Thyroid and fertility in women

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Today i found out i have polycystic ov syndrome,i only went to doc to get blood test results and tablets for an underactive thyroid that was picked up a few months ago. Have had alot of tests lately! I do have one child whose 18 months and had no idea i had pcos but thinking about it i had the symptoms for years. It took a good few years to have my little boy. I would like a child in future and have looked at other sitws about getting pregnant and the % and meds ect.

hi, i have thyroid ever since i was a little kid about 7 years old. currently i take levothroxine 150 mcg. Is that a heavy dose. And i also wanted to ask if i would have any problems grtting pregnant becaus eof this. Onether thing i dint see a doctor forlike 2 years because i did not have medical insurance. but last week i noticed that my left side of throat and cheek was a little swollen, and it hurted me when i swalled anything.

Boy, I sure hope not at 25, since you have your other ovary. Go see your ob-gyn or a specialist in fertility and have your hormones and your thyroid tested. You might consider hormone replacement therapy if they find you are having a problem.

Is it possible that women with hypothyroidism can get pregnant again? I mean I have a son that is almost 3 years old. I was just wondering if my thyroid would affect me having another child. I have tried for 2 1/2 years and can't seem to get pregnant. Is there any hope for me?

would I still have the progesterone drawn at day 21? I have also heard about some clotting disorder where women have to take baby aspirin. Do you know anything about that?

) Like Stacey with Honey, when we got Carmelo he's all I could talk about too! Besides, this is a fertility forum, so Kya belongs here! =) Stacey: I'm sure it's tough getting back into the work routine! (maybe more for Honey!) haha! :) So, what is your test from today looking for? I hope & pray that all is perfectly well for your little Jake :) I think we'll be ready for IVF this summer.

my TSH and other lab tests are back. My TSH levels are 3.74 ( normal for thyroid levels) but not for fertility levels. My FT4 was also normal.....i don't have the values now with me. My insulin fasting was 15. The nurse said it has to below 14. This cycle I started clomid 100 mg from Day 3 to Day 7 and Ovidrel .5 mu or ml ( i am not sure about ovidrel) it was a tiny syringe. I am feeling quite positive about it. What do you think about my TSH levels?

I NEED A HUG! Sometimes - but certainly not always - thyroid disease can affect your fertility. According to Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld, a practicing thyroidologist, and Founding Chairman of the Thyroid Society for Education and Research, fairly common problems caused by thyroid dysfunction are anovulation (no ovulation, or release of an egg) and menstrual irregularities. With no egg to fertilize, conception is impossible.

Could subclinical hyperthyroidism cause fertility issues? Do you suspect it is my age, not the thyroid issue at play here? What are your overall thoughts? Thank you!

I was tired of taking harsh fertility drugs too and started on fertilityblend for women and was on that for nearly 6 months and needless to say that didn't work for me. I finally was told by a friend of mine to give vitex a try and I've been on it for a month which it could take up to 3 months to work. But since I have endo it started giving me really bad cramps again and was advised to stop due to the estrogen. So I have to go back to another fertility drug.

(My GYN insists my fibroids are insignificant in regards to my fertility). My uterus is retroflexed. I stopped my BCP (after 13 yrs) in April and have had normal, regular cycles (every 24-26 days) since. I had a preconception appt. with my Gyn. in May and he said time was really not on my side but there was no reason to think I would not be able to get pregnant. I have taken the home FSH test, which was normal.

I don't know much about it but I do see charts on FertilityFriend of women who have hypothyroidism, so the good news is, it's probably something they can give you to regulate your hormones now that they know what it is. Good luck!

Welcome to the Fertility Forum! For most women, 39 is not too late to conceive. There are several women over on the Pregnancy 35+ Forum your age or older who are currently pregnant! It is, however, a little harder to conceive once you hit your mid to late 30s, but I would think the fact that both your grandmothers had children in their 40s is a good sign! Also congratulations on losing 35 kg! That's great!

BUT I talked to the one bailiff and just told her I have a fertility procedure this week and it would be either Wed or Thurs. She said if I get called on the day of the procedure to just call and talk to her and she would excuse me for it. Oh, and my ovaries are HURTING!! The follies must really be getting ready for this cycle lol. I'm going in for an u/s tomorrow to see if my follies are ready for a trigger or not..yup, decided to do the trigger. It gives me better chances right lol ?!?

