Hypothyroid during pregnancy
I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism almost a year after giving birth to my first daughter. The symptoms really started after a bad bout of flu but it took me months to do anything about it. I attributed my fatigue to lots of sleepless nights with a demanding breastfed baby but after spending ten days on a beautiful beach where I slept every afternoon and should have felt wonderful, I remember returning home feeling nauseated, yellow, constipated and exhausted. My hair was also falling out, I had lost my appetite and by the time I finally got to a doctor, I felt like I was losing my noodle too.
I remember doing the blood tests thinking I had anemia, but two days later my doctor called back to say my thyroid levels were through the roof. Every since that day, I have been on Synthroid and will probably be on it for the rest of my life unless someone comes up with a natural alternative (not Armor) which would be wonderful. So why am I telling you all this… it seems many women are borderline hypothyroid during pregnancy. I just found this article which is definitely worth reading. Try not to panic about this, but don’t be shy to visit your doctor if you suspect anything.
To learn more about Hypothyroidism in general, go here….
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March 22nd, 2007 | Permalink
The general consensus in the homeopathy world is that as long as the
thyroid gland is still there, there is a good prognosis with
homeopathic treatment. Just thought I’d put it out there. I’ve only
seen one case in person, who was scheduled for surgery, but had
significant improvement in the time she was in homeopathic treatment,
but didn’t want to cancel the surgery so went ahead and did it, even
though she was headed in the right direction. There are many other
cases I’ve read though, with very good outcomes, and one friend of
mine with hypothyroidism, used strictly homeopathy and was able to
stay off of synthroid.
so…
something to think about.
all the best,
Rebekah
Thanks Rebekah for this…
My biggest fear about coming off Synthroid is the down time I might have when the symptoms might show up again. Can you tell me more about how you would ease someone off Synthroid? Would I continue taking the Synthroid and introduce Homeopathy slowly?
I have been on it for nearly two years now….
Also how would you test a pregnant woman for Hypothyroidism?
The role of the “constitutional” remedy in homeopathy is to boost your vitality level. It’s never appropriate to just go off of meds completely when starting homeopathy, but to have your thyroid levels monitored regularly after you’ve taken a remedy, and the dose of your drugs adjusted accordingly. So if you start making as much TSH as you need, you wouldn’t need the synthetic version in synthroid. This is an ideal scenario, but it can take some time.
Your question was, “do I introduce homeopathy slowly?”. The way homeopathic remedies work is that you take a remedy (that is chosen based on your whole symptom pattern, mental, emotional, physical) usually just once, and it stimulates your own healing to take place, raising the level of health. So the thing that would have to happen slowly and carefully once your overall health is improving is the lowering of a dose of medication that you might not need as much of as your health improves and then your thyroid starts working more on it’s own. You’d need to be in touch with your doctor about the process.
The same goes when pregnant. If a woman suspects she has hypothyroidism it’s best to have a thyroid panel (a simple blood test) done by her midwife or doctor. Homeopathy is safe for pregnancy and doesn’t interact with any medications because it is energetic medicine. And like I explained earlier, the importance of monitoring TSH levels while on a remedy is the same in pregnancy as when not pregnant. (and even when not doing homeopathy it is important to monitor your TSH levels in pregnancy if you have hypo or hyper-thyroidism!)
thanks for this rebekah.
right now i think it is too soon for me to come off meds. but I am interested to learn more….