Many women experience abnormal or irregular bleeding—terms that encompass heavy, erratic, or inconsistent menstrual cycles. While these issues can understandably cause concern, it’s important to realize that not all menstrual irregularities are due to obvious gynecological issues like fibroids, cysts, or polyps. Sometimes, the underlying cause might be linked to something seemingly unrelated: your metabolic health.

An Endometrial Polyp is a small squishy growth that grows inside your uterine cavity, and it is almost always benign, which means it's not cancerous. But polyps can cause some symptoms, like spotting, irregular bleeding and also infertility. So for patients who are undergoing IVF, polyps are often in the way of an embryo actually implanting into the uterine cavity.