High thyriod levels in pregnancy?

[tellytubby]

Hi all,

Just got back from my GP. Turns out my Thyroid levels are 3.5, and should be between .25 -3. I am 6w5d.

Does anyone know what this means??

She is refering me to a specialist.

Any advice or feedback would be swell

TIA

[onthefly]

it's only a tiny bit high, so I wouldn't stress about it at this point. Did you get the t4 levels as well (that's the actual amount of thyoid hormone). the 3.5 would be tsh, which is an indicator of how hard your thyroid is working to try adn produce thryoid hormones.
bascially, it might mean your thyroid is a bit sluggish and the pituritary gland is having to pump out more tsh to get enough thyroid hormones into your body.
When I was first pregnant with DS I had OHSS, which meant my estrogen levels were through the roof. E2 can block thyroid hormones (or sometrhing) and after my thyroidectomy I'm reliant on synthetic thyroxine, so my pituritary was going nuts trying to stimulte more thyroid hormones - TSH was 35. That's really high.

Your body naturally needs a bit more thyroid hormones during pregnancy, so it actually might be quite normal for youto have slightly elevated TSH at this point

[tellytubby]

Thanks for the reply MadB. I'm almost positive it was the tsh levels, as my GP just did some general blood tests, to confirm my pregnancy and what not.

I'm a little bit annoyed, she didn't answer my questions. Just said that if I wasn't pregnant, she wouldn't worry about it and simply send me for another blood test in a couple of weeks to see if it was still high. That was is She said she would refer me to a specialist.

Bloody google, stressing me out. Just read some of the factors, and they include miscarriage, premature birth, and the worst one - can effect brain development!

Never had this problem with my other two cherubs

[onthefly]

nah nah, 3.5 is really not particularly high.
My DS I mentioned has shown no sign of ill effect. Or maybe he'd be a mensa candidate if not for the elevated TSH, who knows? I'm sure your baby will be fine, as I said, it's really not that high.

[tellytubby]

Thank you MadB Really needed to hear that!

[buliej]

TellyTubby - try to get into a specialist as soon as possible...don't stress, but it's important that your thyroid levels remain in the optimal range during pregnancy so the sooner you can get on top of this the better. And they want to keep TSH at the low end of normal during pregnancy.