I am 14 weeks pregnant and have an ovarian cysts on my left ovary and they say it is fixed. It is about 10cm. Recently, they found that is has a septation. I went and saw a oncology gynocologist (cancer specialist) because of the fact of that septation. The doctor said that he would gamble saying that I do not have cancer, but there is a chance. He told me I have 2 options. To have surgery now or wait until after the baby is born. If I do have surgery now, he told me the chances of having a miscarriage is between 25-50%, which seems really high. So now I have to make a decision of whether or not to have surgery now and risk the chance of losing the baby or have it after the baby is born and risk the chance of cancer. Did any one else go through something similar?
Hi honey! 1st of all BIG HUGS! 2nd I have NOT had that, but I am aware of it! What you are facing is the million dollar question, just like a woman who has an amniocentesis, :do you take the chance of miscarriage or do you wait and see! An oncologist has the knowledge and the expertese to know what tests show! IF he says he can bet the farm that it's NOT cancer, I would err on that and wait as long as possible! They might even be able to take the baby a little earlier and get you the help - perhaps a cecasarian and then the cyst! WHAT yu need to find out is this! IF it is cancerous - or precancerous - will waiting till say another 23/24 weeks, make any difference to the outcome!? I doubt VERY much that even if it is cancerous the cancer would become dangerous in 23 weeks! So ask that question 1st! IF the doctors and specialist believe that you can safely wait then do so! IF they think it's better to do it now, then there is your answer! Just know that with todays technology, they can even operate on the babies inutero! So please find out and let me know! And I'm sending you out prayers for health and a successful pregnancy!
bambi27... thank you so much for your thoughtful post. I just found out that I am going to Mayo for a second opinion and I will for sure ask those questions and get back to you.
Write EVERYTHING down you want to ask OK? And take your husband/partner with you, because when you are freaking out, you forget to ask the questions, and then forget the answers! So write them down and then take a pen and paper to write down the answers! Good luck honey! Fingers crossed!