70-80% of women are estimated to have fibroids by the time they're 50 years of age. Leiomyomas, a medical term for uterine fibroids, simply means benign tumours growing the muscle of the uterus. While the majority of women are asymptomatic, and thus don't know they have fibroids, up to 23% of women with fibroids experience debilitating symptoms including: cramping, heavy menstrual bleeding, painful menstruation, painful clotting with menstruation, and prolonged bleeding. Fibr