Hi, my wife is present and it's almost going to be 3 months and in her recent blood test she got to know that her thyroid (tsh) level is 7.11 which is at higher side and doctor has recommend to have thyronorm 50 mcg. Now I need to understand will hight level of tsh make any effect on baby.

Dr. Prabhakar Laxman JatharEndocrinologist50yrs exp

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Mr Vinit Kumar, Thanks for the query. I have seen the details given. As I understand your wife is pregnant probably in the third month of gestation. In that period if her TSH is 7.11 mU/L, which means she has hypothyroidism. Hence there is a need for her to take Levothyroxine 50 mcg per day. Please understand that during pregnancy TSH has to be in the following range. 1)1st trimester TSH 0.1 to 2.5 mU/L 2)2nd Trimester TSH 0.2 to 3.0 mU/L 3) 3rd Trimester 0.3 to 3.0 mU/L. Therefore, there is a need for maintaining TSH around <2.5 mU/L for proper development of baby and for desired outcome of pregnancy. Now on you will have to get Thyroid function every 4 weeks till the delivery. Thanks. 

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