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Hi everyone, I don't know what happened, because I posted first think when I returned from hospital on Sunday afternoon and I don't see my post. But anyway, I went to dr. office on Thursday (the day my c-section was originally scheduled, but it was postponed to Monday due to unsuccessful amnio) for stress test, coming to find out I was contracting every 2 minutes without me even realizing it. So I was sent straight to hospital (across the street) where the dr. that did my myomectomy performed c-section. So at 11:01 pm (after working all day) the love of my life came to this word. I gave birth to healthy a beautiful baby girl, her name is Misha, she weighted 7 pounds and 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life. She is everything me and my husband dreamed of. She is so precious. Now we have her to leave for. Misha is very good b___st feeder, she dropped weight at the hospital, but we had already our first pediatrician appointment and she is back to her birth weight. She eats every 2-3 hours during the day and every 3-4 during the night. She barely cries, just to let me know she is hungry, she makes few noises and after feeding her she fells back to sleep. Some night my husband sleeps through all night, he doesn't even wake up that's how quite she is. WE ARE VERY LUCKY SO FAR. God bless her little soul. To all girls who are in front of surgery I just wanted to let you know, that all the pains, worries and etc. we have to go throught ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORTH it at the end. Mayomectomy was the best decision I made in my life. Without that I wouldn't hold today this little innocent, beautiful little person which gives now sense to my life. I lost my angel baby boy August 29th 2007 and my daughter was born August 27 2009. There is no day I would go without thinking about him and how we miss him. It's a pain that will NEVER go AWAY and I know without surgery I would lose her as well. So do it with the fait and knowledge that you doing best you can and you are giving your future baby the best chance you can. I love you all and wish all of us God's blessings.

Dear Katarinak Congratulations for little Misha! I totally agree with you, and you are a very lucky mom!. To have a baby that sleeps so well is a bless. Mine woke up every three hours until the third month, then at the seventh month she started again, and it lasted til the tenth month (now). I had been sleeping eight hours with no interruption for three nights and I can believe it. Would love to see photos of all the new beatiful babies, is there any way we can exchange photos?. Congrats again to all the new moms in this forum, and lots of luck to the ones that are in the path of looking for a baby after myomectomy. I also think that it was the best decision to pa__s through myomectomy.

What an exciting time for this forum. All of these wonderful success stories. Congratulations to all of you new mommies. I just went to my final after surgery appointment. The doctor gave me the go ahead to try. He said that my uterus looked great and "who's your doctor?" Ha ha doctor humor. Anyway, I had been charting for the past couple of months only to find that my temperature did not do what it was supposed to. So I showed my doctor and he prescribed clomid. He would like me to come in for IUI, but I live 4 hours a way. With that in mind we will try without it first. I am still scared that the surgery caused my tubes to be shut or something like that. I know I have got to start thinking more positively. We will see.

SJT23, After my myomectomy I found that one of my tubes was closed and as soon as I found out, I had a procedure done to open it back up. So even though I'm sure that your tubes are just fine, know that there are procedures out there to open them back up if that's the case! I was telling my husband just yesterday that we've been through this roller coaster of test after test after test and a couple of failed pregnancies and surgery and more test to the point to where my veins are almost all collapsed and gone away for the past 2 years and finally it happened for us. Just keep the faith that it will happen for you! Love you guys! KB

Hello everyone, I am just so overjoyed. Whi knew motherhood was so hard yet so rewarding. God willing I know exactly what to do for my next pregnancy... enjoy it. Enjoy the sleep the time to yourself because when the baby comes all of that is out the window. LOL.... My mom is upstairs with the baby now so I can post and pump... still not accepting the b___st but loves the milk go figure. How are you other mothers doing? How are the others feeling after their surgery while they are ttc. Don't give up ladies for those who haven't conceived your time is drawing near just praise the Lord and never give up hope. We didn't and as you can see God has made a way for us when we thought there was no way. I look into my daughters eyes and I get overjoyed because there was a time when I didn't know if I would every make it through especially after loosing my first daughter. Yo ladies have been so supportive in my time of need and I just want to say thank you. Joker I want to send a special thank you for starting this site. You don't post anymore... especially like how you use to but don't give up the faith girl. I know your time is right around the corner. I know for a fact that God will Bless you with a child. God Bless to all.

