aw. it'd be pointless for me to say "feel better" because you said that won't be happening for a long while, but i wish you a smooth pregnancy at some points in time. you have to take care of yourself, as well as your child. don't worry, the time will fly quicker than you'd ever imagine.

good luck with the move. my boyfriend & i are moving tomorrow, so i understand that stress. it'll all work out in the end, though.

just keep your focus on that beautiful child growing inside of you. you're going to make a great mother.

I know that having thyroid issues during pregnancy is not fun. My sister had to deal with them whenever she was pregnant with one of her kids.

She said that Milk Thistle really helped her out and it was safe to take while pregnant.

I'm sorry you aren't feeling well.

What type of medicine are you on? I took levothyroxine (or however you spell it) once a day and had no problems. My thryroid stayed at the correct levels the entire pregnancy with this. It wasn't until after I had the baby that they started to mess up again, but they still haven't got *too* out of whack just a bit off.

Well, I'm hyperthyroid so I am on PTU. It's the only drug that is safe to take while pregnant. The odd thing is I have all the symptoms of underactive thyroid but mine is overactive. I didn't go to work again today. I woke up just hurting all over and felt like I had been runover by a bus. I'm really thinking that once we move I am at least going to have to cut down part time for the sake of me and the baby. I can't keep feeling like crap.

Hey I definatley know what you are going through, I was diagnosed with a hypothyroid a week before I found out I was pregnant.
I feel like crap. I feel tired and sluggish from the hypothyroid and now piled on with pregnancy fatigue and nausea and headaches. It sucks.
That is good that you have the type of job you can cut your hours down with...i am in a Full time positon and cant budge...booo
I really hope that you are taking care of yourself and its good that you call in sick when you need to and listen to your body.

I'm to the point right now that I am just ready to quit. I know I don't need to do it just yet but I can barely hold my head up today. It would be nice if I had all this energy they say people with overactive thyroids had. I was already pregnant (without knowing it) when I found out about my thyroid. I'm in a full time position too but we get our benefits through my husband's job. Sometimes, I just wish my job would fire me so I could stay home. How horrible is that?

Stephanie or Andy,

I have a question. What is the difference between hyper and hypothyroid?
I had some blood work done yesterday, because I have two strange bumps on my shins and they wanted to test my thyroid??? I have no idea why, but I think I remember you saying something about your TSH levels? I have that on the write up from the doctor. They did the TSH and for EBV which I think is Epstine Bar? They said something about that. I was just wondering the terminology with all this tyroid talk.

I am kinda glad that I got to have this blood work done now right before we start trying just to find out about my thyroid. I remember someone posting about recommending everyone who is ttc to have your tyroid checked.

Hyper is too much thyroid hormone, hypo is too little.

Hyper thyroid can be caused by an autoimmune disorder called Graves disease. When this is the case your antibodies attack your thyroid, sometimes the tissue behind your eyes (giving you bulging eyes) and rarely the tissue where your shins are. That is probably why the Drs wanted to test thyroid function, however it is good to get thyroid function tested on some what of a regular basis anyway.

Hope this helps.

Hyperthyroid means that your thyroid is producing too much of the thyroid hormones. It usually goes along with not being able to gain weight, protruding eyes, anxiety, heart palpitations, and an inability to sit still.

Hypothyroid is the exact opposite. Your thyroid does not produce enough of the thyroid hormones. Usually the symptoms are weight gain, fatigue and a few other things I can't remember.

Normal TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) levels are from 0.4-4.5. These values range though depending on the doctor and the lab. If you are below 0.4 then you are hyperthyroid because TSH stimulates your thyroid to release more hormones but since you already have high levels of them in your blood your thyroid is not being stimulated as much by TSH. If your TSH is higher than 4.5 then you are hypothyroid and your body isn't getting enough of the hormones.

My TSH was 0.01, so it was almost nonexistent. This was the exact opposite of what I expected it to be because I have totally opposite symptoms.

It really sucks because the one medicine I can take does have a very rare side effect on that baby but the benefits of taking it outweigh the risk. The only risk is that part of the scalp will possibly not close up but it is a very rare side effect and I am on a very low doseage to try and prevent this from happening. It is very important for your thyroid to be under control while pregnant because you can go into what is called a thyroid storm where your blood pressure can go either really high or really low and put both you and the baby at risk. It's very possible for this to happen right around when you go into labor.

So all in all, thyroid problems totally suck and please get it checked out. Let me know how it all goes Star. Oh yeah, my name is Stefanie.

Sorry Stefanie, I'm Heather I don't know if you knew that or not.

So...I guess I am waiting for my blood work to come back to see if I have any thyroid problems. My question is...which one if any gives you a hard time to get pregnant? The doctor felt my neck and asked me to swallow and she said that she didn't feel any thyroid inflamation. So I am assuming that this is good news.

I will let you guys know when the blood work comes back.

Any type of thyroid problem can make it harder to get pregnant and also gives you an increased risk of miscarriage. Having a thyroid problem can make your cycles totally wacky. Either way is really not good. My uncle's wife found out she was pregnant and that she was hypothyroid and she ended up miscarrying. I've been very lucky so far.