C brought up a great point about birth control and its possible interactions with our disease. She must have read my mind because that was what I wanted to talk about.
Long story short, I believe birth control DOES increase the growth of your fibroadenomas because it did for me. Now, please keep in mind that this is my personal narrative, all bodies are different and all the tests they have done to prove this aren't consistent enough. But let me share my story.
If you read my first post, you know that I had a mild case of fibroadenomas, and then a five year hiatus. All of a sudden I currently have 3 in my left and 9 in my right. Well what happened during those five years? I went on birth control. Just a side note-I went on birth control for dysmenorrhea, so we can talk about that to if anyone deals with that condition-but at any rate I saw a large increase with my fibroadenomas and I'm currently off birth control. I took a women studies course and from what I learned birth control isn't the most well tested pill to begin with...so I hope everyone is aware. But yea my fibroadenomas grew like no ones business since starting birth control and it took about 2 years for me to notice them.
C, because of how severe your condition is, I would think twice about taking the pill as a form a birth control. I would focus more on non-hormonal forms of birth control including condoms, contraceptive sponge and the diaphragm.
If anyone else has had an interaction with birth control and fibroadenomas, please share your story!
xoxo
Lolo
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