What is the relationship between pregnancy and fibroids?
Pregnancy and fibroids appear to have a connection in the pregnancy process. Modern medicine seems to understand fibroids as muscle tumors. They are commonly found growing in the female genital tract in women ages 30 to 50. They also grow more often under the influence of estrogen. Uterine fibroids can be the size of a pea, sometimes the size of a grapefruit and in some cases even larger. Some women have fibroids but experience no symptoms – others experience excessive menstrual bleeding, pain with sexual intercourse, bladder irritation and frequent urination, depression and pelvic pressure. Fibroids can increase your chances of miscarriage during the first or second trimester and later the possibility of preterm labor (between the weeks 20 and 28 or weeks 29 and 37). The rate of preterm labor at less than 37 weeks for women without fibroids was 8%, but for women with fibroids the rate was 12% to 20% in studies. The conflict between pregnancy and fibroids can “present itself” in four v
