Pregnant with Hypothyroid

[racabear]

I am in the 6th week of my pregnancy, this is my third baby, and the first one where I have had a low thyroid, the first two I had Graves' and then 5 years ago I have Radioactive Iondine (never ever do this!, Try to lower it naturally)
My TSH is 8.9 at the moment. I am terrified since I know all the complications of a pregnancy with low thyroid.
So, I am now on .0125 mg of Levothyroxine.
Is there anymore I should do?  Is there a high chance of this pregnancy not going to term?  What % of children have the low IQ from this?  Is it 100% or just high...please help, I am worried!



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[Super_sally888]

Hi,

I am now 25 weeks pregnant with hypothryoid.

You need to have your medication level increased immediately.  Probably need to increase by 25 mcg immediately.  Then your doctor should be testing your TSH, FT4 and FT3 monthly. My doctor told me that they rely mostly on FT3 and FT4 levels in pregnancy and try to keep them at high normal range.  He doesn't look at TSH any more.   Most likely  you will need to increase your meds every month for at least a few months.

With proper medication the risk to your baby is very low.

I started off on 100 mcg of thyroxine plus 125 mcg of dessicated thyroid.  I have been increasing my thyroxine by 25 mcg every month so far and am now on 225 mcg of thyroxine plus 125 mcg of dessicated thyroid.  I'll be testing again in 2 weeks.  So far everything is going well and my baby seems healthy and normal.

[NB02]

I was diagnosed with hypo when I was pregnant last summer, I was scared to death after reading all the side effects etc.. The pregnancy was fine, I had a healthy 9 lb baby boy, and he is now 1 and so darn smart! I am on Synthyroid