Synthroid for pregnant women
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I have been taking Phentermine 37.5 and synthroid .088 for about 4 months now. I just found out a few days ago I am pregnant. I figured I should stop taking the Phentermine but I didn't know if it would have any effects on the baby already. Also I did not know if I can continue to take the synthroid?
1988 my thyroid gland was removed and have been stable on Synthroid since until last year. My doctor feels I should remain on Synthroid even though I am still hypothyroid. See results below and please comment.
Thank you.
8/23/06, TSH = 0.8, dose of Synthroid = 100uIU/ml
2/21/07, TSH = 2.1, dose of Synthroid = 100uIU/ml
4/2/08, TSH = 16.6, dose of Synthroid =100 uIU/ml. Dose of Synthroid changed to 125uIU/ml on 4-7-08
6/13/08, TSH (GEN3) = 0.
I've been prescribed synthroid 88 and i want to know whether this is for hypo or hyper and also i show strong
signs of hashimotos so i really want to get this clear.
I WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD GET PREGNANT IMMEDIATELY. A MONTH AFTER MARRIAGE, I MISSED MY PERIOD FOR 3 MONTHS. I TRIED OVER THE COUNTER CONTRACEPTIVES TO CHECK FOR PREGNANCY AND EVERYTHING WAS NEGATIVE. I MADE AN OBGYN APOINTMENT THINKING MAYBE BY BLOOD WORK I CAN FIND SOMETHING IT WAS NEGATIVE. MY OBGYN SUGGESTED DOING TSH LEVEL. THAT LEVEL CAME BACK AT 5.42. I SAW A FAMILY PHYSICIAN WHO REORDERED THE TEST A MONTH LATER.
5 weeks post conception) with my second baby. I have been on synthroid 50 mg for 6 weeks following a diagnosis of probable post partum thyroiditis.
My Dr ran my thryroid levels (at 4.5 weeks pregnant) and they are:
TSH 2.6
FT4 1.28
My last test, before taking synthroid (about 2 months ago) was TSH ~ 5.5
My Endo wants me to up my dosage to 75 mg and get retested in 6 weeks, but my OB wants me to up to 100 mg, get retested in 4 weeks and lower it if necessary.
I live in Tennessee. My job post is actually a sitting down position except for rounds I have to make every hour... Outside. I thought about working at a call center, think I'll look into that. I am also concerned about job security switching jobs but I will likely keep my current job but I WILL need a part time one also so that I'm not living check to check. Thanks for all the suggestions!
When you go to medical school you learn that and that you shouldnt treat pregnant women any difrent then non. Yea things are more dificult but we asked for it. We need to do things ourself we should be able to do anything we could before. Speacil treatment is unneeded. If you cant stand in line that is your problem and not everyone elses you need to figure out ways around it.
But levoxyl is better (at least for me) and I do not have side effects as I did with synthroid. I got pregnant 2 years ago... Believe it or not, I went to my grandma for advice when I couldn't get pregnant with my first son. Knowing the effects thyroid diseases have on our fertility... she said after making love, to stay on my back and put my legs up, way up...IT WORKED! :)
I did it for both my sons and they are now grown, tall, healthy and very good looking men.
She initially put me on 25 mcg Synthroid, later upped the dose to 50 mcg, and I stayed there for about a year. This past February, I found out I was pregnant. My OB increased my dose first to 75 mcg and then, in late May, to 100 mcg. My TSH has been lower than ever before (though not abnormally low -- around 2). Back in mid-July, I began this terrible insomnia. It started abruptly one night and has not ceased.
I am starting get really scared I don't feel like i'm pregnant no symptoms whatsoever I keep reading all of these stories about women who've miscarried,had sex with my bf the other day for the first time since I told him we were pregnant and I started spotting afterwards which made me even more nervous, I have hypothyroidism so i'm thinking the meds will harm the baby #nervouswreck my ob appt isn't until the aug 5th and I'm like damn having a baby for the first time to so
Is it standard procedure to use 
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