Woman delivers baby boy, despite fibroids
Medicos were stunned when Meera, from Raigad
district delivered a healthy 3 kg baby boy, despite suffering from massive
fibroids since the first 2 months of her pregnancy. Doctors discovered
multiple, large uterine fibroids in her first pregnancy’s eighth week, the
largest measuring 13x11x8 cms.
“It is usually difficult for a woman to conceive
when there are cervical fibroids obstructing the uterine canal. Yet, this woman
had conceived spontaneously within the first few months of her marriage,” said
Dr Y.S. Nandawar, He admitted that continuing such a pregnancy was fraught with
other problems like increased risk of abortion, severe bleeding, pre-term
labour, increase in the size of fibroids, difficult labour, risk of
hysterectomy and ante-partum and post-partum hemorrhage. Nandanwar said that
these complications can be often “life threatening” and the patient as well the
doctors faced the dilemma of possible complications during termination of the
pregnancy, loss of uterus and probably infertility, and complications of
continuing the pregnancy. “However, we finally decided to continue the
pregnancy in consultation with her family, and she was admitted to hospital
till the 14th week of her pregnancy. After carefully monitoring her condition,
she was re-admitted from the eighth month to prepare for the delivery”.
She underwent a Caesarean Myomectomy (removal of
the fibroids before the main surgical procedure for the delivery) . It is an
exception ,as this surgery is complicated by severe torrential life-threatening
bleeding and increase in patient morbidity. Much to the joy of the mother, her
family and the medical team, a healthy baby boy, weighing 3 kgs, was delivered
July 4. This procedure not only helped her become a mother it has restored her
disfigured womb, leaving her free of tumors and fibroids.
Source:
http://health.india.com
13.07.2012
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