KM, I completely agree! It is VERY HARD and rewarding at the same time. How can you even think of another pregnancy so soon?!!!! :^0 My goodness I haven't gotten more than 1 and a half hours of sleep at one time since prior to my c-section on August 28th! I can't even imagine how much harder this would be with one more! Who knows though... I'm sure that once my baby boy gets a little bit older I will want 20 more! :-) You're lucky to have your mom there to help. My mom works full time and lives a little bit too far away to come and help out. She stayed with me at the hospital so that DH could go home and sleep but after the hospital stay she went home. I'm just so exhausted! The OB did the circ_mcision on my son and didn't tie it off tight enough so we've already had one visit to the pediatric ER and an extra drs visit to have it retied and monitored to prevent infection. A procedure that should have healed in a max of 8 days is taking twice as long to heal and causing my son extra days of pain and his mom extra anxiety! I never imagined that from the jump I would already have my share of pediatric ER visits and extra drs visits and to litterally become a nurse overnight watching out for infections. I didn't even know how to take a baby's temperature or change a diaper just a couple of weeks ago! No matter how stressful when I look into my sons eyes (by the way he had dimples in both cheeks) and he gives me a quick smile which is only gas at this point :-) I can't help but to be thankful and know that my exhaustion and sleep deprivation is all worth it. Even when he screams bloody murder in my ear every hour and a half if not sooner every day to get fed or to get a diaper change I can't help but to pick him up and give him tons of kisses. I will admit though... I look forward to the day that I can get at least 4 to 5 straight hours of sleep again! KB

Hi ladies, KM & KB - I'm very happy for you both that you are able to be enjoying your bundles of joy. What a blessing! I thought I'd also take this moment to send an update about myself. You'll recall that I had my myomectomy in mid-June and was given the 'go-ahead' to TTC 6-weeks post-myomectomy. I am happy to say that I am now 5-weeks pregnant! My husband & I were blessed with a quick conception (on the first attempt). For that, I am truly blessed! Just a recap of my history, for those new to the forum. I didn't know I had fibroids until I was having trouble in my first pregnancy and lost our daughter at 20wk 3days. The fibroid was 10x15 at the time and I had two others. Well, I was afraid to have a myo, so TTC'd anyway. I then had a very early miscarraige at just over 4-weeks, then another at 10½ weeks. Then, I decided to get the myomectomy - and am very relieved it went well. So, here I am at the early stages of my 4th pregnancy. Please pray for me, that one will be successful. AJ

CONGRATULATIONS AJ!!! The best advice that I can give is to try your best not to worry throughout the pregnancy and just make every effort to enjoy and hold on to every minute of it. I was so worried throughout my entire pregnancy this time but somehow I was able to hold on to every moment and remember it from the beginning. It seemed like the pregnancy lasted forever but now that I look back it really went by quickly and before you know it your baby is here! Please keep us up-to-date on your progress!!! YEAH!!! :0) KB

Hello - I am new to the thread but am so incredibly thankful to be able to hear all of your stories. I read through most of the posts from part 1 and 2 and you are all truly remarkable and brave women. I am scheduled to have my myomectomy on Tuesday (2 days) and have been so nervous. Although I've never been pregnant I have battled with this fibroid for two years and have become anemic and have had so many complications and so much pain. My fibroid is 10cm and my Dr. thinks that because of the location I would never be able to get pregnant if I didn't have it removed. Your stories have given me a lot of rea__surance and I do believe everything will go well and that some day I will be able to have a child of my own. Thank you all for sharing! I will try to post when I get home from the hospital to share my story and advice.

jossssssslin-when I lost my beautiful son at 23 weeks and 4 day during my first pregnancy I had fibroid that was size of yours 10x9cm. I had it removed and was very scared not to be able to get pregnant, because the size of the incesion. But I did after 2 months of trying and just deliver my beautiful daughter two weeks ago with uncomplicated pregnancy and no fibroids in my uterus found during my c-section. So I truly realy belive you are making the best decision for your future and for your babies. God bless you and your dr, tomorrow. Baby dust to you. Love. Katarina

Hello I hope evryone is doing well. Joker where are you girl? Ms. Monet how are the twins? Hey ladies no one told me motherhood was so much work. I love my daughter... but she is a handfull. Sometimes I look at her when she is crying but right before I get excited I just look into her eyes and say thank you Lord for giving me this miracle and that helps me deal with her. Especially in the late nights. I hope the rest of you ladies are enjoying your bundles of joy. God Bless.

