Being Pregnant after Myomectomy

When you have gone through some issue, no one understands you like you, unless there is someone else who have gone through the exact or similar things. This is what we are about and I share my personal story from time to time because I know the information I sought and still seek as a person who have suffered with fibroids, endometriosis and ovarian cysts. Prior to and following my myomectomy, I researched persons success story, what was the myomectomy like, did they get pregnant after healing and how soon, what are the risks, what was their pregnancy like? Today, though I am still on the journey, I wish to share a little.

Fear will creep in. Your thoughts of miscarriage will come and go and you have to be ready to shut it out. For me, I depend on the word of God. One thing I know is that you cannot afford to be stressed and you have to enjoy your pregnancy. You will not only worry about miscarriage, but the baby's development and most of all, what you are not doing right. Sometimes, I am afraid to lift a broom, afraid to walk for distances that were a normal part of my life and afraid to have sex...yes...but don't worry. Concerning sex, you might not be stressing your partner with lack of it because even he is careful and fearful. It takes a little coaxing even after the doctor says it is ok to have sex to get your partner to give you some and we know sex is not something men normally turn down.

Even after passing your 3 months (the high risk end), although you might feel a bit more confident, there will still be time that you wonder about the strength of your uterus as it stretches, especially if your baby is growing fast. After about 19 weeks, your baby will start to kick and they get harder as he grows, sometimes so close to the bladder, it will send you to be bathroom, but those kicks is your most wonderful experience. You rely on them to tell you the baby is alive and well since he is so active. 

I don't know what it is like to be pregnant before the surgery. I had the surgery April 2012, got pregnant, February 2013, roughly 4 months after my recovery and for me the myomectomy helped because I could not have gotten pregnant before it, mainly because of the endometriosis. The journey so far has been smooth, nothing out of the normal. I will be doing an ultrasound soon to look on the fetal anatomy and other aspects of the child development and hopefully will also know the gender. I will keep you abreast, but I leave this with you....Don't lose hope. If you plan to do the surgery, the most important thought for you, would be finding a skilled surgeon, absolutely important whenever cutting is involve and I will also advise you to pray...it would seem simple and fruitless for some, but I dont know what I would do without that connection to God.


UPDATE

Just adding a quick update following our ultrasound...It is a girllllllllllllll...Bless God. Below is our baby registry should you feel the need to bless our little one with a gift:

Rose-Ann Smith and Rahsaan Smith's Baby Registry Link: http://www.amazon.com/registry/baby/2D65RQNY6BHGY

Thanks to all of your for your prayers, support, comments, emails etc...It is greatly appreciated.