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katarina-thanks so much! your words made me smile!

Ms. Monet - It's Sasha. I am praying for you. I believe everything you've said abut God and admire your strength!!!!! Please, stay in bed and rest. I know how hard it is to stay still and it seems like you love working and feel inclined to stay busy. But God wants you to "Be Still" so please comply so that you too can have your little healthy babies to show to the world in 11 short weeks. I promise I will say a prayer for you each day!!!! Sasha

Hi Joker - It's Sasha - Glad to hear that you and your husband are officially trying! That's the best news! I'll be praying for you two as well and for a positive pregnancy test very soon. :) My husband and I will officially start in Janyary 2008. It's all I think of! :) I'm busy taking my multi vitamin and vitamin c daily and I am finally able to work out post my myo back in May. I'm trying to lose a few more pounds. So far I've lost 15 since surgery and still have about 20 more to lose. However, if I can do another 5-10 in a couple of months, I'll be just as happy. Sasha

Kat - It's Sasha - Still trying to make your decision huh? I know...it's a MAJOR decision for you and your husband. I really hope the ladies here can help you in your decision - with our own successful outcomes and all. Are you giving yourself a timeline as to when you will want to decide? I know I had to wait six months after my miscarriage for my uterus to heal before deciding on my myo which I in fact had eight months post miscarriage. In any event, I am thinking of you too and praying for you Kat! Be enrouaged! Sasha

Sasha777-Thank you Sasha. I am going CRAZY. I have a feeling I will lose it. Sometimes I have a feeling I can't do it anymore. I just don't know what's right. My DR. wants to do abdominal myo (due to fibroid size 7X7 it look like its only 1,but you never know). He told me he is against laparoscopic myo, because the risk of uterus rapture during pregnancy. Yesturday I went for second opinion and I found DR. who is willing to do it by laparoscopy. (at least try and if now then he would turn it into abdominal myo). I AM SO SCARED TO DECIDE. I am so scare I WILL make wrong decision and I will regret it for rest of my life. MY DH is not dealing with all this very well. He thinks I am to dramatic. But I believe it is very important decision. Today I found out I that I am anemic. Sasha777 are you experiencing any pain or urinary,bowel problems after your myo ? Dr.who wants to do it by laparoscopy, said that after abdominal myo I can have bowel,urinary problems due to scar tissue or adhesion, or my tubes can get stick to utery................he is really scaring me. Is it true what he is saying ?

Sa__sha777- where you so scared before the surgery as I am. How did you know that you are making right decision. Sometimes I feel that I will loose it. AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN during ttc !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sa__sha777-You know that I will be praying for you. I always pray for all of us.

Joker- I wish you a lot of fun trying. Just enjoy each other with your husband and everything will be OK. You story sounds like my, 23 weeks, no symptoms, fibroids pushing on my bladder etc. Did you ever consider laparoscopic myo, when you were making your decision ?

Ms. Monet - Like I said before, I've been lurking for a long time and I followed your story. I said a long prayer for you last night. You are so brave to have made it this far, and I know He will not leave you now. Please follow doctor's orders and try to keep your spirits up, although I know its easier said than done. Joker - if I didn't say so before, thank you so much for starting this post. Good luck in babymaking. Kat - I know its hard to decide btwn ab myo and lap myo, but try to listen to your doctors. Find a doctor who knows your number one priority after surgery is successfully carrying a baby to term. They need to know that the other stuff (heavy periods et al) is secondary. If it makes your decision easier, I know firsthand of a couple of people who are pg now or who had children after having an ab myo.

Kat - can the lap doctor do it robotically? If so, that seems the best of both worlds right now. Scar tissue is minimized, but you get strong sutures. I wanted robotic myo, but because my fibroids were close to a major blood supply and one was partially infarcted (dead), the doc thought it would be too risky.

