Can You Get Pregnant with Cervical Cancer: The Answer

Many women have often been confronted with a strange dilemma. They discover they have cervical cancer while they are planning a family. So can you get pregnant with cervical cancer ? As any medical expert will tell you, first get your cancer treated/eliminated and then only plan ahead. If you are already pregnant, depending on how much of your cervix needs to be removed during treatment, it may be possible to complete your pregnancy term. Not quite likely and more importantly so, not recommended.

Thanks to modern science and alternative medicines, cervical cancer can be treated. So coming back to the all-important question: Can you get pregnant with cervical cancer? The very basis of this question is rooted in the doubts faced by women undergoing heavy chemo treatments who feel the heavy dosage of medicines will leave them sterile. This is where modern science comes to your rescue. In such cases, doctors advice to produce some eggs that can be inseminated and implanted at a later date. If you are not up to completing your term, you can always find a surrogate mother to carry the term for you.

Well, there are also some harsh facts. Can you get pregnant with cervical cancer , even after being treated completely? Unfortunately, the answer is negative (in most cases). This is so because sometimes the only treatment for cervical cancer is hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus). Also, the heavy radiotherapy can stop the ovulation process. However, if the cancer of the cervix is detected in the very early stages then your womb does not have to be removed. The treatments advised in such cases are cone biopsy and radical trachelectomy. These options are available only if you have a very early cervical cancer. In trachelectomy, the cervix is permanently stitched and your baby can only be born by a C-section.  

Sometimes, you may have to make some harsh decisions. If you are suffering from invasive cervical cancer, and are wondering if you can get pregnant , then, the doctor will definitely advice you against it. You will have to concentrate on your health first before you decide to start a family. At these times, you will have to turn inwards and be strong-physically, mentally and emotionally. Stay healthy, be positive and lead a holistic lifestyle so that the healing may begin right away. Stay away from negative people, abusive substances and unhappy thoughts. Stay tuned to the big picture and seek out things that give you inner joy and peace.