Re: Hashimoto and pregnancy

[Guest guest]

Hi kasia, the TSH is fine, and seems normal. not sure about the other`s, but if they were the same as the last pregnancy then should be ok. she should be taking 200mcg of selenium. this will help with the conversion of the T4 to T3 and also get any auto-antibodies down which can pass through the plasenta and may attack the baby`s brain. hope this helps . angel.

[Guest guest]

Hi Kasia

Take a look in our FILES section (you will find this in the Menu on the Home Page of this forum web site) and then click on the FOLDER 'Thyroid and Pregnancy' and read the information there.

Read the information here: http://www.thyroid.org/patients/brochures/Thyroid_Dis_Pregnancy_broch.pdf

Luv - Sheila

> My friend who doesn't speak English (she lives in Poland) is 35 weeks pregnant with her 3rd child. She has been diagnosed with Hashimoto 4 years ago. Since then she takes Novothyral. Those are her last test results:> TSH < 0,005 (0,27-4,20)> FT3 3,09 (2,00-4,40) 45%> FT4 1,46 (0,93-1,70) 64%> > Her basic blood tests are fine, but she has been taking iron from the begining of the pregnancy. She has also just finished a series of 10 B12 injections 1000uq.> She is worried that her TSH is so low and also how this condition may effect her child. She had similar results during the last pregnancy but no-one was worried about it, now someone mentioned that the situation is dangerous for the child. What would you advise both for the benefit of the mother and the child? Thank you in advance> Kasia>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kasia

Read the information here and pass it on to your friend: http://www.thyroid.org/patients/brochures/Thyroid_Dis_Pregnancy_broch.pdf

Luv - Sheila

My friend who doesn't speak English (she lives in Poland) is 35 weeks pregnant with her 3rd child. She has been diagnosed with Hashimoto 4 years ago. > > Her basic blood tests are fine, but she has been taking iron from the begining of the pregnancy. She has also just finished a series of 10 B12 injections 1000uq.>

[Guest guest]

Angel, Judith, Sheila thank you very much for your replies. I will pass the

info. My friend's doctor still insists that her TSH is low (it should be

somewhere between 0,27-4,20 and it is just 0,005. He says this is the result of

taking T3 and T4 (?). I am very new to this group and just beginning to learn

about thyroid.

Kasia

[Guest guest]

Hi Kasia, There are more dangers to the welfare of a child from low thyroid states. Her TSH may be low, but once medicat4ed that doesn't really matter at all- it's the FT4 and FT3 levels that do matter- and both of those look just fine, but neither are at the top of the range so no worries regarding overmedication. > thyroid treatment > From: kasia.sinclair@...> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:20:19 +0000> Subject: Hashimoto and pregnancy> > My friend who doesn't speak English (she lives in Poland) is 35 weeks pregnant with her 3rd child. She has been diagnosed with Hashimoto 4 years ago. Since then she takes Novothyral. Those are her last test results:> TSH < 0,005 (0,27-4,20)> FT3 3,09 (2,00-4,40) 45%> FT4 1,46 (0,93-1,70) 64%> > Her basic blood tests are fine, but she has been taking iron from the begining of the pregnancy. She has also just finished a series of 10 B12 injections 1000uq.> She is worried that her TSH is so low and also how this condition may effect her child. She had similar results during the last pregnancy but no-one was worried about it, now someone mentioned that the situation is dangerous for the child. What would you advise both for the benefit of the mother and the child? Thank you in advance> Kasia> > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Kasia, taking T3 will have a more dramatically lowering effect on TSH than T4- docs are used to treating with T4 only, therefore they do not expect this effect. If she feels well that is the most important thing. > thyroid treatment > From: kasia.sinclair@...> Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 08:51:22 +0000> Subject: Re: Hashimoto and pregnancy> > > Angel, Judith, Sheila thank you very much for your replies. I will pass the info. My friend's doctor still insists that her TSH is low (it should be somewhere between 0,27-4,20 and it is just 0,005. He says this is the result of taking T3 and T4 (?). I am very new to this group and just beginning to learn about thyroid.> Kasia> > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> >

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I too had Hashi's before I became pregnant in 2008, and took armour all through

my pregnancy. My TSH was consantly <0.01 and I now have a beautiful 2 1/2 yr old

daughter who runs me ragged! The doctors were not very happy with me for self

medicating throughout my pregnancy, but I was determined to take the dose that

was best for me and I had a trouble-free pregnancy as a result.

Regards

Nadia

[Guest guest]

Congratulations Nadia - this is the story I love to hear from our

members. I have two other members right now who have been driven to self

medicating with natural thyroid extract who are both pregnant and who have

doctors wanting them to take thyroxine-only because their TSH is suppressed.

They are sticking to their NDT.

Luv - Sheila

I too had Hashi's before I became pregnant in 2008, and took armour all through

my pregnancy. My TSH was consantly <0.01 and I now have a beautiful 2 1/2 yr

old daughter who runs me ragged! The doctors were not very happy with me for

self medicating throughout my pregnancy, but I was determined to take the dose

that was best for me and I had a trouble-free pregnancy as a result.

Regards

Nadia