I found I got seriously hipothyroidism when I am 13 weeks 4days pregnant, anyone can give me advice on should I keep my baby or not?

[Conniecen]

I didn’t know I have serious hipothyroidism until 3 days ago. My TSH is 71, T3 is 2.52,T4 is 6.32, my doctor said that my baby would be seriously affected. The baby’s brain system might grow not good. I am so sad on this. I am 35 years old now with 13 weeks pregnant, doctor said if I was 10years younger she might advice me to quit the baby and after this hipothyroidism raised to normal I can have another baby. I don’t want to quit my baby if I have other choice. Can anyone have same experience or acknowledged can help me or give me some advice? Thank you!

[Valerie0106]

I am so sorry to hear this, Connicen. I hope someone with understanding of this will respond soon.

[Conniecen in reply to Valerie0106]

Thank you

[LoveNicart]

Hi there..... I had 4 miscarriages, and have learned a lot since about how to stabilise things.

Take a good look at what you are eating, and read this book...Medical Medium, ‘Thyroid Healing... By Anthony William.

Along with Hope for Hashimotos by Alexander Haskel.

Speed read them..... the first one, is I feel where it’s at.

Cut out gluten, dairy, eggs, corn, soy, pork, and canola oil, citric acid. ... all these feed Epstein Barr Virus..... the cause of Hashimotos.

I also stopped having anything sweet as it was feeding candida... though this is temporary. Unfortunately I realised this too late to save the last pregnancy, and discovered the books after I had worked out my triggers... except I never suspected corn or pork.

Iodine for me causes TSH to go up..... it is important for developing baby, and apparently is vital to kill EBV, and increased TSH is just body fighting and killing off virus.

Are you taking pregnancy multivitamins with iodine, as this would then affect TSH.

What I am studying atm is how much iodine my body can take comfortably.

I have to look at iodine in foods as well as my supplement to make sure I don’t have too much or too little, be very strict on diet to avoid cycle of feeding EBV and then experiencing iodine induced die off of virus.

Very important to massively feed the body on... artichoke, asparagus, garlic, bananas, basil, aloe vera, celery, ginger, turmeric, cruciferous veg, cucumber,coconut, kale, lemon, Brazil nuts, parsley, watercress, thyme, sprouts and micro greens.. there’s more... get the book.

Massive love and luck. Believe in yourself xxxxx

[Clutter in reply to LoveNicart]

loveNicart,

'Medical medium' is a charlatan peddling snakeoil cures for everything from hives to cancer.

Advising a pregnant woman to adopt such a restrictive diet is unlikely to be good for the growing foetus. She's not mentioned having Hashimoto's or EBV.

[Conniecen in reply to LoveNicart]

Hi LovrNicart, thank you very much for your detailed advise for diet and I will try to find the book to read it. It will help to acknowledge more about hashimoto and thyroid disease. I am sorry to hear that you have the history of miscarriages because of thyroid diseases. I also take pills（luteohormone) and some Chinese medicines to keep my fetus developing in the first trimesters. I think rich nutrition and happy mood is very important in the trimester of pregnancy also.

[Treepie]

Ignore the snake oil "medical medium" .Hopefully you will get better advice .

[Marymary7]

So sorry you are in this situation. I know nothing about this but can you ask for another doctor or specialist opinion?

[Conniecen in reply to Marymary7]

Next Monday I will go to see another doctor for opinion, but I am still very worrred and helpless with this.

[Nanaedake]

I'm very, very sorry to hear of your situation. Only you can make this decision and I hope you've got good friends and family support. It can take a few months to stabilise hypothyroidism. You must be feeling very tired.

[Conniecen in reply to Nanaedake]

Thank you for your reply Nanaedake! Yes I feel tired after I got pregnant. Thank you again for your concern! I will try to calm down a bit and hope to get the best solution.

[Fruitandnutcase]

I really feel for you. I can’t imagine anything worse than to be told something like that so early on in a pregnancy. You must be absolutely terrified.

I’m afraid I’ve got no experience with hypothyroidism but other people who are hypothyroid must have had babies and I can’t imagine that all of their babies were damaged.

I would probably try going on a totally gluten free diet because I know first hand that it seriously reduced my thyroid antibodies but other than that I would read as much as I could about my condition and try to find a good, doctor with experience in looking after mother’s who are hypothyroid and delivering their babies. Hopefully someone on here can advise. If you don’t get the responses you are looking for it might be worth posting a new post after the weekend.

Are you in the U.K? If so what region?

[Conniecen in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Hi Fruitandnutcase, I am not in Uk. I am in China. I have met two doctors, one didn’t say anything but advise me to see another doctor in another hospital after she saw the report, she only said the TSH is too high. Well my husband sent the report to a retired doctor, he said the baby may have 50% opportunity to get brain problem or other diseases. Now I am going to see another expert doctor next Monday. But I think the answer might be same.

