35+ With UnderActive Thyroid TTC 1st Time
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i'm 37 and i have an overactive thyroid was digonised with it when i was pregnant with my 3rd son who is now nearly 10. Are u on medication and if so which one?
I also have high blood pressure, calcuim defenicy ad vitamin b12 defenicy which i have injections for.
Were TTC my 4th and my OH 3rd child have been trying for about 3 months.
I also have high blood pressure, calcuim defenicy ad vitamin b12 defenicy which i have injections for.
Were TTC my 4th and my OH 3rd child have been trying for about 3 months.
Hi Babystar,
Yes I have been on Thyroxine ever since i've been diagnosed, but the dosages have varied. I started off at 150mg, but then doctors realised my condition was far too severe for that capacity of dosage, so they shot it up to 200mg.
After about 4 years of me being diagnosed, I started a job which required me to do night shift. About a month into this job, I felt awful, didnt know what it was and my doctor increased it by another 100mg taking it to 300mg.
I did 2 years of nights, and then came onto earlies. As soon as I came onto earlies my dosage came down by 100mg back to 200mg. I have been stable with the 200mg since the past 5 odd years now.
The only thing that has affected my condition now to be honest is the fact that over the first 3 years of the last 5 years, i didnt take me medication properly, i took if i remembered or else I didnt bother with it.
This resulted in my having hay-wild mensturations, extensively heavy and uncontrollable. It's been about 2 years since I've just undergone treatement with a gyny which involved taking blood flow controlling pills and also keeping a strict day to diary noting my intake of my thyroxine.
I had to be honest and state whenever I missed it. That actually got me on track in NOT to miss it. So ever since I have tried my best not to miss it, I do occassionally forget to take it, but as a norm, do take it and it has made a world of a difference.
My periods are much much more regular, in fact I have managed to maintain a cycle of 28 days and my periods are spot on time, and also my flow is so much better than before although I still experience a quite a bit of clotting.
I'm a bit concerned because over the years i've not been sexually active. To be honest i feel like a "virgin" at times!!!
I've been with my husband 11 years, but only been married just under 4 years.
We've had a very unstable relationship over the years which has just settled since the past 2-3 years by the grace of god.
Because of all this stress and unbalanced relationship we were not perfoming a sexual relationship. But since October 2010 we have slowly become more active upto now and have really been ttc since last month.
I'm so concerned about conceiving and having a healthy baby. My body has coped with so much stress and not being sexually active is raising concerns to me about the impacts on conceiving, and if I do conceive, the impacts it may have on the baby.
Do you have anything to add from knowledge or experience?
Yes I have been on Thyroxine ever since i've been diagnosed, but the dosages have varied. I started off at 150mg, but then doctors realised my condition was far too severe for that capacity of dosage, so they shot it up to 200mg.
After about 4 years of me being diagnosed, I started a job which required me to do night shift. About a month into this job, I felt awful, didnt know what it was and my doctor increased it by another 100mg taking it to 300mg.
I did 2 years of nights, and then came onto earlies. As soon as I came onto earlies my dosage came down by 100mg back to 200mg. I have been stable with the 200mg since the past 5 odd years now.
The only thing that has affected my condition now to be honest is the fact that over the first 3 years of the last 5 years, i didnt take me medication properly, i took if i remembered or else I didnt bother with it.
This resulted in my having hay-wild mensturations, extensively heavy and uncontrollable. It's been about 2 years since I've just undergone treatement with a gyny which involved taking blood flow controlling pills and also keeping a strict day to diary noting my intake of my thyroxine.
I had to be honest and state whenever I missed it. That actually got me on track in NOT to miss it. So ever since I have tried my best not to miss it, I do occassionally forget to take it, but as a norm, do take it and it has made a world of a difference.
My periods are much much more regular, in fact I have managed to maintain a cycle of 28 days and my periods are spot on time, and also my flow is so much better than before although I still experience a quite a bit of clotting.
I'm a bit concerned because over the years i've not been sexually active. To be honest i feel like a "virgin" at times!!!
I've been with my husband 11 years, but only been married just under 4 years.
We've had a very unstable relationship over the years which has just settled since the past 2-3 years by the grace of god.
Because of all this stress and unbalanced relationship we were not perfoming a sexual relationship. But since October 2010 we have slowly become more active upto now and have really been ttc since last month.
I'm so concerned about conceiving and having a healthy baby. My body has coped with so much stress and not being sexually active is raising concerns to me about the impacts on conceiving, and if I do conceive, the impacts it may have on the baby.
Do you have anything to add from knowledge or experience?
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Hi Anli
Most of the things you mention are way outside my knowledge/experience however maybe one worry I can help ease - I really don't think the sexual inactivity itself makes a (negative) difference, as I was for about a year & half and when that changed got pregnant immediately.
Good luck with everything
xx
Most of the things you mention are way outside my knowledge/experience however maybe one worry I can help ease - I really don't think the sexual inactivity itself makes a (negative) difference, as I was for about a year & half and when that changed got pregnant immediately.
Good luck with everything
xx
hi Anli,
I'm on 150mcg of thyorixne, plus other medication, i had my thyroid taken out in 2003 which has left me with a scar on my neck. I came off the pill in Aug after 9 years, it has been quite hard controlling my thyroid levels as i also developed a calcium defecincy after the operation.
Me and my OH have been TTC for about 4 months, i have 3 boys 14, 13 and 9 from a previous marriage and my OH has 2 teenage kids from his previous marriage.
But have had no luck yet but AF due next week so fingers crossed, hope you have a BFP soon.
I'm on 150mcg of thyorixne, plus other medication, i had my thyroid taken out in 2003 which has left me with a scar on my neck. I came off the pill in Aug after 9 years, it has been quite hard controlling my thyroid levels as i also developed a calcium defecincy after the operation.
Me and my OH have been TTC for about 4 months, i have 3 boys 14, 13 and 9 from a previous marriage and my OH has 2 teenage kids from his previous marriage.
But have had no luck yet but AF due next week so fingers crossed, hope you have a BFP soon.
