Pregnancy after abdominal radical trachelectomy

Hi, about 2.5 years ago I was diagnosed with cervical adenocarcinoma stages 1b1 and went through an abdominal radical trachelectomy. Now we are trying to conceive (half a year we tried naturally and now we started IUI). A few days a go I read good news of a 39 old woman who conceived naturally after a vaginal radical trachelectony and I was wondering if the chances are the same like after an abdominal radical trachelectomy.

Has anyone here succeeded to conceive after an abdominal radical trachelectomy? If yes, did you succeed naturally, or after IUI/IVF?
How was the pregnancy? Was it a full term preganacy? Did you have the cervix stitched in order to avoid an abortion?

 I'd be glad to get some advice.

Thanks.

My surgery will have been 2 years ago on September 7th. We started trying to conceive last September and are still working on it. My OB/GYN said to give ourselves 6 months and then go for help, but we've waited a year because I was taking the bar exam and spent several chaotic months working, studying and trying to conceive. I have appointments with my OB/GYN and my oncologist in September and I think we'll be getting referrals for help. And for the record, I am an otherwise healthy 34 year old.

 Wish I could give you better news. Keep me posted on your situation! I would love to hear from someone who actually gets pregnant after this surgery!

Hi,

I've read about women who succeeded to conceive and to give birth to a healthy child after this kind of surgery, but I'd really like to be able to contact those women. In the forums I found on the net I could only find women who conceived after a vaginal radical trachelectomy and I was wondering if the chances to conceive after a vaginal radical trachelectomy are the same as after an abdominal radical trachelectomy. Have you got any info from your doctor about the chances to conceive?
We also tryed naturally for half a year and about 2 weeks a go I had my first IUI, but, unfortunately, it didn't succeed. In about 2 weeks I should have my second IUI and I hope it'll work this time. I really don't know how the surgery influenced my body and I wonder if there is a problem, or maybe it just takes a bit longer. After all, even women who didn't go through this surgery and have no hormonal problems, sometimes have to try 1 year before they conceive. By the way, we're about the same age. I'm 33.5 year old.
Be prepared that before starting fertility treatments, you'll  have some hormonal tests and in case you are married your husband will have 
a sperm test.

If you find any new info reagarding the outcomes of this kind of surgery, I'd be glad if you could share it with me.

I'll keep you posted if there are any news.

Good luck! 

Hi DCgirl,

how are you?

How was the appointment with your OB/GYN?

Have you got referrals to a fertility specialist?

I had my 4th IUI cycle last Thursday and in about a week I'll know the results. Hopefully, it'll succeed this time.

Today I got  good news from a friend of mine on a web site called "inspire". She had the same surgery that we had around a year ago and is now pregnant after 1 IUI cycle.

So it is really possible!

Hope to hear from you soon