Thyroid disorders in pregnancy Health Feed

It is important for you to know how pregnancy affects your thyroid gland. The thyroid hormone plays an important role during pregnancy in the development of the baby and also regarding the health of the mother. If you suffer from thyroid problems during pregnancy, you should take medicines and certain thyroid function tests.

How pregnancy affects normal thyroid function?
The pregnancy hormones known as human chorionic gonadotropin or hCG and estrogen lead to increased thyroid hormon...more

Once the tsh levels are in the normal, beet roots are fine.

With the due permission of your gynaecologist you have to increase it. I will recommend you not to increase the dose.

We generally give it for 12 weeks. We continue it for a longer time in situations where we want uterine relaxation.

Yes, thyroid hormone is must for normal pregnancy, mental ane physical development of fetus. If you are planning for pregnancy take sufficient thyroid hormone supplement to control hypothyroid state and monitor TSH regularly throughout pregnancy and thereafter.

It depends from one person to another..

Hi. For diet you need to consult a dietitian, regular follow up from gynecologist. Keep the thyroid is well controlled.

Hypothyroidism while you are pregnant can have significant adverse health effects on the unborn baby, and so maternal hypothyroidism should be avoided.
If you are hypothyroid prior to pregnancy, the Guidelines recommend that your dosage be adjusted so that TSH is below 2.5 mIU/L prior to conception. This lowers the risk of the TSH elevating in the first trimester.

Lybrate-user, Thanks for the query. In pregnancy it is essential to maintain TSH in the following manner: 1st trimester - 0.1 to 2.5 mU/L, 2nd trimester - .0.2 to 3.0 mU/L, 3rd trimester - 0.3 to 3.0 mU/L. Based on the levels mentioned your present TSH is too high. It has to be rapidly reduced to < 2mU/L by increasing the dose by 25 mcg per day (62.5 + 25= 87.5) then check TSH after 4 weeks. Then keep checking that every 4 weeks till delivery. Post delivery dosage will have to be reduced based o...more

Dose of thyroid medicine to be monitored regularly by getting TSH test done which should be kept at acceptable for particular trimester.