“Is anesthesia safe while you're pregnant?”

It is usually safe if the anesthesiologist is familiar putting pregnant patients to sleep. Generally you would want to do this after the 13th week

Always there is a risk for the baby. Abortion vs precipitation of delivery. If procedure is not an emergency, I believe you should wait If it's necessary and you can choose, choose a regional technique or local anesthesia.

Pregnant women should ONLY have life- or limb-saving procedures for her or for the safety of the fetus. Elective surgeries should be postponed until 6-8 weeks post-partum (birth of the baby).

Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, MD

I advise pregnant women to not have “elective” surgery. Many pregnant women have surgery for “emergent” or “emergency” reasons; for instance an laparoscopic appendectomy (because of the risk for abscess formation) or a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (because of the risk of cholangitis-sepsis). What trimester are you? It matters because you may need fetal monitoring. If at all possible, try to not get general anesthesia with a gas. It’s better to have a spinal (for a cerclage) than general anesthesia with a gas, like sevoflurane. Please consult your surgeon, anesthesiologist and your obstetrician. They all three will have a safe plan for you. You’ll do great and your fetus will be safe.