Has anyone had experience of requesting monthly bloods from the GP when hypo and hashi and b pregnant? I am asking for monthly bloods for: iron studies, folate, vit D, B12, TPo and TGa antibodies. They are being very difficult around giving me all of these so my private endo got involved but has cc’d them in saying that monthly T3 isn’t necessary. Is this true? I always thought that you needed the full picture especially when pregnant?
Can anyone let me know their thoughts or if you’ve been pregnant in this position it would be really helpful to know how you were managed. 7 weeks and I’ve had no antenatal care yet. Just a panic trip to the doctors when I found out due to some spotting and cramps and had some early pregnancy scans but that’s it. So I literally have no idea what’s happening yet!
Thanks in advance
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Last full thyroid panel were taken 27th March and others below on the 1st march.
I don’t actually know the exact date of conception as they think I’m a week behind what they originally thought, due to my lengthening cycles. 1st day of my last period was 10th February but they suspect I’m now 7 weeks.
Oh yes, I remember your post... and see that I did reply. SlowDragon will have better reference/links as in the reply here. Also - caveat, I have never been hypo and pregnant, but I did a very deep and detailed dive into T4 level requirements when pregnant. So I share here my takeaway from reading primary research and other articles. Take it in context of everything else you learn.
Most of the studies out there are all about how the baby needs T4. One could then draw the conclusion that the baby ONLY needs T4. But if you follow the studies back, the things you read about T4 are because a lot of those studies are by design just about T4.
The reason why many people find them suspect, is because there are people who have been T3 mono and pregnant and fine.
So from my impression of things I've learned - the things you read will talk all about T4, yet people's personal experience will contradict that.
So the takeaway is - studies show that the baby needs adequate T4 in those early weeks. YOU HAVE THAT, hurray!
Does the baby NEED T3, in other words, do you NEED to know your T3. Well ... there is no "study" (that I found) that says that. And so doctors won't have an opinion on whether T3 is needed, because no study says so.
Leveo increases - In my previous post were links (and I bet in SD's links also) that shows you do need to increase your Levo during pregnancy. So make sure you are researching that and keeping an eye on your bloods.
As I said in my earlier post, when I researched this, the most important thing is to have a high-in-range T4 at the 5-6 week mark and beyond through mid-gestation, when the baby starts to make their own thyroid hormone. You have achieved that and should be very reassured by this! Now just make sure you maintain high enough FT4 levels, ad you are now the sole provider for both you and the baby!
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