Mending Miracles – Uterine Fibroids

By age 50, nearly two-thirds of women will have uterine fibroids, noncancerous tumors in the uterus that are sometimes painful. But they can affect certain groups differently. According to the University of Michigan, African-American women are two to three times more likely than white women to have recurring fibroids or suffer from complications.

Tanika, a 46-year-old network journalist in Atlanta, Georgia, and her husband, James, were looking forward to starting a family shortly after they got married. But Tanika’s uterine fibroids threatened their dream of becoming parents, even after she had a procedure to remove them.

In this episode, Tanika explains how she handled the struggle of living with uterine fibroids and how she refused to let these issues take away her dream of motherhood.

This episode also features in-depth commentary from renowned expert Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACOG, CCRP, Professor (Tenure) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago Medicine.