Welcome to BB. You'll find lots of support here.

I dont have personal experience with fibroids, but I did recently read an article of a woman in your situation. Instead of surgery, she had some kind of extreme ultrasound on her uterus that ended up reducing the fibroid. It was done at Royal Womens Hospital, Melbourne. She went on to have a healthy baby. It may be something worth discussing with your doctor. I understand pregnancy hormones can cause fibroids to grow so I imagine that will increase the risk if any pregnancy.

GL
Thanks Tashy!

I saw that article too and thought I was saved!! So I contacted the hospital and looked into that ultrasound method, looks really promising! Unfortunately they won't accept anyone with a growth larger than 10cm. My Dr also said it's still quite new and there's been limited studies of fertility post-treatment.

I'd much rather try that than the full on surgery though, if only I can shrink it a bit!! I've been trying some natural therapies (garlic tablets, blackstrap molassess) but I don't know if that will make much difference.

And yup, last thing I want is it getting any bigger!

At least the scans show it's not blocking anything really (tubes and cervix not blocked/affected). Just a case of whether implantation might fail if it tries to embed in the fibroid. In the meantime, I get bad lower back pain and need to pee ALL the time