<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Hello, I hope you can help me.I had an MRI which revealed I have a herniated disk at L5 causing nerve pain down my right leg. I had a nerve root injection at the end of August which was meant to relieve inflammation and allow my disk to heal. Unfortunately it only gave me a few days relief and the pain is back. I am due to have a lumbar steroid epidural in 1 months time but have just found out I am 5 weeks pregnant. I have not yet informed the chronic pain clinic through which I am being treated, I believe the injection I am booked in to have in 1 months time will be done under intensive imaging. My query is- is it safe for me to still go ahead with the injection I need to inform the clinic will they still perform the lumbar epidural I will be 9 weeks pregnant when it is due to take place. Also, is it likely I will be able to go through to full term with pregnancy? Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.  <response>: Hi, thanks for writing to Chat Doctor. It is not recommended or advisable to get exposed to radiation in any form during the first trimester of pregnancy during first 3 months. This is because Organogenesis formation of body parts occurs in the fetus during the first 3 months. If you are exposed to radiation during this period, there is likely possibility that the fetus may develop congenital abnormalities. There is no purity or guarantee that a lumbar epidural steroid will provide you relief throughout your term of pregnancy. Hope this information is helpful. Good day 