Pregnant, Large Cyst Removed... Posted: 07-08-07 18:12pm
hi. i just wandered over here from the
pregnancy forums. i had a 30 cm cyst
removed when i was 22 weeks pregnant. the
cyst was found at my 20 week ultrasound
and because of the size of it, it had to
be removed by laparotomy. it turned out
to have taken over my whole left ovary and
they removed the fallopian tube as well.
the cyst was a serous cyst adenoma that
weighed 20 pounds (!!) and turned out to
be benign. they removed 6 litres of fluid
from it. they tell me i had to have had
it for at least 5 years. it had gotten so
big that it didn't cause me any pain
because it couldn't move. i just thought
that i had a pudgy belly and was always
trying to lose my big gut but never was
able to. now i am 38 weeks pregnant and
i'm wondering what i can expect after i
get back into my normal cycles again. my
cycles were a bit wonky for as long as i
can remember. they were about 36 to 40
days long with heavy periods lasting about
a week and a lot of cramping. sometimes i
wouldn't get a period at all and i would
just attribute it to stress because i
wasn't sexually active at the time so i
never suspected pregnancy. then i started
birth control and my cycles became more
normal. when i got pregnant the cyst must
have grown very quickly because of the
shift in hormones (at least that's what i
think).
anyway, my real question is, has anyone
had a large cyst like this removed and
what changes took place afterward? i have
to wait to find out until after i have my
baby and possibly until i'm done
breastfeeding, but i'm really curious as
to what the impact will be? is there
anyone with any info that can help me out
with this?
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Jude-Love
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 727 Location: Williamstown, Kentucky USA
Posted: 07-08-07 18:27pm
I had a large tumor removed from my left
ovary in January. The only thing I
noticed after the surgery was that my
first fertile window and my first period
right afterward hurt like hell. I felt as
if someone was pouring acid on my girly
parts. But I have heard that getting
pregnant can actually make women stop
forming cysts on their ovaries.
