Hi
I am 9 weeks pregnant and just had routine blood tests and my tsh levels come back extremely extremely high at 40. My obstetrician diagnosed hypothyroidism and sent me to see a go that has put me on 100 levothyroxine. I am so worried as I have seen that this condition can effect the babies brain development in early pregnancy and lead to low iq and learning difficulties. I had no previous symptoms other than tiredness and bloating, but put it down to pregnancy. I am so petrified that I have damaged the baby and I can't get it out of my head....I was only diagnosed 2 days ago so am new to thryroid problems....can anyone put my mind at rest or share similar experiences....I live in. India also so very far away from family x
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Hello
I can understand your concern.please try to relax. Do not blame yourself for anything. Take the positive aspect that you got yourself evaluated and have been diagnosed early. You have been started on thyroxine supplements. So do not worry.
As you are majorly worried about the effect on your child, I would like to quote the conclusions of 2014 EUROPEAN GUIDELINES for management of hypothyroidism in pregnancy.
Conclusions
• Current data indicate an increase in pregnancy loss,
gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia and preterm delivery in women with SCH in
pregnancy.
• The association between SCH in pregnancy and impaired neuropsychological development of the off-
spring is inconsistent.
Maternal hypothyroxinaemia is associated with impaired neuropsychological development of the offspring.
Basically, there some studies which suggest that there is a possibility of neuropsychological impairment but no consistent results..
Whatever is done is gone, so better would be if you follow your medicines properly and have a tight control of your TSH values.
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