Hi, I am new to this board..... actually I didn't even realize that this board was here until now, but boy and I glad I found it..... I went in for a blood test to check my thyroid recently after an extremely long cycle (which I am still in the midst of) and a variety of other symptoms. Well the results came back "very low normal" the DR put me on 50mcg of Synthroid and I have been taking that for about a week now. Is there anything I should look out for? Is this going to straighten my cycles out? I obviously can't get pregnant if I am not O'ing and as of right now, it doesn't look like I am. Any insight you can give would be greatly appreciated!

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I'm not of much help with the menstrual cycle stuff since I have been taking synthroid since I was 5 y.o. but I wanted to wish you

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Hi,
I love to do research about hypothyroidism because that is my condition. When I had a check up my family dr didn't put attention to my levels of TSH, they were a little bit high, the high normal is 4.5 and they were 5, I guess since so little of difference he never mentioned it. I got preganant and had a miscarriage. Months later after the miscarriage I asked for my records wanting to find a reason and found out the only abnormal thing I had in my tests was the TSH. So I went with a specialist and by then my levels were 10. So she put me in synthorid, (they have to find the right dosis for you making several tests in a period of several month to see how that amount of dosis is working for you). I've read if you want to become pregnant is better to be in a level of 1 or 2, that means in the lower normal level. And when you become pregnant the specialist told me is recommended to add an extra pill per week, since you are producing more estrogens. If you become pregnant it is very important to keep checking your levels every 3 months at least. So it is always in the normal level. If you are required to take synthoroid and you don't take while pregnant, I've read that consequences would be for the child, as difficulty learning and in the worse case miscarriage. There are several wonderful websites that are in relation with tyroid disease, sorry I don't have them anymore. BTW - my second pregnancy was succesful and now I have a beautiful and really smart 16 months old son, so please, get all the information you can, get really well informed so you can have a nice and healthy pregnancy to enjoy!

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