Hi ladies, its healing . . . . I don't come to this site like I used to, but I wanted you all to know that I am overjoyed reading about all the precious babies. I'm also glad that we've all come to the realization that having the myomectomy was the best decision for us - especially those of us who lost their babies. My lovely daughter Audrey is now 9 1/2 months, and WALKING!!! She's the light of my life, and I know you all feel the same about your little ones. Congratulations to all, and God Bless you and your families.

Hi everyone...this site is truly inspirational and it has convinced me that I am doing the right thing. I was diagnosed with fibroids in my late twenties but was told that I should not have any problems trying to get pregnant or carry a baby. I did get the checked every year and still no problems. Last year in Sep 2008 my husband and I started to try conceive unsuccessfully for several months. My gyno at the time advised to do all the tests to rule out any fertility issues. Some small issues with husband sperm (which got resolved with vitamins) and my HSG test ( very painful test!!) showed one tube blocked. Again the fibroids by this doc and other docs where not an issue. I was told to either do IUI or IVF cause of the tubal issue. Well we a attempted a IUI in Jan 2009 which failed, Ivf in Mar 2009 which failed and finally a successful IUI in Apr 2009. We were so happy and epecially after finding out they were twins! unfortunately at 10 weeks I miscarried. I did have really bad pain on my right side and lower right back just were the larger of the 4 fibroids I have is located. The high risk obgyn kept telling me the pain does not have anything to do with my miscarriage cause I was not bleeding and the only indication was when they so no heart beat in the US when they had actually seen one two days prior. We were devastated. Well my husband and i decided to try again with a new fertility clinic in july and that is when they finally told me that my fibroid might have caused my miscarriage and to have it removed before attempting IUI or IVF . I have been so scared since finding out but after reading your stories it gives me some courage. I am scheduled to have my robotic myo Oct7. I have 4 fibroids largest is 5cm and in to the utereus muscle. Its so lovely to hear all of you enjoying you babies and god bless to all and may god bless those of us still in that journey.

Hi everyone, we are doing fine. Misha is 1 month and 1 week. I am b___stfeeding her and yesterday I started to introduce her to formula since I have to return back to work in a week. She liked it. She is starting to look around and smile a little bit. She recognize our voises. So we are doing fine I just hate to go back to work. I am from Europe where you can stay home with baby for almost a year. I am having really hard time dealing with going back and leaving her. But I guess that's life and the sooner I accept it, the better for me. How is everyone doing ? How is jossssssssslin doing after myo ? It would be wonderful to hear from all of you. Love. Katarina

Hello everyone today is my b-day. I am so excited to be spending it with my daughter. Daddy sent a edible fruit arrangement for us. How is everyone else doing today? I hope all the mommies are getting sleep. My little princess has been sleeping longer and that is a blessing. Sometimes I get up waiting for her thinking any minute now but I am wrong. Haven't checked to see if there were any posts but God Bless.

Hi Everyone! I'm still in disbelief that I'm a mommy. I just never thought that it would happen! My son is 1 month 6 days today. I just can't believe it. There are so many worries that come along with parenthood but I wouldn't change it for the world. I have 3 weeks left before I go back to work but I'm seriously trying my best to figure out how to get out of it! It really makes me sad that after such a long hard journey to get here I have to leave my little blessing every day for 8 hours, 5 days a week. Not to mention that my mother took off a total of 5 years when my sister and I were born and my sister took off 1 year with both of her children so I feel like not only will my son miss out on that extra time with me but I will miss out on that experience as well. One thing that I'm a little curious about is after the c-section I had a nurse in the hospital tell me that during her exam she thought she felt some fibroids. I have not seen my dr and will not see him til later this month for my final follow-up so I'm not sure if the fibroids grew back or not during my pregnancy. I still get scared though. Some days I look at my son when he's sleeping and I've actually waken him out of a sleep on at least two occa__sions thinking that he's stopped breathing. I don't think that you ever get over the loss of a pregnancy. Losing my Antoine last year so far along into the pregnancy really opened my eyes to the fact that nothing in life is guaranteed. I'm hoping that one day I'll be able to calm down a little and let my guard down enough to trust that my baby boy Dean will be ok and that I dont have to worry about losing him. What a journey it's been to get here! The women on this forum who are getting the myomectomy or who have already gotten one you have so much to look forward to! I can't wait til you guys are able to hold your little ones in your arms and share that joy with us! This time last year I had just recovered from my myomectomy and was diligently ttc'ing! It's still so hard to believe! KB