Katarinak, I understand that you are scared and this is a very very hard decision for some to make, but the longer your prolong your decision, the harder its going to be to make one. We all know what you are going through. Having a miscarriage myself, I made the decision to have the fibroid fully removed because I was scared that I would miscarry again. I couldn't stand to let that happen. The surgery was actually a breeze. My doctor explained everything to me and when I woke up from it, I didn't realize that I had been under for 3hrs and came out fine. I will tell you that the time it took for me to be able to move around on my own was worth me having this "thing" out of me. It took about 2 weeks. I did end up with a bladder infection. My doctor said thats normal and gave me pills to get rid of it. I feel so good right now! We also got the ok to start trying in Feb 08. I have been counting down the days bcse I feel in my heart this time, w/ the "thing" out of me, I will be able to deliver a healthy baby. I also have a friend who just gave birth to a baby after having her fibroid removed. She had a healthy little boy. Now prior to the surgery, I had to urinate very often. I also had the urge to pa__s gas but couldn't have a normal bowel movement. I also had heavy heavy periods to the point where I would have to wear 2 pads. Now , I have none of those issues. I also became anemic but I was put on iron pills and I now have all the energy in the world! I just want you to know you are not alone with your feelings and from reading your messages, I worry about you. Don't let the "thing" take over your life. Have trust in yourself that you are going to make the right decision at the end! What advise have your husband given you? My husband discussed the full options with me and we decided on the surgery. Look at all of the successful stories on here. We all went through it and don't feel alone! We are all supporting you!

Hi Kat, It's understandable that you're scared about what to do. I do think though that you and your husband do need to come up with a decision soon and proceed. I have not had ANY problems with urinary or bowels. I still have just a little bit of sensitivity in the area of the largest fibroid - 7 cm as well but it's nothing major. I used to have to take pain meds for it but not lately. In my opinion, if I had to do it all over again, I would definitely do the ab myo like I just had. The doctor who said he only does ab myo's seemed to have a good reason for wanting to perform it on you. Then again, the other doctor did say he/she could always start out with lap and then go to ab if necessary. Again, try to make up your mind. Believe me, once you do and have the surgery, you'll be so glad it's over - at least I hope you will be. :) Sasha777

Kat, I was petrified prior to surgery and did SO much research and had second opinions, etc. However, once I had my surgery date, it's all I could think of and the success that I really felt was going to come my way. I trusted my doctor wholeheartedly! I also trust God and know that He would only give me what I could handle. So I let go and Let God and the rest is behind me now. Sasha777

Hi Kat 123...It's Sasha. I enjoyed reading your post. You and I will be ttc around the same time! I get to start in Jan 08 and am so excited! I too lost my baby in miscarriage. Did your doctor give you a timeline? We will try for six months and if nothing happens, proceed to IVF or IUI. We are hoping for miracles. :) Sasha777

Hi Sasha I had the surgery done in August and was told to wait 3-6 months. He preferred that we wait the full 6 months to stay on the safe side. We decided in 2/08 we would try. Starting November, I will start testing my ovulation. I agree with you that if it doesn't happen "naturally", we will go with the ivf option. To me thats still "natural". I just trust God is guiding us in the right direction and what happens is meant to happen. I'm extremely excited and counting the days. I actually gained a lot of weight after the surgery though, so now I'm getting back to working out. I know some women complained about the scar but I don't care about the scar. I only care about having a baby. I can't wait. Katarinak, I hope you are reading these messages and know that we are here to support you. But I also agree with Sasha, you and your husband really need to make a decision. The longer you wait, the more time you have to wait to decide on having a baby. If you don't think the surgery is an option, find another specialist who can give you other ideas. I don't know your age but for me turning 35, I had to make a decision. TRUST yourself!

Katarinak, I also want to say, I know that you said your husband is not dealing with this very well and I understand what he is going through. When I first had the miscarriage, I cried and cried, than I looked over and say a tear in my husband's face. It changed me! At that moment I realized I had to make sure I wasn't driving him insane at the same time I was going insane. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you are over reacting because when you are in this situation, there's no such thing, but I also want to say, make sure you support your husband in this. Although its your body, he's feeling your pain. I know my husband did. Make sure you two are researching this together and that he's available to hear the pro's and con's of what your options are. I wouldn't been able to do this without his support. Once he start reading more on it, he became more and more in tune into what was going on at the time we were making our decision. Honestly, it was the best decision for us. Just the difference in my body feels good, well, except for the extra weight, but that means nothing to us! This weight is going to come off, the "thing" is gone! And we will now have a healthy baby!