All in all he said even with recurrent loss, the odds are definitely in our favor. We have to genetic conflicts, etc. The ony thing they have never checked was my thyroid. They tested that today and I am anxiously awaiting those results. He basically gave us a break down of our options. We can: 1.) Do nothing and try on our own 2.)Clomid and or Letrozole with insemination 3.)Injectables with insemination 4.

ad_06: You are definitely NOT being punished. Please don't think that. I'm sure He knows you will in fact be a wonderful mommy! =) The dark brown sounds good. I think that's old blood, so try not to worry & just know that you've got a whole thread full of women pulling for you & praying for you!!! We'll all be thinking of you tomorrow! Best wishes =) dreamingofson: I'm sorry, what is TR? dnikki & Joyce: Thanks!

I hear it is common that women experience thyroid issues during or following a pregnancy or miscarriage due to the change in hormones.

I ask my Re and he said that the meds don't cause hair loss cause are the same meds that women have. Women may have this hormones but not on the levels that they go when you go on treatments. They mix all the other hormones. He also said that is caused by stress. I certanly didn't believe him. I knew better than that. As the stress of getting pregnant wasn't enough i had the one for losing my hair. And the hair loss stopped as soon as i finished the injections. So it was from the meds.

I am 43 years old. Have had crazy thyroid functions. Was diagnosed hypo many years ago. Stable on a fairly high dose of synthroid. After seeing my RE she sent me to internist to adjust my synthroid. Lowered it, lowered it again, and everything but TSH normalized. But, my TSH was super suppressed 0.01. Lowered my synthroid again and finally everything seems normal in terms of thyroid. In the meantime, I became pregnant naturally but m/ced at 7 weeks.

My doctors have found out that my thyroid has something to do with my miscarriages. Have you ever had your thyroid checked? I guess sometimes your thyroid doesnt produce enough of the correct things for a pregnancy to happen and to maintain. It doesnt make sense to me since I have 2 children why all the sudden all these weird things are coming up. I am sorry for what you are going through and have been through.

My co-worker mentioned something about her thyroid and pregnancy at 37. She said she saw a chairopractor and found out that her thyroid is not normal by looking at her charts. She said hers where below 97.8 during cd2 till CD4. I am not really sure what she was saying but would like to know if any of you ladies had the same problem. She said After the herbal medication given to her. thyroid got fixed and got PG in a month.

They checked me for issues with my thyroid, sugar, diabetes, blood pressure, etc. I was told that everything was normal. I did have a tilted cervix and small cysts on my cervix but those, I was re-assured, are normal and "nothing to worry about, or stop me from pregnancy." It's been almost 10 months now and my husband and I have tried to get preggers. We've used BBT, calendars, CM, elevated hips, and a couple of time my cycle was late then really thick and fibrous.

Also, I don't want to seem superficial or extremely vain because I do have other health concerns that are potentially much more damaging than the aesthetic ramifications of hirsutism but I just want to know if other African-American women are experiencing this because our skin is slightly different. Thanks.

Vitamin B12 (in addition to the complex) - 1,000 - 2,000 mcg 3 times daily, on an empty stomach in sublingual form for best absorbtion B Vitamins are important in reproductive gland function, improves cellular oxygenation and energy and is needed for proper digestion, immune function, red blood cell formation and thyroid function Fertility Blend Supplement - gives a nice mix of Folic Acid, Selenium, Chasteberry and other good for moms to be things!!

I am a 26-year-old female who was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer two years ago. I have since had my thyroid completely removed and underwent two doses of radioactive iodine-131. My endocrinologist has me on a high dosage of Levothyroxine (150 MCG) as part of my cancer treatment. My T4 is 1.56 and my TSH is 0.02 It has been nine months since my last dose of radiation and my endocrinologist told me I could try to get pregnant.

I am hypothyroid and my levels need to be monitored on a monthly basis. Thyroid problems interefere with fertility, so you may cause yourself problems by stopping taking them.

Hi thanks for that.I was wondering if anyone knew of any uk based info that was available.

I have seen a lot of women on here get pregnant with a thyroid condition and other conditions on top of this, don't give up or get frustrated, pregnancy is still possible. Prenatal vitamins can never hurt. Preparing your body for pregnancy even when you are not pregnant helps build up your vitamin stores and eliminate some deficiencies that you might have.

OK - you can look up my posts --- but I'm a weight gainer/loser during TX At first - I lost all muscle weight --- I was at 210 -215 before TX... I was pretty chunky. They did not do weight based Riba. I did 800 a day 400 x2 daily. I could ONLY eat cracker and pretzels. I lost to 170 --- about half way through TX something kicked in - and I looked at food and I gained 5 lbs. I didn't eat much - but what I ate packed back on. Nothing tasted good - and I barfed a lot...

I've heard the chances of having a healthy pregnancy with these meds are 40% for PCOS women which isn't too bad but wish it was more like 80% : ) Just wanted to hear any success stories to help cheer me up.

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