For you as a woman, the dream of holding your arms begins long before your first pregnancy test or fertility appointment. But when uterine fibroids—a condition affecting up to 70 per cent of women by ...

Uterine fibroids are more common than you might realize. According to the Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, they affect up to 80 percent of people with a uterus, with those of African descent being ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2008;3(4):515-521. Hart and colleagues studied a similar cohort of women undergoing IVF with intramural fibroids less than 5cm in size, (n=112) compared with control ...

Gessie Thompson turned pain into purpose, transforming her battle with uterine fibroids—which involved multiple surgeries and years of fertility struggles—into a powerful platform for advocacy. On ...

Fibroids are becoming a concern among women of childbearing age, with fears of infertility mounting, more so among those yet to conceive. However, Dr Kireki Omanwa, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, ...

Uterine fibroids affect up to 80 percent of women by age 50, yet their impact on fertility remains widely misunderstood. While many women with fibroids conceive without difficulty, certain types and ...

There are various kinds of fibroid; we have fibroid outside the womb, on the walls of the womb and the ones right inside the womb. Dr Kola Osibote, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Mothers World Care ...

When Tanika Gray Valbrun was 13 years old, she got her first period at a family function. It was apparent because she was wearing white shorts and because her flow was heavy. That heaviness persisted ...

If you have been trying to get pregnant and things are not going as planned, fibroids could be one of the many likely reasons. These non-cancerous growths in or around the uterus are more common than ...

How much do you know about your fertility health? It’s no secret that Black women have suffered from fertility health as there’s been a spike in cases of us having endometriosis, fibroids, and ...

Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the womb (uterus), which many women won’t even realise they have ...

Having children after fibroid surgery is certainly possible for many women. While the journey can come with its own set of considerations, understanding the impact of the surgery on your reproductive ...