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250mg Eltroxin during my 1st trimester
Today I almost completed my 9th week of pregnancy. 4 weeks ago my TSH was 17 and FT4 is 1.8. Now the TSH went down but still high; it is 8.27 and my FT4 1.5, my doctor increased the dose in a very strange alternate manner to 250 one day and 200 the next day.
My concern is the baby and its health and development, is he taking his dose from the medication, what if the 1st trimester passed and my TSH remained high. I am always hearing that since I am under medication with close monitoring no matter the readings are.
Please let me know if there is any risk on the baby development and if the dose I am taking doesnt have any impact on both of us.
My concern is the baby and its health and development, is he taking his dose from the medication, what if the 1st trimester passed and my TSH remained high. I am always hearing that since I am under medication with close monitoring no matter the readings are.
Please let me know if there is any risk on the baby development and if the dose I am taking doesnt have any impact on both of us.
Thank you Sally.
but what if TSH remains high for long till the first trimester passes?
and mentioning your 2nd baby and your high TSH, is he/she fine by now and baby can be perfect and fine even if the TSH is high.
sorry, for not making sense in putting the right words together, but I am very confused and scared.
but what if TSH remains high for long till the first trimester passes?
and mentioning your 2nd baby and your high TSH, is he/she fine by now and baby can be perfect and fine even if the TSH is high.
sorry, for not making sense in putting the right words together, but I am very confused and scared.
Hello,
This is not an unusual way of dosing - it averages out. I assume that your original dose was 200 mcg/day and now it is 200 alternating with 250.
Your doctor will retest and further adjust your meds in another 4 weeks.
It is not unusual to have to increase meds every month for the first half of the pregnancy.
In my 2 pregnancies I had to increase monthly up until about 6 months and then levels were stable to the end of the pregnancy.
You are being medicated and this is important for both you and your baby's health.
This is not an unusual way of dosing - it averages out. I assume that your original dose was 200 mcg/day and now it is 200 alternating with 250.
Your doctor will retest and further adjust your meds in another 4 weeks.
It is not unusual to have to increase meds every month for the first half of the pregnancy.
In my 2 pregnancies I had to increase monthly up until about 6 months and then levels were stable to the end of the pregnancy.
You are being medicated and this is important for both you and your baby's health.
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