My doctor just got done telling me that dysplasia COULD get worse with pregnancy which is completely opposite of what I've heard and read about thus far.

Backing up for a second - he asked me 3 weeks ago if we were on BCP and I said no, we were TTC #1. He said okay - well, if you're pregnant, we'll have to do the LEEP after you've delivered. In today's appt, he nearly freaked out on us and said that we needed to stop trying. Hello, this week was fertile week and what's done is done!!

He started to give us every worse case scenario then of what it will be like during pregnancy if we test positive in the next 2 weeks.

Any TTCer's out there - what did your doc say?

Well, I about 8 weeks pregnant when they found I had severe dysplasia (or CIN III). They just kept a close eye on me and told me that if it didn't lessen in grade after I delivered (which sometimes happens once the pregnancy hormones subside) then I would have to have a LEEP. It's possible that all the extra hormones can speed it up a bit, but it's not going to make your dysplasia turn into this inopperable or incurable invasive cancer.

I had a LEEP/cone biopsy done about 3 1/2 months after I delivered and I've been doing well since. I had 2 normal paps and one abnormal pap that turned out just to be healing cells. No dysplasia has come back so far. I'm due for another pap in September.

You may want to talk to another doctor about your conceiving and dysplasia.

I am not sure about speeding dysplasia up, but my dr did say that it isn't uncommon for dysplasia to surface during pregnancy (and other stressful times or when your immune system is low), and that if it does, it is watched until after the pregnancy. The risk depends on the type of dysplasia you have. She also said that after giving birth, cases can clear on their own. I know this happened to a friend of mine--she had mild dysplasia, diagnosed while pregnant, cleared after birth. When I was diagnosed with CNIII my dr told us to stop trying until after it was treated. It was hard, but best to take care of me before getting pregnant.

Hi there,

I agree and think you should see another doctor for his/her response to your situation. I don't think that was very professional of your doctor to "freak out" on you like that! I don't know WHY doctors do that. But what I DO know is that so many of them are scared of getting slapped with a malpractice suit that they HAVE to go through the worst-case scenarios with you. Will this happen to you? More than likely, no. But if it did, and you doc didn't warn you about it, well then you could sue him. Medicine these days (at least in the USA) is all about "covering your own a**" medicine.

Ideally, you should take care of yourself before conceiving-- this is something I have heard from a lot of different doctors. You should have no problems getting pregnant if you get a LEEP or laser done.

But even if you are pregnant, like many women on this board have said, they were pregnant when they found out they had severe dysplasia. But they could safely wait until they delivered to treat the abnormal cells. Dysplasia can take up to 10 years to develop into invasive cancer so don't let your doctor scare you. I think it's best to treat your dysplasia now because if you don't, you risk that your dysplasia could progress and then they'd have to take out more tissue with the LEEP, possibly creating more pregnancy problems later. Not all LEEPs are created equally- depending on your type of dysplasia and how aggressive your doc is, you can have a little or a lot of tissue removed from your cervix.

So in any case, even if you're pregnant, you should be fine. And like some women said, sometimes pregnancy can help dysplasia clear up! Or make it progress. The best thing is for you to keep on top of your health and get your regular check ups. Good luck! :)

Apparently not! I had an LSIL pap in Nov and went for a colposcopy Friday at 28 weeks pregnant, NO SIGN OF ANYTHING but a perfectly healthy pregnant cervix (fat and floppy I think she described it as....I was like "seriously, even my cervix is FAT!!! lol)

I would get a second opinion. I have cervical dysplasia. . .diagnosed during my first pregnancy. I had to have a colposcopy during pregnancy. . .ugh! ! ! My OB told me that alot of times delivering the baby will slough off enough cells to eliminate the dysplasia. Unfortunatly in my case it didn't, but I am pregnant again. . .have a different OB. . .and she is of the same opinion.

Good luck! ! !