How will thyroid cancer affect pregnancy and fertility?

Around 10% of thyroid cancers develop during pregnancy or within the first year after childbirth – possibly due to changes in female hormones during this time.

If you get a diagnosis when you’re pregnant, your consultant will take your individual health history and risks into consideration and may recommend you delay you until after your baby arrives. If treatment can’t wait, you’ll likely have surgery to remove the thyroid, which most people can have.