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KM Williams, Good luck on your surgery Tuesday. You will definitely be in my thoughts and prayers. I know that you will come out just fine! I'm sure that you're just excited to get it done and over with. Thank you all for your comments. I don't really feel like I have much to contribute to the forum right now (other than complaints) as I don't even have my surgery date yet. The hospital is supposed to be sending my dr. the June schedule this week so hopefully I'll get to schedule my surgery for June 24th this week (gheez seems so far away). Keep your fingers crossed for me. I'm so ready to get it over with... I saw baby stuff this weekend and wanted to buy it so bad that it made my heart ache but it's like I don't want to jinx myself and ttc again is so far away for me that I feel like I just need to not buy anything just yet. I have not had fibroids removed before but I have had abdominal surgery so I kind of know what to expect. I had a benign colon tumor removed in 05 (with a 12 inch vertical cut and 24 staples). They cut me from the very top of my stomach all the way down to my lower abdomen. My hubby says that the scar looks like a big zipper. Fortunately he loves me the way that I am because I don't know that I would have been able to find anyone to marry me looking like the bride of frankenstein by the stomach! I'll have an upside down T on my stomach by the time all of this is over with since the ab myo is a horizontal cut. The recovery sounds about the same for the ab myo as it did for my prior surgery (painful walking immediately afterwards, gas, holding a pillow up to my stomach to apply pressure so that I could cough without terrible pain, several days in the hospital and about a 6 week recovery period). I'm hoping that the ab myo is a cake walk compared to that surgery but I do read your post often to remind me of what's to come and to find out if there's anything out of the norm that I need to be on the look out for when my surgery gets here. I love this forum because even though it feels like my life is on indefinite hold right now reading your posts gives me hope and I can learn from your experiences. KM do you plan on ttc again immediately after the 3 to 4 month recovery period? Please write as soon as you can to let us know how it goes!

P.S. sorry I was in a rush and forgot to add my thanks to Joker for your comments. It's unfortunate that we've all met through these circ_mstances but it's really very comforting to be able to come here and know that you all know EXACTLY what I'm going through and EXACTLY what I feel. I don't have to try to describe it to you because you already know. My dr. told me that most women don't have problems while pregnant with fibroids so he said to go ahead and get pregnant with them that everything should be fine. I had absolutely no idea that I could lose a baby that late due to fibroids. I wish that he would have just told me... I wish that he would have suggested the surgery prior to my getting pregnant with my son. I have faith in my dr and I would have had the surgery back then prior to getting pregnant if he only would have suggested it to me. He's the dr. so I trust his judgement. I think that it would have been easier if I had never been able to get pregnant at least that way I wouldn't know this kind of pain. I had opened myself up to adoption and hubby and I had even began adoption cla__ses prior to my becoming pregnant with our son and we stopped the cla__ses as soon as we found out that we were pregnant. I felt guilty remaining in the cla__s with mothers who weren't able to get pregnant and taking an adopted child away from someone who couldn't conceive so we dropped out of the cla__s. Now that I know what it's like to carry a child that long and now that I know what a child who's a combination of myself and my husband looks like I can't even seriously consider adoption again. I have thought about starting the cla__ses again... just in case... but it's difficult for me to even consider it now. Before getting pregnant with my son I had truly accepted that I probably would just adopt and that if I couldn't have any children naturally then that would be fine but now that I've carried a child (my child) long enough to feel him kick and to hold him and kiss him then I just can't even imagine not being able to carry my own child to term and raise my own child. There are so many days like this weekend when I've said... "why can't I just try again now to see what happens... what are the chances that it'll happen again anyway". But then I think about how unfair it would be for me to put not only myself through it again but my unborn child and my husband. It just wouldn't be fair so I have to force myself to be patient and wait it out. If all of you women can experience the same thing as me and still have the patience to wait it out and have the surgery then so can I!

KM I will be thinking of you. Everything will be fine. I am almost 3 months past my myo and I feel great - like I never even had one. I still have the pooch in my tummy but other than that I am great. All I can say is get up and walk as much as you can no matter how bad it hurts. That will help so much. And after you come home do not use a heating pad. I did and when I finally stopped using it all of my pain went away. Not sure of why. Many blessings to you tomorrow. Post when you can and let us know how you are.

