I got bloodwork done on October 20th to check for a bunch of things, one of them was my thyroid. I went to my doctor today and she told me that she was concerned about my thyroid and that I need to take medication called “synthroid” thru the remainder of my pregnancy and I need to give blood every month to test my thyroid. She said if left untreated my baby runs a risk of her mental abilities not functioning properly and/or she will be stillborn. I’m extremely terrified, I fought back tears when she was explaining this to me. I’m not really sure if I had thyroid problems pre-pregnancy because I was never tested for it but I was overweight already pre-pregnancy which I hear is a symptom? Either way, I’ve never had any other symptoms and my doctor said it is very slightly off…almost borderline. She said that if I weren’t pregnant the test results would not alarm her enough to prescribe me medication, she would simply keep an eye on it every year to make sure it doesn’t change drastically but since I am pregnant she feels I should be medicated because of the risk to my baby. I’m absolutely terrified. Please someone tell me that they had/have the same thing and their babies are perfectly healthy…please. I just want my baby to be okay.
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I’m really scared, thyroid problems during pregnancy?
I got bloodwork done on October 20th to check for a bunch of things, one of them was my thyroid. I went to my doctor today and she told me that she was concerned about my thyroid and that I need to take medication called “synthroid” thru the remainder of my pregnancy and I need to give blood every month to test my thyroid. She said if left untreated my baby runs a risk of her mental abilities not functioning properly and/or she will be stillborn. I’m extremely terrified, I fought back tears when she was explaining this to me. I’m not really sure if I had thyroid problems pre-pregnancy because I was never tested for it but I was overweight already pre-pregnancy which I hear is a symptom? Either way, I’ve never had any other symptoms and my doctor said it is very slightly off…almost borderline. She said that if I weren’t pregnant the test results would not alarm her enough to prescribe me medication, she would simply keep an eye on it every year to make sure it doesn’t change drastically but since I am pregnant she feels I should be medicated because of the risk to my baby. I’m absolutely terrified. Please someone tell me that they had/have the same thing and their babies are perfectly healthy…please. I just want my baby to be okay.
