I came to Canyon Lake to celebrate New Year’s with my family & I still have not made it back to Ft. Worth. When anyone has asked me, “How are you feeling?” I have said, “Great! This being pregnant thing is cake!” Well, I guess I jinxed myself.
Last Sunday, I just wasn’t feeling myself. By Monday morning, I was in some intense pain. Since my doctor was at her other office, I scheduled an appointment with the nurse practitioner for 10AM. She listened to the baby’s heartbeat, said it sounded great & that the pain I was experiencing was normal pregnancy pains. HA! By Tuesday morning, I could barely walk. I called my doctor & she ordered a sonogram for that afternoon. The culprit, a fibroid tumor on my uterus. My doctor diagnosed it as being a degenerative fibroid tumor. Basically, the tumor & the baby compete for blood and oxygen. So when the tumor’s “new growth” is unable to get the blood & oxygen it needs to survive it begins to die off, causing pain & discomfort. NOT fun!!! I have included a picture of the fibroid below:
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