Re: New here, intro (Long)

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Hydrocortisone is an accepted treatment while OG in fact can make the

differnce btween a healthy pregnancy and an early still birth from low

coritosl. You should read the book by Jefferies Safe Uses of Cortiosl as

it is about what we do as in replacing pnly the cortiosl our own bodies

shoudl be making but can't. I would tell an OB about it's use as it

needs to be increased as the pregnancy would draw more cortioslusage, in

normal women cortiosl doubles abotu mid term i believ (not sur3 the

timing but that it does double is fact) Also in the event of a C seciton

or difficult birth oyu would need apropriate stress dosing.

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Welcome!!! Good luck and see you around.

Esmeralda

>

> I've been lurking on this group for about 2 weeks now. I though it

> was high time I introduced myself and asked a couple of questions.

> I'm 31 years old and have been married for 6 (almost 7) years. We

> have a beautiful 14 month old boy who we conceived after 3 years of

> infertility treatments. I've had symptoms of hypothyroid/adrenal

> fatigue for about 10-15 years, but things just kept getting worse

and

> worse after having my son. I'm now on anti-depressants and cannot

> lose weight. I hardly gained any while pregnant, and lost what I

DID

> gain by my 6 week appointment. Since then I've put on about 40

> pounds, and was overweight to begin with.

> I originally found STTM because I was convinced that I was

> hypothyroid, even though for the past 10 years or so I was told

that

> I was " normal " due to TSH tests. I recently did a saliva test and

> found that while my TSH is within " normal " limits, my frees are a

> little low.

> I also found out that my adrenals are shot:

>

> 7:00 - 8:00 am 11 (13-24)

> 11:00 - noon 4 (5-10)

> 4:00 - 5:00 2 (3-8)

> 11:00 - midnight 4 (1-4)

>

> Cortisol burden 21 (23-42)

>

> DHEA 3 (3-10)

>

> After a lot of consideration I think I'm going the self-treatment

> route. None of my doctors will treat me and the only doctor that

> might is about an hour away and doesn't take insurance. I can't

> afford that.

> Now, I thought I read somewhere that Cortef is in Category C,

meaning

> you shouldn't take it while pregnant? DH and I have been discussing

> trying for #2 and I'm not sure what to do about this. I need to get

> my adrenals healed as I feel lousy, but what should I do if I

happen

> to get pregnant? Also, to anyone who might be self-treating, how do

> you go about this when you DO have to visit a doctor for

something?

> They always ask what medications you're on. I guess I ask this

> because if/when I do get pregnant again I'm not sure how to go

about

> that with my ob.

>

> Thanks for reading through my long and rambling post. I'm looking

> forward to meeting all of you!

>