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Conniecen]

I’m so sorry Conniecen, you and your husband must be beside yourselves with worry. I just hope things turn out well for you in the end.

[Angel_of_the_North]

Makes me very sad that you were not diagnosed as soon as you became pregnant (or before). No one should have to make that decision.

[Conniecen in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Yes, I am very sad for that too. Here the doctor didn't ask me to test hyroid function and I didn’t know it before and after I got pregnant. What a pity.

[Cooper27]

Have you seen an endocrinologist? If not, I would ask to be referred as a matter of urgency.

I would suggest you request further tests to check for Hashimotos (autoimmune thyroiditis) and also to check your vitamin levels (B12, ferritin, folate, vitamin D).

Diet can help thyroid disease, the diet I would look into is the auto-immune paleo diet, however I would want you to do it with the help of a registered nutritionist to ensure you get the vitamins and minerals that your baby needs.

Izabella Wentz seems to be a very well respected source of information on thyroid disease and diet, her book on the root cause may be beneficial, but it does lean more towards helping those with auto-immune thyroid disease (which is the cause ofor 90% of those who are hypothyroid).

[Conniecen in reply to Cooper27]

Thank you for your advice

[gabkad]

Conniecen, Have you read this: hypothyroidmom.com/maternal...

Since there was never a total thyroid testing done prior to the pregnancy, you don't know if this is how you were then. Or if something happened since you got pregnant. Anyone would assume that if your thyroid function was this low prior to the pregnancy you would have had symptoms of some sort and would have felt decidedly unwell.

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to gabkad]

That’s a very interesting and also very sad website.

Having read it, it’s hard to believe that thyroid testing isn’t one of the first things that is done for every pregnant lady. It makes you think everyone should know their thyroid levels - whether pregnant or not or in good health or not.

[Conniecen in reply to gabkad]

Hi Gabkad, I have read the website. If I had read it early, I won’t have this problem right now. I didn’t feel badly unwell before, but, I did feel not so healthy, like I gradually become more fatter, 10 kgs in 4 years, and often easy to get diarrhea. Easy to feel cold after pregnancy.

[Clutter]

Conniecen,

No one can advise you whether or not to continue your pregnancy.

Have you had a 12/13 week check to see how the foetus is developing? The foetus develops it's own thyroid gland at 12-14 weeks and is no longer dependent on maternal hormone.

How much Levothyroxine have you been prescribed?

[Conniecen in reply to Clutter]

Hi Clutter, yes I had the test and the foetus is growing well from the NT report. I don’t know something about Levothyroxine, what do you mean?

[Clutter in reply to Conniecen]

Conniecen,

I'm glad the foetus is developing normally.

Levothyroxine is a tablet you take daily to replace low thyroid hormone.

[Conniecen in reply to Clutter]

Clutter,

Yes, I need to take 2 tablets daily total 100ug.

[Clutter in reply to Conniecen]

Conniecen,

For maximum absorption Levothyroxine should be taken with water 1 hour before, or 2 hours after, food and drink, 2 hours away from other medication and supplements, and 4 hours away from calcium, iron, vitamin D supplements, magnesium and oestrogen.

It takes 7-10 days for Levothyroxine to be absorbed before it starts working and it will take up to six weeks to feel the full impact of the dose. Symptoms may lag behind good biochemistry by several months.

You should have a follow up thyroid test 4-6 weeks after starting Levothyroxine. Arrange an early morning and fasting (water only) blood draw when TSH is highest, and take Levothyroxine after your blood draw.

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

Management of primary hypothyroidism: statement by the British Thyroid Association Executive Committee

13. The serum TSH reference range in pregnancy is 0·4–2·5 mU/l in the first trimester and 0·4–3·0 mU/l in the second and third trimesters or should be based on the trimester-specific reference range for the population if available. These reference ranges should be achieved where possible with appropriate doses of L-T4 preconception and most importantly in the first trimester (1/++0). L-T4/L-T3 combination therapy is not recommended in pregnancy (1/+00).

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

[silverfox7]

You need to see someone at the hospital. There should be a gynocologist who is an expert with Thyroid issues and I hope can advise you. Try and keep strong and in touch. I know many of us will be thinking about you and really hope you get sound advice.

[Conniecen in reply to silverfox7]

Thank you Silverfox7, I will keep strong and in touch. Thank you.

[Conniecen]

I have seen the doctor yesterday who is an expert for hypothyroidism. He told me the situation may not be very bad, but sure it will affect the fuetus brain development a little. I will keep strong and keep taking pills everyday. I hope my baby will grow healthily and we will meet soon. Thank you very much for all the concerns to my post. I hope more and more people will know the important to body test especially the thyroid function test before getting pregnant.