Can you take a guess?
The way I hear it on everyone's lips nowadays makes me wonder if it is the new malaria fever.
The other day, my hairdresser, referring to fibroids said:
"they said any woman that does not have it will not be able to conceive, it aids conception"
Ogheneme!
I explained and explained to her about fibroids before she understood.
Fibroids are non-cancerous tumours that grow on the wall of the uterus and affects women of childbearing age. It ranges in size from the size of a pea to that of a melon.
However, the fibroids in more than half of those who have it are not big enough to be detected and do not give any symptom (according to my research on Google).
In those days, I used to hear doctors say it becomes a problem to women who were above 30yrs especially if there had been no 'activity' in the womb since becoming adult. Nowadays, it seems fibroids have grown wings, causing great pains in young women even in their 20s whether there had been 'activities' in the womb or not.
I was not spared too.
Prior to getting pregnant, I did not have any cause to worry about fibroids but when I was 8months gone, I started having serious pains around my navel, I ran to the hospital.
After everything, yours truly was diagnosed with fibroids. They were three in number but small in size, sitting outside my womb.
My doctor said they were tapping from my baby's nutrients and also growing as the baby grew and that the space outside there was getting too tight for them, this caused the pains.
A look at my big tummy back then and you would see them like three small bumps, sometimes they changed position as the baby moved. Imagine them sharing food with my baby and also complaining about room space. Wonders!
Well, I was given drugs to manage the pain and the doctor assured me that they will shrink after delivery and start growing again when I get pregnant. Hian! Now I'm beginning to imagine how the pains would be like next time.
That was my experience oh. My people, any fibroid tales?
Mama Tee
Had it when I was pregnant for my first baby.Three small ones but they disappeared after delivery. Had 3 more kids after that but no sign of it again. Thanking God.
ReplyDeleteSame here
ReplyDeletewas diagnosed with first pregnancy .four small ones. It didn't bother me cos it wasn't inside the womb. One was visible on the outside though as a small bump.
By second pregnancy I didnt even bother checking if they were there.
I always enjoy your post Mama Tee.
ReplyDeleteMy aunts baby when she was still inside was a struggle cos she had serous fibroid issues. Docs advised her to evacuate and so many other things to get rid of the baby saying her life was in danger. Her sisters begged, everybody talked but she refused, kept confessing the word to her baby and her life. During labour docs were even scared for her life. The drama plenty but to God be the glory baby faith was born. They named her faith cos everyone lost hope but her faith was all she had. Today that baby is her only child. No one entered again.
We thank God for divine health.
Thank you dear Senorita
DeleteThank God for the life of your aunt and her baby Faith.
Some women don't even know they have fibroid.
ReplyDeleteThat fibroid thing can be very scary. People that have it usually have serious heavy flow during periods.
ReplyDeletenot every body......some peple have normal period but the pain before the period is something else
DeleteNot applicable to everyone cos i have it but i do not experience mensural pain nor heavy flow.
DeleteOoo God. I don't want it biko. This pregnancy is somehow. No morning fever, no vomiting, no implantation bleeding. I only had weakness the first month but is all gone now. Some times I have headach, i could not eat what I cook last month but this month I am going back to the kitchen. The entire restaurant in my street know me n my husband. One even ask me to stop figthen my husband and start cooking for him. That is not good for me to punish him by not cooking bc of misunderstanding. I said ok n took a walk. Monitoring spirits everywhere. Hope the fact I had no symtoms early does not mean I have the fibroid. I felt baby move the other day. Is it too early to feel her. I am not yet 4 month.
ReplyDeleteAt all, symptoms have nothing to do with fibroid, enjoy your pregnancy. Not everyone has fibroid.
DeleteYou have nothing to worry about dear. You don't have fibroid, fibroid causes serious problems during pregnancy.
DeleteNot everyone have those normal pregnancy symptoms. I didn't have pregnancy symptoms like vomiting, spitting saliva, tiredness or morning fever. I only had headaches which disappeared after I chopped my hair off. I was on low cut from 5months till delivery, pouring water on my head everyday relieved me of the headaches. Rock your pregnancy but try and be eating well for the sake of your baby. Eat plenty fruits and vegetables.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the topic, what came to my mind was 'depression'.