Hello everyone I am heading out for my surgery. May God Bless all of you. I will post as soon as I can. Thank you for all the support.

I hope that you guys don't mind but I just need to vent for a second. I know that this really doesn't seem like a big deal to most people (probably not to a lot of you either) but here goes... I lost my son on 03/07/08 at 21 wks due to fibroids. I just want to get the fibroids out of me as soon as possible. I feel like my life is on hold til they are gone. I knew that I had to physically heal from the birth of my son prior to having the myomectomy so it's been 7 and a half weeks now. Then I knew that I could not schedule the surgery til after June 18th so that I could complete my year anniversary at my job in order to qualify for disability since we can't afford for me to be out of work 6 weeks with no pay. Well, I've been calling and calling and calling my drs office requesting to schedule the surgery for the earliest date after June 18th and each time I've been told that they don't have the June schedule yet but they would have it soon. Well, 2 weeks ago I called and they said that they would have the June schedule ready by last week or at the latest the first part of this week. So I called again today and was told that the scheduling nurse is out all week for jury duty and her backup is out of the office too. I feel like crying. All I want to do is at least get a surgery date... that will give me a goal to reach for and something to look forward to. It feels like the days are creeping by so slowly and I feel like I'm stuck in this one spot. At least I would be able to see a light at the end of the tunnel if I had a date for the surgery. I've always been the type of person who plans out everything and sets goals for myself and sets time frames. This whole experience (losing my son and these darn fibroids) has thrown a wrench in everything and I feel like I have absolutely no control over my life. This is truly driving me crazy. I know that it sounds petty and I'll probably have a surgery date by the end of this week or early next week but I'm hoping that someone out there can understand. I have meetings and busy work to do at work today but all I can think about is my anxiety about not being able to schedule my surgery. I can't focus on anything and I'm feeling myself getting very angry. I'm tired of people telling me to take this time to heal mentally and blah, blah and maybe this wait is good because it's forcing me to give myself time. These fibroids killed my child... I want them out of me. The thought of the fibroids still thriving inside of me instead of my child thriving inside of me makes me sick. ARGH.... ok, I'm done venting... I just needed to get that out! I hope that you all don't mind. Thanks!

KB it is quite ok to vent!!! Believe me I understand your situation!! I lost my son in Nov b/c of fibroids. I had to heal also and then go back in January to schedule my myo. Well when I went in Jan my hcg was not at o so we had to keep waiting and waiting to make sure I was pregnant again. I felt so out of control of my life. I just wanted to cry. You also may not need to be out of work for the whole 6 weeks. I was back in 3 weeks but I have a desk job. What do you do? My RE said getting back into my normal routine as quickly as possible was the best thing for healing...of course no heavy exercizing or anything but gettingback to normal is good so keep that in mind. I hope you get scheduled soon. :o) KM I am thinking of you - you are probably still in the hospital still getting yourself together.

Thanks for the reply angelkitty. I actually felt better after the vent earlier! I also have a desk job and I figure (based on my prior experience with abdominal surgery) that I will heal quicker than the 6 weeks allotted. With my prior major abdominal surgery I went back to work in 2 weeks with staples still in my stomach. That wasnt a smart thing to do because I ended up having a staple pop out at work from sitting and standing a lot and developed an infection but at the time that job did not offer any type of disability and I was single and needed to get back to work to pay the bills. It's just nice to have the option this time to take as much time as I need. I skimmed back through the blogs and read that you had 2 losses is that correct? Did you have a hard time conceiving prior to the myomectomy? Are you having a difficult time conceiving now after the myomectomy or have you begun ttc yet? I'm just curious to know if anyone had an easy time conceiving prior to the surgery then had a problem afterwards. That is a fear of mine. I did not have too much of a difficult time conceiving twice before (one misscarriage and one stillbirth) so I'm hoping that after the surgery and after the healing process I will not have a problem conceiving. I'm eager to find out how KM is doing and to follow her journey. I'm excited for her that her surgery is now over and for what's to come because I know that it's all positive!

