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| Mon, 09-13-2004 - 8:49pm |
Hi all. I'm new here. I'm 22 from TN and earlier this summer my dr said I had thyroid problems, so he put me on this medicine to take and try out. I haven't had a period in a while so I had an appointment today to see my dr. He said he wasn't surprised I had irregular periods with my thyroids, so now I have to take the medicine till this lifetime is over. My dr said I was underactive in the harmones. Will everything with me stay the same?
I guess I'm wondering if I still can have kids someday cause I definietly want a big family someday. Thanks and feel free to E-mail me. XOXO.
I guess I'm wondering if I still can have kids someday cause I definietly want a big family someday. Thanks and feel free to E-mail me. XOXO.

Hi Corwnotangelgrl,
Welcome to our board.
I'm hypothyroid (I was diagnosed when I was trying to conceive 2 years ago) and I just had a baby 6 months ago. You can still get pregnant and have a baby and even breastfeed if you want to as long as your thyroid is under control. If you have to take thyroid medicine to keep it under control, that's fine, in fact you will need to take it throughout the pregnancy. The only difference is they will have to monitor your TSH, T4 and T3 levels more closely when you are pregnant as they will flucuate more due to the demands of the baby on your body. I was checked about every 5-6 weeks, and my endo changed my medication amounts a few times during my pregnancy. Afterwards, they will monitor you closely again for a little while until your TSH,etc. levels stabilize.
Take care,
Rebecca
As far as when will your period come back, it's kinda hard to say, the medicine takes 6 weeks to really be in your system so it could be back to normal in the next 6 weeks or it could take longer, as the medicine may treat or clear up other symptoms and your doseage may have to be up-ed before it fixes the period problem. I stared meds 6 weeks ago and not untill starting them didn't I have a problem with my period, it used to like clock work, I got it on the first of every month and this month it was two weeks late so go figure. I guess what I'm saying is that all of our bodies react differently so you will knida just have to wait and see what happens. good luck.
Michelle