Yes, me. It was discovered I had a fibroid last year and it was thought to be around 10cm. I was 43 at the time and the specialist I saw said at my age it wasn't worth doing anything, certainly didn't want to be giving me hormones to reduce it and didn't mention removing it. The fibroid was outside of my womb, I think on the back vaginal wall (if that makes sense). She knew I wanted to conceive and said again, at my age, that was unlikely and if it happened it happened.
I started having reflexology a few months after that and my reflexologist (who specialises in fertility) strongly recommended I get a second opinion, she had the name of a gynae that specialised in fibroids and said she had sent lots of ladies to see him. She said she had a strong feeling that it could be causing me a problem despite the fact lots of people have successful pregnancies and births with fibroids. To be honest, I didn't take too much notice for a few months, mostly based on the reaction of the previous gynae I had seen.
Around April if this year she mentioned it again and I decided what the hell, I would go and see the guy she recommended. He sent me for an MRI and various blood tests. When I went back for the results he said it was showing as a 12cm fibroid so had grown quite a bit in 8 months although he also said scans tend to underestimate the size compared to MRIs. He recommended surgery to remove it, he said there was very little evidence to show that removing fibroids helps fertility but there is a thought that multiple or large fibroids can cause problems. In his opinion it was worth doing.
I therefore decided to go ahead, he removed in in June laporascopically, it turned out to be 16cm x 16cm! The surgery was no issue, the most discomfort I had was from all the gas the pumped into my stomach so that he could see what he as doing, that was very painful for about 24hrs and then slightly uncomfortable for another couple of days. I have 3 tiny incisions, one of which is inside my belly button so I can't actually see it. I was slightly uncomfortable internally for about a week after the op but I was released the day after the op, I did a bit of walking every day. I got my dogs back from the dog boarder 8 days after the surgery and started walking them as normal. After 6 weeks I wouldn't know I'd had anything done.
That was mid June. The first time I saw my oh after that was end of July and I got pregnant immediately after about a year of trying. Unfortunately I'm now losing that baby but that's because it's a blighted ovum. Nothing to do with the surgery. Many people are advised to wait longer to ttc after the op (some people up to 6 months) depending on how much they have to cut into you. My fibroid was on a "long stalk" so he didn't have to cut too deeply to get it out hence said I was fine to ttc 6 weeks later.
I absolutely believe that I got pregnant because I had the fibroid removed. My reflexologist says the attitude towards fibroids in the country is bizarre. Apparently in Spain if you are ttc and have fibroids of any size they just remove them, no messing around, which I find interesting.
Sorry for the long post but I hope it helps. Good luck with whatever you decide to do and sorry for your loss onedaysoon - I think we were both on April mums together for a brief while