Can u help me??

[Reshma_rajesh]

Now i am pregnanat by 3 month.. while having the blood tedt i understood i hav my tsh as 9.2 and doctor suggested throxine 50mg.. aftr 1 month i found that my tsh become 1.1 . Is it neccesary to have throxine25 mg again.or shall i stop my medication

[marram]

No, Reshma, it is vital that you carry on taking the medication especially while you are pregnant, to prevent damage to your baby. The medication is replacing the thyroid hormone which your own thyroid is not able to make for itself. You and your unborn baby need this hormone to stay healthy, so please don't stop taking it while you are pregnant.

You will very likely have to continue taking the thyroxine after the birth, too, at least for a while, until you recover fully from the birth.

Congratulations on your pregnancy, and I wish you all happiness with your baby when he or she arrives. xxx

[Reshma_rajesh in reply to marram]

Thank you..😊😇😇

[shaws Administrator]

Thyroid hormones are vital for you to be well and also baby. Thyroid hormones drive everything in our body This is an excerpt:

What does my thyroid gland do?

The thyroid gland produces hormones which regulate the body’s metabolic rate as well as heart and digestive function, muscle control, brain development and bone maintenance. Its correct functioning depends on having a good supply of iodine from the diet.

The release of thyroid hormones from the thyroid gland is controlled by thyrotrophin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the hypothalamus in the brain and by thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) produced by the pituitary gland. This forms part of a feedback loop called the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis.

What hormones does my thyroid gland produce?

The thyroid gland produces thyroxine (T4), which is a relatively inactive prohormone and lower amounts of the active hormone, triiodothyronine (T3). Collectively, T3 and T4 are referred to as the thyroid hormones. Twenty percent of the body’s triiodothyronine is made by the thyroid gland; the other 80% comes from thyroxine converted by organs such as the liver or kidneys.

The thyroid gland also produces calcitonin from cells called C-cells. Calcitonin is understood to play a role in regulating calcium levels in the body, but its exact function in humans

remains unclear.

yourhormones.info/glands/th...

[ahousefull]

Please don't stop taking your thyroid medication. Your TSH has fallen because you now have sufficient thryoid hormone (on the medicine). Low thyroid has bad implications for your baby - you will be monitored after the birth to see whether you will need to continue after the pregnancy. At that point a trial off the medication will at worst leave you feeling unwell.

[Pam15]

Always ask your doctor first, but my understanding is that you should not stop your medication and when you are pregnant you need more thyroxine, for the baby's healthy development. If you decrease the amount your baby may be born with hypothyroidism and possibly other complications.

Best of luck to you and baby!

[Reshma_rajesh in reply to Pam15]

K.. thank you

[Reshma_rajesh]

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[Reshma_rajesh]

Thnq all for your response..

[marram]

Lol!

[shaws Administrator]

My price might be too high bluepettals - I want to have a nice cushy bank balance - so you will need a few appointments before I finally decide that you've nothing wrong with you as the blood tests will prove

[shaws Administrator]

P.S bluepettals, are you now pregnant? - if so you might be in the Guinness book of records.

[shaws Administrator]

It's a joke pettals as the thread is about pregnancy and hypo.

[Roadrunnergreg]

Don't know if you have had them tested but you ought to get your Vit d3, B12, Zinc, and Folate checked out too, as these tend to be low in hypothyroidism, which could effect the outcome of the pregnancy, inc selenium too and Vit A, try and get Calcium and Magnesium done too, all the wonde s of hypothyroidism... (Note you need to be at the top of the ranges, not just in them at the low end, if you get your ferretin done its best mid range.)

[dfran]

Please go the doctor, and ask to see a specialist. When my thyroid levels were changing during pregnancy, I was carefully monitored and had to have more scans. Rapid changes in thyroxine levels can affect the baby.