Samandpoppy--See, I told you I wouldn't forget to post in this thread! Thanks so much for creating this thread!

A big to hoobley, wouldloveabubba, mummawannabe, MsPink, and Mannie (a familiar face!). Thanks for sharing your stories!



My story began back in '91/'92. I never even realized that I had a problem... a girl I sat next to in class rudely said to me one day, "WTF is wrong with your neck, do you have a thyroid problem, or something?" She told me that I had a big lump on my neck, which I did, but had never noticed before. I was only a kid in high school at the time, so my mom took me to the dr. and they ran tests, and sure enough, was dx with hyperthyroidism/Grave's Disease. After learning that, things started falling into place.... the tremors I'd been having, increased appetite (my mom told the dr. that she practically had to nail the food down because I would be hungry all the time), sweating even if I was cold, feeling hot all the time, migraines that would make me vomit, my eyes were slightly starting to get puffy--I wouldn't say bulging, but had it not been treated, they would've ended up that way. It was all related to my thyroid... and I had never even heard of a thyroid! So I ended up having radiation... I had to drink iodine... it was weird, especially since I was only 17 at the time! I think that's why I still know so little about it all.... it was all a foreign language when the dr's would talk to me about it! So afterwards they put me on Synthroid, not sure what the beginning dose was, but eventually it ended up being 100mcg, which is still what I take now.

When I was pg with my DS1, my body somehow started producing the thyroid hormone again--which my dr. thought very strange, because the iodine completely killed my thyroid... I should only get the hormone via my pills. Anyhow, had to be completely taken off my meds during my pg'cy with him. Afterwards, back on meds. With DS2, almost 8 years later, I had no change whatsoever in my thyroid levels, I stayed on the 100mcg the whole pg'cy.

So then fast forward to Nov. 2008... moved all our meds from the kitchen cabinet to the bedroom... big mistake because I'm one of those "out of sight, out of mind" people, so I completely blew it! In 6 weeks, I probably took maybe 6 pills--I know, I know, no need to lecture--it was really stupid of me!!! Anyhow, when reading thru the posts in the TTCML thread, Mannie ( ) mentions her findings on her thyroid, which prompted me to do a little research. While reading thru the symptoms of hyperthyroid, I realize that I had been experiencing every one of them daily! Tremors, weight loss--I've lost about 12 lbs. since Nov, sweats, etc. While reading, I also learned that endo's are trying to change what is considered a normal level... did that make sense? I think my normal levels are somewhere around .4, but I'm reading that in order to sustain a pg'cy, it should now be down to at least a .2!! (or something like that... I may have a decimal off, or a missing 0 somewhere! )

So I went to my dr. and he gave me a lab slip to check my thyroid levels. He told me to wait 2 weeks since I hadn't been back on my meds for long, so it would make the test inaccurate. So that means I go in this Thursday (which is Fri. for you Aussie girls) for my BT's, and I guess we'll wait and see what happens. Not sure my dr. is willing to lower my dose in an attempt to help TTC, tho, so not sure what's going to happen either way. If there's no change in my dosage, I may have to only take 1/2 my pill in an attempt to lower it on my own. Will keep you posted on how things go.

So there's my story.... thanks again for starting this thread! Looking forward to getting to know you and sharing our continuing stories!