is upsetting to a woman who hopes to become pregnant. Yet continued presence of fibroids may in itself make pregnancy impossible. For women faced with this dilemma, a myomectomy is the procedure of choice.
A myomectomy is the surgical removal of each tumor separately without damaging or disturbing the uterus. The procedure is successful in almost all women who choose to have it performed. Generally, it doesn’t matter how numerous or how big the fibroids are or where they are located."
"Physicians are starting to evaluate ways to treat fibroid tumors without surgery. A few have begun using lasers to remove them or reduce the size of fibroid tumors. Several scientific studies are underway to test a new drug treatment that shrinks fibroids. Most of the women who have used the drug had their fibroids shrink to half their starting size. The drug is leuprolide acetate (Lupron), a synthetic form of the naturally occurring substance known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (also called GnRH)."
If it’s pushing your uterus to the side, wouldn’t it push a baby also? I guess that’s something to ask the doctor.