How to treat ovarian cysts during pregnancy?

Pregnancy is undoubtedly a surprise for every female friend, but finding out that you have ovarian cysts after pregnancy is undoubtedly a blow. Because any disease treatment during pregnancy will have an impact on the fetus. However, if you find ovarian cysts in early pregnancy, don't panic too much, there are ways to solve it. Below, the editor will show you how to solve it.

1. After discovering an ovarian cyst, there should be enough time to observe, usually until the 12th week of pregnancy, because corpus luteum cysts may also be present after pregnancy, and the corpus luteum cysts will shrink or even disappear on their own as the pregnancy continues.

2. Ovarian cyst surgery should not be performed before 12 weeks of pregnancy, because the placenta has not yet formed before 12 weeks of pregnancy and cannot produce enough progesterone to maintain embryonic development. It can only rely on the progesterone produced by the corpus luteum of pregnancy to maintain it. Surgery will destroy the role of the corpus luteum of pregnancy in promoting embryo survival and cause miscarriage. After 12 weeks of pregnancy, the decision to undergo surgical treatment can be made based on the size and nature of the cyst and the opinions of the pregnant woman and her family. For cysts with a diameter greater than 8 cm, surgical treatment can be adopted. After the operation, attention should be paid to rest and pregnancy preservation treatment. Ovarian cystectomy is mostly performed laparoscopically. For pregnant mothers, the operation is less traumatic, the recovery is quick, and the impact on the fetus is also small.

Choice of surgical time. The operation is usually performed between 16 and 20 weeks of pregnancy, because after 16 weeks of pregnancy, with the formation of the placenta, the endocrine function of the placenta itself is sufficient to replace the function of the corpus luteum of the ovary, thereby avoiding adverse effects on pregnancy. If the surgery is performed after this period, the difficulty of the operation will increase. As the cyst increases in size, complications such as cyst pedicle torsion and cyst rupture may occur. The treatment is quite passive and poses a great threat to the lives of the mother and child.

3. If a benign cyst appears during pregnancy and is accompanied by bleeding, pedicle torsion, rupture, or is suspected to be malignant, surgical treatment should be actively performed at any stage of pregnancy to avoid delaying the disease.

The above is the solution to ovarian cysts during pregnancy. I hope it will be helpful to female friends and relieve their confusion. From the above, we can conclude that early pregnancy examination is still very important, which is very helpful for early detection of ovarian cysts. Timely detection of ovarian cysts will be of great help in later treatment.