is the perfect opportunity to start looking at your diet, lifestyle and environmental factors that can contribute towards fibroid growth.
“Not talking yet, there is no time like the present”
Don’t worry if you feel that you don’t feel you know enough
There is a advice on fibroids both online and offline
Start with large health organizations such as the NHS in the UK and the National Women’s Health Network, Check out online forums where you can often find cases and stories similar to your situation. Booking an appointment with your doctor or a gynecologist is also an option for getting more information, particularly on fibroid symptoms
Continue talking. Seek medical advice, if required
The saying “the more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life, the stronger the daughter” is never truer than in the case where that conversation is about health. It sets that daughter to be better prepared and ‘stronger’ in dealing with the health issues that could impact their life, e.g. fibroids.
That conversation can be captured, for example, in a mother/daughter diary for reference later.
If in doubt or concerned, seek advice from a health/medical practitioner
So there you go!
Are you ready to start conversing about fibroids? By the way, that conversation can take place between aunt and niece or grandmother and granddaughter. The truth is that conversations need to happen to raise awareness about reproductive health with young people as early as possible. The sources of information and advice are there, online and offline. Just go for it!! It can make all the difference for the future health and wellbeing of our young ladies
Iyabo Agiri owns and runs a blog, fibroidwellbeing.com, which aims to raise awareness of fibroid dominance with black women. She is a working mother, living in London, and suffered the symptoms of uterine fibroids for many years. For some black women, the subject of fibroids can be confusing and upsetting. Iyabo strives to alleviate this by offering simple and valuable content which improves understanding of fibroid dominance, and its avoidance, through nutrition and lifestyle.