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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I am also 33 and had multiple large fibroids removed in July 2009. You're doing the best thing possible by TTC and keeping at it now that the surgery cleared things up.  After 16 months TTC with accupuncture (and definitely at least 20 pounds overweight due to a crazy job and other life events), I am now pregnant, but it's super early. It sounds like your fibroids were interior, if they were that vascular (blood-consuming) and caused anemia as well as altering the shape of your uterus. Mine were posterior (sticking up and outside of the uterus), and I had no symptoms other than having to pee all the time, but they were subserosal, so they had started creeping into the uterine wall.

It is good news if you are having regular ultrasounds and you said they have not reappeared. What did your surgeon say afterwards about potential scarring or how everything "looked"?  Do you have a copy of your surgical report? My surgeon went over everything she saw and why I would not likely have scarring or adhesions in certain areas that might affect fertility. But some women who have fibroid surgery do wind up with some scarring in the "wrong" places - it totally depends on the location of them. Have you had an HSG to see if your tubes are blocked or narrowed by any scar tissue?  Your obgyn can order one.

Re: the C-section, again, depending on the extent and scope of the surgery, if you were advised to have one by your surgeon for subsequent pregancies, do it. A scheduled c-section is nothing to be afraid of and there are lots of upsides to it. And if your core muscles are already weakened, pushing during labor could be difficult. You may risk uterine rupture, hemorrhaging or other complications. I am really surprised given how you described your fibroids that they didn't say a c-section was mandatory. They are for me, and like I said, mine weren't even all the way inside the uterine wall. [/quote]

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