thyroid antibodies and ttc - should I be concerned????

[HalfFrench]

Ok - don't know if I am being overly anxious here but would be grateful to hear from anyone who has experience of this.

I have a 6month old DS (who is very gorgeous ) and for some mad mad reason am feeling clucky again. Could be due to the fact that he has recently started to sleep a lot lot better and so feeling much more 'with it' the past few days.

Anyway to get to the point of this post.....I have had a thyroid goitre for many years now and my thyroid levels have always been in the normal range, even during my pregnancy. I have also never shown any signs of thyroid disease to date.

At my 6 week post partum check up my GP recommended that I get tested for thyroid antibodies (never heard of the test before), which I did recently and the test came back as showing positive for thyroid antibodies. Being positive means that my thyroid now has the very real potential to fail and now I have scared myself shiteless by reading websites that also tell it could affect my chances of conceiving much much wanted other DCs. I was thinking of waiting till Dec 09/Jan 10 before starting again but now am thinking maybe I shouldn't hang around that long. What do others think??

[EldonAve]

If your thyroid fails and you go hypothyroid then you will need to take thyroxine

Provided your hormone levels are monitored and you take adequate thyroxine it should not affect ttc or pg

[HalfFrench]

thanks for that.....yet another reason why I love MN

[mousemole]

i have had really high antibodies throughout both pregancies and conceived both the first month of trying - hope that reassures you. Try not to worry.