help pregnant 7 with Hashimoto

[Oskana]

hello

Many thanks for your previous advice.

This is an update.

Via IVF I’m now 7 weeks pregnant with heartbeat confirmed.

my TSH was 1.77 in December, 2 on 30 March and went up to 3.29 on 11 April.

I am on 100 mg daily levothyroxine

specialist have confirmed that for pregnancy should be 2.5

anyone could recommend what to do? Increase?

As usual little knowledge from IVF clinic staff, I know is vital to keep a heat hot optimal working thyroid. It’s v risky during pregnancy not to

many thank any words of experience very welcome

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

Congratulations on the pregnancy.

Maternity clinics usually have an Endocrinologist attached to them but I'm guessing you haven't got that far yet.

Make an urgent appointment with your GP as you likely need a 25mcg dose increase.

See NICE guidelines. cks.nice.org.uk/topics/hypo...

How are you vitamin levels?

When hypo we get low stomach acid which means we cannot absorb vitamins well from our food, regardless of a great diet. For thyroid hormone to work well we need OPTIMAL levels of vitamins. Have you recently or could you ask your GP to test levels of ferritin, folate, B12 & D3? Private tests are available, see link for companies offering private blood tests & discount codes, some offer a blood draw service at an extra cost. thyroiduk.org/help-and-supp...

[Oskana in reply to Jaydee1507]

many thanks, I’ll request the extra tests. I haven’t done that.

[merlikati]

Hello and congratulations!

I'm 24weeks now and I have been already increasing from 150/175mcg to 225mcg. It's not about the TSH, it' s always low for me but other hormones Ft4 and Ft3. I do need much higher doses to keep my Ft3 highl. My conversation is not so good as before. Numbers looked normal with 200mcg but I feel bad if my Ft3 is under 75%. I have lost two pregnancies due to hashi/hypo and had two premature births.

[Oskana in reply to merlikati]

hello Merlikati,

Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your pregnancy.

It seems like you’ve been going throughout a lot. Admirable how you’ve been doing it.

Do you mean T3 and T4? How often do you test?

What are the parameters. Nobody has never mentioned those two.

I don’t really know how to separate pregnancy symptoms from hashimoto/thyroid.

Is that you feel tired? I think when pregnant you also feel that.

Is your endo who has increased? Private in the UK

I would appreciate your help.

[Lottyplum]

Hi. I was pregnant with Hashimotos (many years ago) and we decided to go with private Consultant for the duration. I was on 200 Levothyroxine all the way through until the last couple of weeks when I had to reduce. Consultant kept a close eye on my blood tests for every appt and if it wasn’t on his desk when I arrived , he would phone there and then for the results. I also had regular scans, more than if through NHS. Best decision we made as after a C section with my first baby, had a normal birth with Consultant in call for the delivery just in case. I know it’s not within everyone’s ability to get private care but we just did without luxuries and a family holiday! Hope this helps.

[Elisa109]

I got pregnant and I did not know I had hashimoto. My tsh was 11,5 at 11 weeks and I started with levothyrodine immediately. My ft3 and ft4 were normal. I had tsh high until like 4th month or more but now everything is ok. I have a wonderful baby boy. ☺️

[Oskana]

I’m so glad everything went well. Thanks for sharing I much appreciate it. I’ve got a bit paranoid bc I had 3.29 THS and the guidance is 2.5 or below.

I spoke to the endocrinologist yesterday and she told me that my new dose of 125 mg is good for now and that I shouldn’t be worried.

We saw the baby today and all measurement etc went well.

Do you remember what dose you were taking?

Did it change by trimester?

Did your levels went down after giving birth? If so how did you wean?

[Elisa109 in reply to Oskana]

I never took before any pills before pregnancy because I did not know I had a problem. I started with 50 and I arrived to 125. During my first trimester my tsh was always high like 6 or something. My doctor told that if tf4 and tf3 are okay there’s nothing to worry about but I was worried as well anyway.😃 During the last trimester I had a perfect tsh level and now I continue with Eutirox 75 and have to check soon if I have to change it or not. My baby is perfect and I am sure yours as well. ☺️

[Oskana in reply to Elisa109]

thanks for sharing your story, it helps me to ease crazy ideas and worries. This is comforting, as websites just say that if it’s above 2.5 THS you are on risk of miscarriage.

We’ve seen twice the baby heart beat so we are feeling confident.

[Elisa109 in reply to Oskana]

I arrived to 40+3 😅 and my tsh was sooo high at 11 weeks! My doctor also told that I would miscarriage if I did not start with Eutirox! It is even strange that I got pregnant with so high tsh but it happened. So don’t worry, if you take your medicine, everything will be all right and your levels are lot lower than mine. If your doctor said not to worry, I would not. Let me know how it goes. ☺️

[Oskana in reply to Elisa109]

You don’t know how helpful this is… I was thinking I would lose my baby because it sent up to 3.29

[Elisa109 in reply to Oskana]

I am sure you won’t. 😊I checked actual data and I had for example tsh 3,970 on 19/02, 1,930 on 14/03 and my baby was born on 23rd of July. Your ft 3 and ft4 are ok? If yes, my endocrinologist told there’s no problem at all for a baby.

[Elisa109]

How is it going with you me pregnancy? 😊