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Fibroids

A fibroid is a benign lump of muscle in your womb and although fibroids can sometimes cause your periods to be heavy simply because they make the womb bigger so that there is more lining to shed each time you have a period, it is unusual for fibroids to affect your fertility. Very occasionally the womb can become so distorted by a large fibroid or multiple fibroids that this can lead to recurrent miscarriages, but such cases are usually not common.

blocked. Previous surgery in the abdomen can also cause scarring to the tube. One of the most common causes of this would be surgery for appendicitis. With appendicitis there is a significant amount of inflammation within the pelvis and that, plus the surgery itself, can irritate the tissues and cause problems, such as adhesions around the fallopian tube, and so lead to a blockage. Damage to a tube can also occur after an ectopic pregnancy, which often requires all or part of the tube to be removed completely.