Fibroids during pregnancy

by Vicki
(CA)

Is is possible to shrink fibroids during pregnancy with the help of progesterone?

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Fibroids during pregnancy

Baby born
by: Anonymous

Just letting you know that my baby was born a week late and was healthy as can be. My fibroid shrunk a little bit while I was using progesterone. Here my doctor kept warning me of pre-term labor from day one, and I had to be induced.=)

Distress Mother-to-be
by: Anonymous

I have fibroid that is bigger than my baby at 17 wks of pregnancy

Fibroids during pregnancy
by: Anonymous

Dear Vicky, Yes it was confusing and I apologise, but I wasn't 100% sure you were pregnant. I thought it was an abstract question, that you had fibroids and if you became pregnant would they disappear with the amount of progesterone you would be making.

Now I do know and believe you're not making enough. You're right, they are caused by too much oestrogen. During the first two months of pregnancy the ovaries are making progesterone, it's not until the end of the second month that the placenta starts making it, and then only a small amount to begin with.

As your fibroid is still growing, it's evidence to me you do need to supplement with progesterone. I used the word 'go', because we've had success using progesterone in shrinking fibroids until they have gone. I must confess I have never come across your situation before. The normal medical treatment is to give the synthetic progestins to shrink them, but as they cause foetal abnormalities, please avoid those.

If you do decide to use the cream, I would suggest you try 100-200mg/day, which is 3-6ml of our cream. All successful studies done with progesterone, for a multitude of problems, have used this amount. Once again apologies for the confusion! Wray

growing fibroid
by: Vicki

Wray,
I was a little confused by your comment. Did you mean that a fibroid is more likely to shrink during pregnancy because of all the progesterone that is being produced? I didn't understand what you meant by the word "go." I've heard that estrogen dominance is believed to be the cause of fibroids. Therefore, I thought that maybe progesterone cream could help to balance out the estrogen. But maybe not??? I was hoping that someone had success with shrinking fibroids during pregnancy. My fibroid has grown during the first trimester of pregnancy to 7 cm at 12 weeks.

Fibroids in pregnancy
by: Wray

Dear Vicki, The fibroids should go during pregnancy as the amount of progesterone a woman makes is 30-40 times higer than during her monthly cycle. It would be difficult, if not impossble, to achieve this level with supplemental progesterone. Take care Wray