Can anyone share their experience with uterine fibroids?

I am 29 and trying to conceive my first baby. A couple of days ago I had a pre-conception check-up and the doctor found two fibroids in my uterine wall: one 1cm big (pea-sized), the other - 2.5 cm big (walnut-sized). The doctor said they will most probably not interfere with my ability to conceive and have a normal pregnancy; she advised me just to leave them as they are for now.
I am still, however, not at ease. If you have ever had a uterine fibroid, could you please share your experience? How old were you when diagnosed, how big were they, did you have them removed, did you get pregnant without surgery or after surgery, how did the pregnancy go?
Please don't refer me to medical websites - I have been browsing through a lot of them; I just want to hear some real-life experiences. Thank you!

Any professional opinion would also be highly appreciated, thank you!

Kaytee, I am 48 years old and have had fibroids for most of my life. I have two adult children 26 and 21. The pregnancy's went fine and both children are healthy. I have also in the past 3 years had them frozen off at my gynecologist office. Because of them causing heavier bleeding during my period. My gynecologist said the closer I get to menopause, they will shrink and eventually not be there. Good luck with your pregnancy.

Hi there- I have uterine fibroids and I am 23 weeks pregnant. Even though its meant to hard to conceive with fibroids, I got pregant within 11 months.

I will say however that they have affected my pregnancy, as the hormones have caused them to grow. This does not happen to everyone though. From day 1 I felt very bloated, and when I saw the doc he said I was larger than I should be and sent me to casualty. They identified them as subseral fibroids (external to uterus wall). The main one grew to 20cm, and for a while I was bloated with discomfort but no pain.

Then the pain started at about 19 weeks, this is called red denegeration when it becomes so large that it grows out of its blood supply. The pain started as managable. but by the weekend I was in severe pain. Eventually I went to A&E, I was hospitalised and put on a morphine drip. After a week it began to subside.

Now at 23 weeks I have another one, I am taking pain killers and I will not wait until I am in agony like last time.

The baby is fine and has not been affacted by this, just me!

I am not trying to alarm you, as you may not have this level or problems. However if you do, take action asap to address the pain. I wish I had someone else to chat with similar experiences too.

I hope all is well, and remeber that even if they do become troublesome many women go on to have healthy babies- its just a bummer for the mother!