Hi there

I don't know if you remember but I wrote to the group in late February. I
have Hashimotos thyroiditis (hypo) and at that time I had just found out I
was pregnant.

I would like some advice on how to deal with what has happened to me since
then.

I saw my endo at the beginning of March (at 6 weeks pregnant). Before that my
medication was 100mcg T4 and 20mcg T3 which I had been quite happy on for the
past 18 months. He insisted that I drop to 10 mcg T3 as he felt this was
safer for the baby. This was on March 4th.

I had an ultrasound on March 26th and they could not find my baby's
heartbeat. The radiographer said that the baby was far to small for dates.
When I asked if this could have been caused by my drop in meds, she said it
was possible. I then miscarried on March 30th. I was approx 10 weeks
pregnant.

I have been unable to conceive for the past two cycles. I fell pregnant after
only one month with my first child and also with the pregancy earlier this
year. My endo refuses to let me increase my T3 back to 20mcg. I am suffering
from numb fingers and toes, pins & needles all up my arms, I am unable to
type very well (my husband has typed this for me) and therefore have been
unable to work since the beginning of March.I am having a recurrence of the
kidney pains I haad before I got pregnant with my last child, which wake me
up during the night. I have also gained 10lbs which I know part of which may
be due to confused hormones.

I am tempted to cancel visits to my endo and just take 20mcg T3 (I am
sneaking 15mcg at the moment which she is very unhappy about but without it I
would not be able to get out of bed) but I would be very nervous of being
pregnant and not having blood tests every month. I cannot swap doctors, so
what should I do?

Any advice would be gratefully received as you can appreciate the stress this
situation is creating in our marriage.

Jenni Pitt

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