Now i see why an aunt was telling me about this..encouraging I & my sisters to get married ASAP.
Hmmm, I tried to get pregnant to no avail not until I had surgery to remove the fibroids(1 big & 5 small) and I took in 3 months after. I will soon start trying for a second child by Gods grace. Life of a woman!!
ReplyDeleteA lot of ladies esp.in their late 20s to 30s have fibroids. Some are even unaware.
Single ladies above 25, please make mistletoe guava tea your friend. Those who already have fibroids should embrace soursop leaves tea. Not suitable for pregnant women though. Google the uses and dosage please. Prevention is better and cheaper than cure anyday.
ReplyDeleteQueen Azagba what of drinking fresh guava leaf.i.e boiling the leaf for 15 minute drinking first thing in the morning and last thing after dinner.Is it okay?
DeleteNo dear. It has to be mistletoe leaves that grew on a guava tree.
DeleteNever experienced it and I never will.. Amen
ReplyDeleteGot to know when I was 7months pregies
ReplyDeleteI had two big ones, thank God for safe delivery, I saw HELL
ReplyDeleteThank God for his mercies, do not and will never have it. Healing to all those diagnosed with it.
ReplyDeleteDon't be too sure, go have a CT scan to be very sure.
DeleteCT scan ke? Abi ultrasound!!
DeleteI don't know about ultrasound cos i discovered mine after i went for CT scan while thinking it was kidney stone due to pains.
DeleteI think one major cause of the sudden rise is our eating. More women do more of junks and sugary food. Just as CEO Empress stated, a change in diet will help. Reduce red meat and excessive starchy foods. Opt for more veggies and fruits. Eat more bitter foods. Black soup made with utazi and scent leaf is a good detoxifier.
ReplyDeleteI am 27 years old, was diagnosed early this year with fibroid(insignificant size as i was told), ovarian cyst and hepatic cyst. All in one person in my single status. At first i thought it was kidney stones due to pains i always experience by the sides of my stomach. Right now, na God hand i dey.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, I never knew I had fibroids until I conceived and started having pains. I did not have any morning sickness or the usual irritation that pregnant women have.
ReplyDeleteThis pain is out of this world, I could not sleep, walk, eat or do anything. The only thing I could eat was fruit - (Kai, my skin was glowing seriously then, people always commented on my glowing skin even doctors)
According to doctors, the fibroids were growing bigger because of the pregnancy. It feeds on the same nutrients as a growing foetus does. Like Mama Tee explained, they were struggling for space with the foetus.
In my case, the fibroids were multiple big and so the pain started at 2 months. You can imagine how big the fibroids were for them to start fighting for space with the baby at two months.
The pain was extremely unbearable. Doctors couldn’t give pain relievers so much because the foetus was in it’s formative stage. The best they could do was paracetamol. The pain no be for this world abeg. It got to a stage, I was given tramadol reluctantly to ease the pain.
I lost the pregnancy at 4 months due to this and until then, I knew no peace in my body. I have gone ahead to have a Myomectomy as advised by the doctors and I know that God will perfect conception and bringing to birth.
Mama Tee, na ibeji I want oo, so we can be twinning ……smiling
It's well with you poster.
DeleteJust like me, and the only thing I could take were paracetamol
DeleteOh dear!!
DeleteSorry for everything you passed through
God will give you double for your troubles. You will be pregnant again and with twins this time who will be delivered hail and hearty by God's grace.
Amen dear
DeleteIts well dear.
DeleteWhen a woman is pregnant, she's filled with hormones and Fibroid strives very well in hormones especially if there's an hormonal imbalance.
God will give you double for your loss.
Every young girl(25-27) should please go for ultrasound once a year.
ReplyDeleteMost young girl/women have it without even knowing.
Like I said earlier in my earlier posts about fibroid, hormones are the main cause of fibroids, also genetics (hereditary) and dietary influences.
Most meat especially red meat are already filled with hormones.
It's better to discover it earlier and nip it in the bud.
Dietary changes helps a whole lot.
Instead of taking lots of analgesics all the time, thereby overloading your system, make hot lemon water your friend. It numbs the pelvic pain of the FIBROID.
The first step is DETOXIFICATION of the body.
I will write more on management of fibroid in tomorrows SPONTANEOUS POST.