My first introduction to fibroids was when my mother at the age of thirty-five had to have surgery. The surgery was a hysterectomy. A hysterectomy is a surgery to remove a woman’s uterus or womb. The uterus is the place where the baby grows when a woman becomes pregnant. After a hysterectomy, a woman is no longer able to have a menstrual cycle or can become pregnant. In some cases, the surgery also includes the removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes. I was 16 years old, a