Thyroid & Pregnancy

[Biiyyaa]

Hi, Is there anyone who got pregnant with thyroid? I mean Is it possible to get pregnant with thyroid?

[miglet54]

Do you mean, is it possible to become pregnant with thyroid disease?

[Biiyyaa in reply to miglet54]

Yup

[Hidden]

if thyroid diseases are not treated well its hard to conceive.

personall experience

[Biiyyaa in reply to Hidden]

How long u r trying to conceive?

[Hidden in reply to Biiyyaa]

2-3 yrs...edno said carbimazole and unbalanced hormones were mae it hard for me to conceive .I had total thyroid surgery and i have been on levo for two months...the doctors told me that now will be ok to be pregnant as soon as my hormones will be balanced.

[Biiyyaa in reply to Hidden]

What do u mean by thyroid surgery?

I heard that thyroid patient will just take medicines till his/her life.

I never heard about operating or surgery :/

[humanbean in reply to Biiyyaa]

Surgery may be required in some cases where the thyroid is overactive (i.e. the person has hyperthyroidism).

In the case of people with hypothyroidism i.e. underactive thyroid, surgery is rarely done.

The things that might make surgery necessary is things like being very overactive, or having a huge goitre that restricts breathing, or having suspicious nodules. There may be other reasons but I don't know them all.

[Hidden in reply to Biiyyaa]

are you hypo?anyway dont stress a lot.Ufcourse we can get pregnant as long as we are treated well.

the doctor at the hospital told me that manageable thyroid problems will not cause any problems.We are just gonna need more thyroxine and more check ups during the pregnancy

[Biiyyaa in reply to Hidden]

Yes, I have hypothyroidism

[Dancingshoes]

I wasn't diagnosed hypo thyroid until 1996 and had 3 miscarriages because I wasn't treated. Untreated hypothyroidism raises your chances of miscarriage, so I'd make sure your levels have stabilised before risking a pregnancy. Once your on the right level of meds, then there's no reason (based on thyroid only) that you shouldn't become pregnant. Good luck.

[Biiyyaa in reply to Dancingshoes]

Aww, now u have babies?