Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 In a message dated 11/5/2004 8:54:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, britishley@... writes: > she has had 7 miscarriages. could this be due to synthroid? > not necessarily the synthroid...just undertreated hypo. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I just recently had a miscarriage because my hashimoto's/hypothyroidism went untreated by my ex-OB. I told him I've had hashi's since I was twelve - on the first visit - but wasn't tested until week 8 - test results came back week 9 - OB never called with results. When I started m/c - he told me that my TSH was " a little high " and that my progesterone was low. After the m/c, I got a copy of the chart and found out that my TSH was 11 - more than a " little high " . And, progesterone and thyroid are linked. I can't imagine any doc not knowing about that connection. If my ex-OB is typical, I would say that your friend is running into the typical OB. They don't know much about thyroid problems - or they have all the wrong info - or they don't care - or they're stupid. That's why I've chosen to educate myself - too late to save my last pregnancy, but, hopefully, I'll be able to save the next one, if I'm that fortunate. -Anne > > i contacted a family friend about thyroid problems because she has > one also. she is on synthroid. i told her what i had learned so far > from you ladies and to ask her doc to consider amour. > > she has had 7 miscarriages. could this be due to synthroid? > > where is there an article that i can send her on amour debunking > synthroid? > > jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 In a message dated 11/7/2004 10:05:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, silverwhitemoon@... writes: > Wish me luck. > we sure do! cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 That's probably what happened to me. I have been on nothing but synthetic T4 since I was diagnosed with hashi's at 12. My grandfather noticed a goiter and I was put on synthroid right away. When I was 27 I had my son. I don't remember how my OB handled my synthroid dosage then. I'm pretty sure it was increased at some point during the pregnancy, but I can't remember when. Now, I'm 35 and just experience a m/c last month. My free T4 level was within range (1.4) but my TSH was way too high (11.49). The OB insisted I was " being replaced " b/c my T4 was " in range " - Of course, he was full of **it. Obviously, my pituitary was aware that I wasn't " being replaced " and sending out a chemical SOS. Either I needed more T4, or, more likely, after years of hashi's and being on synthroid, my body doesn't convert T4 to T3 as well as it used to. The OB, of course, didn't order a free T3 test- big surprise there - he said it wasn't necessary. I'm going to try to get pregnant again. MY dh and I are going to start next month. I'm switching slowly to Armour - without my doc's approval. I'm through with docs when it comes to my hashi's. My gp won't refer me to an endocrinologist because she doesn't think I need it. I'm going to dose by test results and - more importantly - symptoms. I got the armour through myrxforless and I've bought myself a couple of home TSH tests and I can go through Healthcheck when I need a full workup. I just got some Armour today and I'm starting today with .125 of synthroid in the a.m and a half grain of armour this afternoon. My regular dose is .175 synthroid. I'll try this for a coupld of weeks and then lower the synthroid and up the armour for a few weeks and then keep going until I'm on all armour. Wish me luck. -Anne > The thing about $ynthroid or other synthetic T4-only thyroid meds is not > actually what the pills have IN them, it's what they CAN'T offer. Most > people, either right away, or after awhile, as they're being > undertreated/wrong treatment, begin to have further body chemistry problems > on acct of this, so they start having conversion problem, from T4 to T3, > either then or later. This is why a T4-only med is not appropriate for hypo > people. This is why they eventually get sicker and sicker and have > miscarriages, as your friend did, because they do not have the useable form > of the thyroid hormone in their body cells, or in specific body cells, to > function properly. T3 runs virtually every single function in the body, > right down to the microscopic happenings in the DNA. No conversion means no > T3. > > > > miscarriage > > > > > > > > i contacted a family friend about thyroid problems because she has > > one also. she is on synthroid. i told her what i had learned so far > > from you ladies and to ask her doc to consider amour. > > > > she has had 7 miscarriages. could this be due to synthroid? > > > > where is there an article that i can send her on amour debunking > > synthroid? > > > > jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 You'll do fine...just listen to your body. And you already know more about Hashi's than most MD's! Laurie miscarriage > > > > > > > > i contacted a family friend about thyroid problems because she has > > one also. she is on synthroid. i told her what i had learned so far > > from you ladies and to ask her doc to consider amour. > > > > she has had 7 miscarriages. could this be due to synthroid? > > > > where is there an article that i can send her on amour debunking > > synthroid? > > > > jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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