Learn To Cure Uterine Fibroids!!!
Click Here
Women's Fibroids
Is There A Doctor In The House?
This is a serious question and I need to know women's opinions and a profession doctor's help. This is a big concern for me and my husband and is becoming a burden on our sex life since we're trying to have a baby (no, we haven't had sex since it began).
I have been having my period for like five months nonstop; sometimes it's heavy and sometimes medium but my problem is that I have like egg-sized blood clots every time I change my tampon. Recently it's gotten heavier and has had more big clots. I've gained like 10 pounds since it began, we think it has something to do with my fibroids. We're going to the hospital tomorrow, is there anything I should know?
My question is what could this be? Why is this happening?
Fibroids can indeed cause heavy menstrual bleeding.
In the first instance this may be treated with hormonal therapy (progesterones) but this sort of thing may interfere with your plans for having a baby.
If the bleeding gets out of hand and there is no other option, the OBGYN folk may suggest a hysterectomy (removal of the womb) which also will make it difficult (actually pretty much impossible) to have a baby.
I guess they might consider doing a "d&c"
You'll need to talk with them. They might want to do investigative things first - an ultrasound or a hysteroscope (putting a telescope inside and looking around - but it might be difficult to see what's going on with all the blood).
Possible causes:
fibroid
endometrial cancer
bleeding disorder
hormonal disturbance (disturbance of cycle, ovarian cyst)
