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An extreme case of a fibroid left a woman stuck looking like she was more than eight months pregnant – for eight years.

The affliction also cruelly robbed Beryl Romain of her chance to have children.

This picture shows Beryl ­looking nine months due after an 18-inch growth – a ­fibroid – swelled in her stomach.

Beryl put off surgery that would remove her womb and travelled abroad in a desperate attempt to find a cure.

She said: “People were always asking me when the baby was due and looked amazed when I told them I wasn’t pregnant. I waddled around ­because I was so big.” Their questions were made all the more ­painful by the fact Beryl’s fiancé left her because she was unlikely to conceive.

She said: “I was due to get married in 1999 when I discovered a small lump in my side. “The doctor told me it was fibroids and I’d need to have my uterus removed. My husband-to-be was unable to cope with the idea and we ended up separating. I lost everything.” For the next three years the fibroid grew slowly, then flared up. By 2007 she looked ­heavily pregnant. Yet Beryl ­refused to give up hope of ever having a family.

Around 50 in every 100 women develop fibroids by age 50. Experts believe the figure is as high as 90 per cent for Afro-Caribbeans.

Most women have no idea they have fibroids until they show up during routine gynaecological examinations. But for others the symptoms can include long ­painful periods, bloating, pain during s*x, fertility problems and even miscarriage.

Beryl finally had surgery to remove her fibroids and womb at Guy’s Hospital, in London, last year. She said: “It’s ­devastating to think I won’t have the same choices as other ­women. I tried to avoid surgery but it just wasn’t to be.”

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