Hi my daughter is 13 weeks pregnant with her first baby & following RAI treatment 5 years ago for graves disease she has for the past 2 years been taking 3 grains of Erfa daily. She has done much better than on levothyroxine which made her symptoms worse & her bloods not in range with high tsh & low T4.
The gp & midwife were all told about her erfa & she was told to not change her dose as her tsh is suppressed & they are more. Concerned if tsh is high.
Today she had consultant appointment with the hospital pregnancy endo who told her she had probably brain damaged her baby taking an unlicensed drug & to Change to levothyroxine immediately. When we challenged her by saying surely it was more of a risk taking a drug that we knew didn't converted to T3 for hollie & would that mean the baby would also be depleted she wouldnt answer. when I said we get it from a chemist with a prescription from a private gp she said "its not meant for humans its for pigs" you have taken a terrible risk on your unborn babies life........
Her 12 week scan went well & the baby was the right size for her dates, she is due her next scan in 6 weeks where they will do an antibody blood test on the baby to see if it has antibodies & if it doesn't she will be discharged from endocrine care & if it does have antibodies she will continue to be monitored in case it isn't growing properly.
Sorry for the rant but just can't believe her attitude, any reassurance or advice greatly received.......!
She also contradicted herself by saying that by now the baby will start to make its own thyroid hormones when before she said it was wholely reliant on hollie providing it. Hollie is reluctant to change things now but has had a nasty shock...
The first doctor the obsteratrician listened to babies heart & couldn't have been more reassuring.....