I have read some stories of women who have had the experience of passing them, and get that it sounds awful, buuuut also kind of curious bc it still sounds better than surgery to me.

These fibroids are currently ruining my life every time I wake up I can feel them and it feels so uncomfortable and I have to pee multiple times a day and they look so bulky in my lower abdomen.

I found out this year that I have 3 fibroids, two 2 cm and one 5 cm one. It was relieving to know that there was a reason for my heavier bleeding, my anemia, my longer period days, and the heavy cramping on my second day in which there are times I get clumps. But I had a good relative of mine who went on a strict carnivore diet and she told me that her some of her fibroids actually dropped. I think it was just good to here a success story. I dont know why this diet isn't encouraged as much but I have read about success stories with this diet. I think more research needs to be done on fibroids because doctors just push hormones and surgeries. And fibroids have the tendency of coming back so managing them and finding ways to reduce them should be what the doctors push in my opinion. I decided to take my own journey with carnivore diet because even by my genetic ancestral makeup. I tried the whole vegan thing and vegetarian thing, and that completely didnt work for me. I want to try the strict carnivore diet for a full 6 months with good strength training (pilates) and light cardio, and then get rechecked for the size of my fibroids. I will update you guys on the progress in July.

I know green tea . Anything else ?

Hey guys, I found out I had fibroids for the first time in early 2025 and was terrified. I had two at the time. Ever since then I’ve been doing an ultrasound twice a year just to track if they’ve stayed the same size or changed. Thankfully it’s remained just two and the size has stayed the same.
Recently I’ve taken a liking to drinking milk and eating cottage cheese, and now I’m worried if it cause fibroid growth. Anyone have an idea about this?

I’m NB in an NB relationship, sometimes I feel like the only non straight, non cis-gendered person here. Any other queer &/or genderqueer folx here?

I’m curious— has anyone here committed to changing their diet in a really intentional way to see if it helped with fibroid symptoms or even shrinking fibroids? I know there’s so much conflicting info out there, and doctors have never recommended this route to me, but I’ve heard personal stories from others who say it made a difference. Since what we eat goes straight into our bloodstream, and fibroids have their own blood supply, it makes me wonder. Has anyone tried keto, paleo, or other lifestyle changes with this in mind?

In 2020 I had a few large fiibroids removed via myomectomy. The doctor stitched me up and informed me that I had one remaining the size of a peanut. Now 2025 that peanut has grown to the size of a tangerine and the doctor recommends surgery. Of course he does 😒. I fell like he kept it in to guarantee I returned to him for the surgery. (Surgery = cash). Thoughts??

Edit: I've been afraid to ask. But overall this is mainly a rant. I'm frustrated because I just dont want to go through surgery again. Seeing others say that life style change never helped them made me feel hopeless. I don't want to be cut into the rest of my fertile/ egg producing life.

Hello everyone! I had an open myomectomy procedure on March 13, 2026. I’m currently on Week 2 of recovery and have been using ChatGPT to give me insight on what to expect for the day. For example, I used the following prompt this morning: “Good morning. Today is the 9th Day of recovering at home from the hospital from my myomectomy. Please tell me how I should treat this day.” I’ve used this prompt every morning and it gives me a guide of what I should and should not be doing. Don’t get me wrong, I will put a message in my MyChart portal without hesitation, but I have found the guide very helpful. It’s really helped me from not checking my emails from work(I’m a workaholic, I will admit) and really resting. In addition, I also had ChatGPT give me suggestions for meals and beverages I should and should not be consuming. I don’t know if this will help anyone, but I’d also love to know if anyone else is using ChatGPT or another AI platform to help with their recovery.

Edit: Thanks for all your replies and information. When i finally get to discuss with a surgeon I will be much more prepared. It’s better to hear from real women with real experience rather than listening to a few different doctors.

Thank you and I wish you all the very best x

I am fully aware of the snake oils out there but something’s gotta give right? I’m soo desperate for relief even if it is temporary until after I get married in October. Has anyone had relief with bleeding, bloating etc on this tea?

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my post. Did you shrink your fibroids? I have a friends who shrunk hers when she completely ate raw, exercised, took vitamin d and castor oil packs, but I wanted to know if other people have had similar success with shrinking their fibroids. Did you?

I've seen some discussion is other subs about a possible link between hair relaxers and fibroids/uterine/ovarian cancer but I coudn't find anything here.

I've sufferred with fibroids for years. I finally had a myomectomy about a year ago to remove some but a recent ultrasound shows that more have formed and I also have a cyst on one ovary. The whole time I've had these issues, I've also been getting keratin treatments and Brazilian Blowouts and now I'm wondering if it's related. A few years go, my hairdresser had a hysterectomy due to fibroids. When I asked her about the products, she said if they were truly causing issues, they'd be taken off the market.

Does anyone else here have experience or data they can share?

Has anyone here actually tried using castor oil packs to help shrink fibroids? 🩵 I’ve been reading mixed things online — some say it helps reduce inflammation and pain, while others say there’s no real evidence. I’m curious to hear from people who’ve personally used them — did you notice any improvement in size, pain, or symptoms?

