Many women with fibroids complain that often doctors don’t listen to what patients say. Some are speaking up.

Alison Dowell conceived her child after surgery to remove her uterine fibroids.

Women with fibroids may experience heavy bleeding, a prolonged menstrual cycle or bleeding between periods.

Teresa Foster thought she might be pregnant. Instead, she ended up with a uterine fibroid the size of a soccer ball.

The singer and entrepreneur shares her experience with uterine fibroids to urge all women who are affected to speak up and be heard.

When Trina Caldwell, age 45, experienced a life-threatening episode triggered by uterine fibroids, her husband, David, sprang into action.

Kellie Smith, 52, lives in Austin with her husband and child. She has multiple myeloma.

During a doctor’s visit for severe pelvic and back pain, Twyla Hubbard, 46, a mom of two, first learned she had a large uterine fibroid.

How fibroids have affected one woman’s self-image and life.

Gloria Richard-Davis, MD, talks uterine fibroids and their effect on fertility and pregnancy