Hypothyroid and newly-pg

[PopcornMouse]

Hi :)

I found out I'm pregnant on Tuesday after a year of trying (hurrah!). I'm hypothyroid, though - it's well-controlled at the moment; I tested 1.4 TSH in December and I'm on 150mcg daily and have been for about a year.

But, unexpectedly, I can't get in to see a GP til next Friday (will then be almost 5 weeks) and I've read loads of horror stories about going really hypo when you're pregnant and miscarrying.

I will be ok til 5 weeks, right? I'd be grateful for any advice from hypo pg ladies?

Hi, congratulations on your pregnancy. My levels didn't change much and were higher than yours to begin with, about 2.7 I think. I was about 5 and a half weeks before my dose was upped. I certainly didn't go really hypo. Is there any chance you could get a nurse to do a blood form for you so the gp would have recent levels to go off? A lot of gp's won't up your dose without a level and it would save time if he had one before your appointment. I ended up getting 2 lots of bloods done a week apart when I was 4/5 weeks pregnant and the tsh only went up from 2.5 to 2.7 so not dramatic at all and that was before my dose was changed.

Congratulations! I always panic about this too! My TSH was a bit low just before conception (0.18), went up to 0.6 at 4+4 ish, so my dose wasn't changed. 4 weeks later TSH had gone up to 2.5, so dose increased - but it didn't happen very quickly. Previous pregnancy started at 2.8, was 4.8 at 5+5 ish, T4 was fine, certainly wasn't hypo. MC, but baby stopped growing before 5 weeks, so I can't imagine it had anything to do with it.

So like ciwi says - it certainly wasn't dramatic, but it's a good idea to get into the system as soon as possible.

Thanks both, that's really put my mind at rest - I thought it would suddenly sky rocket

ciwi I'm not the nurses would do that at my practise they're pretty scary . The GPs are pretty good with telephone appts to discuss blood results though, so I think I'll just hang on til my appointment and get a form then.

Thanks again :)