KB - ouch - the staple came out at work? Ouch!!!! I would dfinitely stay home if that is what you want to do. I was going nuts here at home which is why I was ready to get back to work but now there are days when I would love to be at home instead of at work (I am in Human Resources). :o) Yep - I had two lossed. One at 7.5 weeks ( just one of those things) but the 2nd loss was at 16.5 weeks due to fibroids. I did have a hard time conceiving before the loss. I had to do IUI's with clomid both times to get pregnant. We have tried once since the myo but it was a BFN. We mayhave to do another IUI and I am ok with that. I would love to get pregnant like normal people do but hey I will take the alien like scientific method too. Ha!Ha! I say that jokingly b/c it has been three years of ttc and it only happened with IUI's. I have to laugh or I will cry. I am excited for you to get your surgery scheduled and behind you lady so you can move on with getting pregnant and having a successful pregnancy. We will probably do another IUI in June - we are in the process of building our house and it is crazy right now!!!!

Hi everyone~ Sasha here. I've been reading everyone's posts and praying that good news is on the way for each of us. Angelkitty- I'd love to hear more of your IUI success stories. Just to catch everyone up...we tried for four months after the ab myo to conceive naturally and it did not happen. My HSG showed that both tubes are open but with one there's a delay of some sort. I am now seeing a fertility doctor and began clomid two weeks ago for 5 days - 50mg. Clomid was fine the first three days and then the last two...I felt like running through a brick wall!!! the pain in my head and the blurred vision and insomnia...well, hopefully, it worked with the multiple eggs I now have. This morning I did my first IUI and will find out if we're pregnant in two weeks. Of course, we're hoping for the best. Angelkitty...how fast did you conceive with the IUI and did you have one child even with the clomid? I start lupron next week as well in preparation for IVF to begin at the end of May if we're not pregnant. Sasha~

Sasha, both times I did an IUI/clomid 50mg I got pregnant. It was a perfect combination for me. I was only prego with a singleton both times even though I had several follies. I am curious as to why your Dr is going to start you on lupron next week w/o 1st knowing if you are pregnant or not. I think I would hold off on that until you test. I am so excited for you Sasha!!!! Did you get prego naturally the 1st time? I will cheer you on during your 2ww!!! OH yeah - did you take the clomid at night? I did and never had any side effects at all.

Angelkitty, congratulations on the new house! Things always seem to work out just right so who knows... maybe once that house is complete you'll be preparing the nursery! Sasha did you have problems with getting pregnant prior to the myo? I FINALLY got my abdominal myo scheduled for June 24th. The nurse called me this morning so I'm really happy that I have that date to look forward too. But now the worrying begins! Supposedly I only have 4 total fibroids but from what I'm reading most people say that the dr found more once inside so we'll see what happens. I'm just hoping that he doesn't have to cut me too much and that there's not a ton of scarring afterwards. I had a ton of blood work done after my loss and the nurse told me today that all of my blood work came back fine and they found nothing out of the ordinary to have caused a pregnancy loss so based on the process of elimination the fibroids are the only obvious cause. I just don't want to have any problems after the surgery with getting pregnant. That's my worst fear right now because it wasn't terribly difficult for me to get pregnant before. I only have one open tube but it had to be cleared out with the HSG and I did get pregnant immediately after that procedure just fine so I'm hoping that I have the same luck after the myo. The count down begins! 54 days til my surgery then 4 months after that til ttc!!! Yeah!

