No, LEEPs (Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedures) do not affect your ability to get pregnant.

A LEEP is a treatment for pre-cancerous lesions in your cervix. It takes out the piece of your cervix with lesions on it. Studies have shown that having a LEEP does not affect your ability to get pregnant.

Getting a LEEP is associated with increased risk of delivering between 2-7 weeks early. Doctors don’t know if this is because of the LEEP or because of the pre-cancerous lesions. This kind of early delivery happens in about 5 out of every 100 pregnancies (5%). For people who have had high grade pre-cancerous lesions, it happens in about 10 out of every 100 pregnancies (10%). For people who have had a LEEP, it also happens in about 10 out of every 100 pregnancies (10%). 

Experts advise that the benefit of removing the pre-cancer outweighs this small risk for most people. Talk to your doctor about what treatment is right for you.

 

LEEPS are fairly mild and will not stop you from having a child.