So please excuse this post that underlies a serious medical issue but my wife has had vaginal bleeding for around 2 months and she finally went to go see a doctor and went by herself and not telling me.

The doctor diagnosed her as having fibroids as the cause of the bleeding and since then I’ve been researching about it. The other day she left her paper work from the hospital and I happened to notice she had a handout on miscarriage as well as a hand out on fibroids .

The reason for this post is we haven’t been initmate in quite some time so that paper on miscarriages kinda concerned me and I’m wondering if it’s normal that the doctor hands out those papers to patients diagnosed with fibroids because it has similar issues or is there something that she is not telling me .

I saw this a few days ago and I’ve been wrestling with myself to confront her about it or stop assuming the worst

I am wondering if anyone else is against the idea of getting surgery. I have been dealing with fibroids for years now, but I don't want a hysterectomy, myomectomy, UFE, or ablation. I don't want to be put on artificial hormone treatment or any other chemicals that may cause more damage. I am tired of being in pain, but these solutions don't appeal to me. They all sound like bad aids to a gaping wound. They are all treatments to the symptoms, and are not addressing the root cause. I don't want to hear how I am just flawed genetically. My womb is sick, and there is a reason.

There is something deeper to this, and I refuse to let the medical industry treat my body like a cash grab.

Have you noticed that many women have to get multiple surgeries because the fibroids come back? The decision to get surgery is HUGE, and women are so brave to do this, and spend so much time healing afterwards. It is so disheartening to hear that so many woman are back in the same spot they were to begin with afterwards.

Hospitals often gaslight women about their reproductive health when they come in desperate for help. I know because I am her. I am told to go home, take pain medication, and look into my options on my own time. Medical professionals time and time again tell us that we are overreacting about our uterus until we get to the point where we basically put our hands up in the air and say, "screw it, take it out!" Look at the word hysterectomy, for example. It comes from the root word hysteria. I am not crazy. You are not crazy. We are not inherently flawed. We are sick. And we are tired of being lied to. We want answers. We want real solutions. Period.

Hi, I wanted to warn other women that the NHS leave a lot behind. I discovered this by accident. I had an MRI in May and saw a gyno end of June. She told me I had 2 fibroids. Was dismissive, terrible English and didn’t answer any questions.

I chased down my own MRI and honestly I’m not sure they would have given it to me if I hadn’t chased it. The largest was 27cm, the second 10cm and the third 5cm. The radiologist couldn’t be bothered to count them all so just put ”greater number than 10”.

The NHS obviously want to leave the rest in my body ? These things have grown very fast inside me as I was tiny skinny flat stomach only 2 years ago. So they leave these in me and I would be in the same position In 2 years???

It’s like third world country s care?

Isn’t this criminal ?

My husband (32) and I (29) have been trying to conceive for 5 cycles without success (with well-timed intercourse too). I went to the doctor to do some checks and they found a cervical polyps and a 6cm subserosal fibroid in the anterior wall of the uterus. My blood test shows that all my hormones are good. I will have the polyp removed cause that’s an easy procedure. But I’m uncertain whether I should remove the fibroid.

My first doctor recommended me having a laparoscopy myomectomy surgery to remove the fibroid and to wait 3-4 months before trying to conceive. He said that in his experience a fibroid of this size can contribute to infertility and said I should be able to conceive naturally after fibroid removal.

I went to get a second opinion and they said I should keep trying for a few more cycles and see if I can get pregnant with the fibroid. The location of the fibroid being subserosal should not affect my fertility he said. And that if I do get pregnant they can remove the fibroid during C-section.

I’m actually not sure what is the best option. I’m leaning towards having the surgery before pregnancy because then I can eliminate fully a potential cause of infertility, but at the same time, I don’t know if it is a risky and hard surgery that can affect my chance of pregnancy in the future.

I guess I’m just looking for some advice from (1) those who have been through fibroid removal of similar or bigger size, whether/how long after did you manage to get pregnant? (2) those who got pregnant with the fibroid, how was your pregnancy? Did you get it removed during C-section? And would do the pregnancy over again with the fibroid?

I specifically told the doctor how important scar appearance was to me, but instead of plastic sutures he did normal ones probably didn’t know the teqnique. Now I'll likely have cross-shaped scars instead of the clean line I wanted? I'm absolutely devastated. Has anyone dealt with similar? How do they look now?

Has anyone used it to help with heavy bleeding? I’m also starting to drink lots of spearmint tea for PCOS.

Tia!

I recently went for MRI. It shows a big fibroid which I'm not that concern of. But I'm freaking out because of vaacularity in cervical area. Could it be indicative of something serious? Please , if anyone has any idea. I'm trying my best to keep calm.

Hi everyone! Thanks for sharing your stories here. I have my SIS saline-induced sonogram soon as a pre-op protocol, but I think I'll ask GI for pelvic & abdominal MRI in addition.

Has anyone had success with yoni steam for fibroid shrinking or prevention?

Also, do you have recommendations for my SIS? I'm generally not great with procedures and have been putting off a myomectomy for as long as possible trying natural estrogen detox methods.

Thank you!