Angelkitty, Thanks for responding. My doctor is starting me on lupron to get ready for IVF. She said that if we find out I'm pregnant and have been on lupron for one week, it's actually fine for the baby. She would definitely stop the lupron at that point. However, the lupron will act as a good agent for the lining of my uterus with the baby and will not be detrimental to the baby even with the one week usage. If I am not pregnant then the lupron and other injectables will be used in preparation for IVF. I did get pregnant naturally on my own a month after gettng married at age 40! And with only one tube that was open! :) However, I miscarried 10 weeks later. They believe it was chromosal abnormalities that caused the miscarriage and not my fibroids. However, in 10 weeks of baby and fibroids, I was now bigger in weight and discomfort. 8 months after my miscarriage I had an ab myo and the doctor miracuously removed 46 fibroids! I waitied another 7 months before ttc for my uterus to heal with the removal of so many fibroids. We tried for 4 months on our own and I was about to turn 42 which I currently am. So my ob-gyn who removed the fibroids had us go to a fertility doctor who is concerned about my age mostly. The timing was right with our appointment and I began clomid immediately after our visit and had IUI yesterday. You know...I should have taken the clomid at night. I wish I had known. I took it mid day daily. Next time, (hopefully there will be no next time :) ... I will take it at night. KB...I did not have problems getting pregnant before the myo. It happened so quickly and again with one tube. You'll be fine sweetie with the myo. It's hard to accept not knowing but being on the other side of it now, it's all worth it. I'll keep you in my thoughts! Your surgery on June 24th is almost here! Ask away! :) ~Sasha

KB I am so excited for you. My doctor found 12 fibroids in addition to the 2 we knew I had. 12 MORE!!! I was stunned. Yes, definitely ask any questions about the myo. Looking back it was not that bad - it was a hard surgery. I am not going to lie to you. But if you do what they tell you to do you will be fine. Sasha - a friend from the prob getting pregnant thread got pregnant while using lupron so no big deal. She was preparing for IVF and bam ended up prego on her own!! Her baby is almost 4 months now and perfectly beautiful and healthy. Also, one of my girlfriends got prego at 43 and has the prettiest little girl you have ever seen. The funny part was her son was 18 and getting ready to graduate from high school when she found out she was pregnant!!! I love it. I am 35 and have been ttc for almost 3 years. been preg twice during that time and we are hoping to do another IUI in June - closer to when the house is ready just in case there is a chance I have an incompetent cervix. I would not want to get put on bedrest when we are moving into our house. I would go nuts with all of my stuff in boxes. I am a total neat freak. :o)

Hello everyone. I am so happy to be able to post. I will post a more detailed version of my surgery later but just wanted to touch base quickly... (can't stay at the computer too long). I had my myo last Tuesday and was released on Thursday. I am doing alot better than I would have expected thanks be to God. Before the surgery I was told I had 2 fibroids 3 at the most. However, I had 5 fibroids. They had to leave a small 2 cm fibroid because it was too close to my tubes and ovaries. KB, I am happy you finally found a sight you can relate to. Also, I'm happy you have a date for your surgery... you have somethng to look forward to now. It's true what everyone says don't worry it's not as bad as you think it is. God Bless and I will post a longer story when I feel better.

KM, It's so good to hear from you and know that you're on the road to recovery! I've been thinking about you and hoping for the best!!! I hope that you feel better soon. I would like to read about your procedure so please do post when you can. How large where the fibroids that they removed?

Hi all. I know I've been absent for a while, but I was going through some things. Anyway, I have good news. I'm pregnant!! I'm 8w5d, and I'm due around mid-Dec. I've known I was pg for about a month, but I didn't tell anyone yet because I started spotting right arond 5 weeks. That was really scary, because I never had spotting with my prior pg. So I didn't want to get my hopes up. My first ultrasound around 5.5 weeks showed the sac, then I had another ultrasound at 6.5 weeks that showed the baby, and I just had another one this morning that showed everything is fine, and the baby's heart is beating away! I was spotting because I had a small blood clot (hematoma) on my uterus, but I guess it has gone away on its own because the doc didn't see it on the ultrasound today. The spotting has tapered off over the past two weeks, and hopefully it will go away altogether. And NO FIBROIDS!!! There was a small one that the surgeon never removed because of its size and location that's still there. But its so nice to have an ultrasound where they tell me my uterus looks "perfect." No looks of concern on the OB or ultrasound tech's faces . . . Anyway, I just wanted to share my news. I know I have a LONG way to go until December, and I am praying praying PRAYING that everything continues to go well. Will keep you posted!