Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or accidental termination of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving, generally defined at...
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ok so i happen to stumble across -3an article on the net about women who are not treated for thyroid problems are at higher risk for repeat mcs or infertility. my mom has hypothyroidism and i started seeing an endocronologist in 2006 bc i suspected i had the same problem. in doing bloodwork we got some startling results.. my anti-thyroid antibodies were 6237 and the normal range is 0-34 my antithyroglobulin was 1200 and normal range is 0-40 my cortisol was 28.2 and normal range for that is 3.1-22.4 and my insulin was 4.3 and normal for that 6.0-27.0. my dr. never called me to tell me about these off the chart numbers. i called and asked for a copy of my blood work and thats when i saw this. i told the receptionist i wanted to speak with the dr. the dr. told her my numbers were fine and not too worry. i should come back in a year for my annual appt. the endocoronologist is one of many drs. i saw to find out why i had been so ridiculously tired. 8 months later i was diagonosed with severe anemia and with thru several treatments for that.
so anyway when i was reading this article online it said a mothers thyroid contributes a special component to help develop the babies brain. if the mother doesnt have this is may result in mc. also women who are untreated can become anemic. yea maybe im jumping to conclusions but does this seem all to likely to anyone? does anyoneknow anything about thyroid disease? Posted on 06/01/08, 03:06 pm |
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I have hypothyroidism which is one of the blood tests I had gone to have when I found out I was unexpectedly pregnant. I've been on meds for over 10 years and things have been pretty balanced for me, though I have wondered if this condition contributed to my miscarriage. My internal med dr thought having high blood pressure and hypothyroidism would make me high risk, but my OB didn't agree. It does make you tired and is hard to balance. Mine was diagnosed when I was considered "borderline". Apparently you can have symptoms before you're considered hypo. I also have major weight issues - about 80 lbs overweight and can't seem to lose much no matter what plan I try. 
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since i havent officially been diagonosed and im not currently on meds for it my ob had no idea and i didnt either. im going to call tomorrow and try and make an appt with a new endorinologist. thanks for ur response
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Good luck. The one thing I've found is that different doctors treat it differently. Some go strictly by numbers, some with symptoms and numbers. I prefer the latter.
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I can't believe that your doctor thinks your numbers are normal. My aunt has hypothyrodism and my mom has suspected for years that I might have it. No tests were done on my after my m/c, but I am having majorly weird periods now and my husband wants me to get my thyroid tested. We'll see if there's a doctor in this world that will actually want to delve into my crazy body.
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I'm also borderline hypothyroidism. Both my parents along with 4 aunts have it. I have always tested in the normal range but on the low end. I have always wondered if maybe that could be a reason for my m/c. I knew it affected pregnancy.
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I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism with my second pregnancy. I took PTU which tasted horrible. I ended up in preterm labor at 23 weeks. It had nothing to do with my thyroid though because I was medicated for that so my levels were normal. Hyperthyroidism can contribute to 1st trimester miscarriages. They tell me that is probably what happened with my first pregnancy. My sister had it with both of her pregnancies. Her pregnancies were uncomplicated though. I guess it is different for everyone. My levels level back out when I am not pregnant. I have to see the endocrinologist every 3 months and asap when I become pregnant.
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wow thanks everyone for your responses. i never knew ne thing about this til now.
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This is very interesting. I checked out hyperthyroidism on webmd and I was a little shocked. I went to a doc for about half those symptoms when I was younger and he told me I wasn't sleeping enough and didn't even bother with blood work.
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