OK, maybe one of you smart mamas can help me decipher what's going on.
Back story: I have a 17 month old DS. While he is undeniably a sweet child, he didn't sleep for the first year of his life. Or so it felt to me. I was extremely, extremely fatigued. Well, he started to sleep better after his first birthday, but even after a few months of getting fairly decent sleep, I was still feeling just totally wiped out all the time. Like I needed a nap every day or I'd die. I was also struggling with insomnia and general not sleeping at night, which made everything so much worse. I was (and still am) still nursing. Well, I decided that something had to be wrong so I needed to go to the doctor and rule out anemia or thyroid problems, etc.
My doctor did some bloodwork and the nurse called me back. She said something I don't remember now about my thyroid (I thought she said HYPER- but maybe I hallucinated) and some hormone level being 4.5 which was just slightly elevated. I don't know if this was the T4 or TSH or whatever. She also said my vitamin D levels were very low -- 27, when normal is above 40 and optimal is at least 100. So she prescribed levothyroxine (50 mg) and told me to take 1000 IUs of Vitamin D3 a day.
This was back in early May. So I took the levothyroxine for 30 days, but it didn't refill automatically I didn't think, so I figured it would just correct whatever was going on since it was only slightly above normal.
Then I found out I was pregnant at the end of May. I was no longer taking the levothyroxine (since the scrip had run out) but I continued to take the 1000 IUs of vitamin D in addition to my prenatal.
I got a phone call yesterday from my pharmacy asking if I wanted to refill the levothyroxine. I said I didn't know that it was something that required refill, but sire, go ahead. I went to pick it up today. The little information thingie on the bag said that levothyroxine is used to treat hypothyroidism. Here I thought I was hyper- because of what the nurse said, but then I was confused. Am I hyper- or hypo-? If I am hyper- should I be taking levothyroxine? Why would they prescribe something for low thyroid function if they said I was slightly hyper-?? Is this going to hurt my unborn baby?
I am planning a home birth but I thought I heard that hyperthryoidism automatically makes one high-risk and risks one out of home birth, but being hypo- was ok. I'd really like to know which one I am so I can figure out if my baby is okay and if I can have my home birth or not.
I am planning to call first thing tomorrow morning but I thought I'd post here in the meantime....sorry for the rambly long post. I hope someone can help me. I am VERY worried about not only my health but my unborn baby's health.
Back story: I have a 17 month old DS. While he is undeniably a sweet child, he didn't sleep for the first year of his life. Or so it felt to me. I was extremely, extremely fatigued. Well, he started to sleep better after his first birthday, but even after a few months of getting fairly decent sleep, I was still feeling just totally wiped out all the time. Like I needed a nap every day or I'd die. I was also struggling with insomnia and general not sleeping at night, which made everything so much worse. I was (and still am) still nursing. Well, I decided that something had to be wrong so I needed to go to the doctor and rule out anemia or thyroid problems, etc.
My doctor did some bloodwork and the nurse called me back. She said something I don't remember now about my thyroid (I thought she said HYPER- but maybe I hallucinated) and some hormone level being 4.5 which was just slightly elevated. I don't know if this was the T4 or TSH or whatever. She also said my vitamin D levels were very low -- 27, when normal is above 40 and optimal is at least 100. So she prescribed levothyroxine (50 mg) and told me to take 1000 IUs of Vitamin D3 a day.
This was back in early May. So I took the levothyroxine for 30 days, but it didn't refill automatically I didn't think, so I figured it would just correct whatever was going on since it was only slightly above normal.
Then I found out I was pregnant at the end of May. I was no longer taking the levothyroxine (since the scrip had run out) but I continued to take the 1000 IUs of vitamin D in addition to my prenatal.
I got a phone call yesterday from my pharmacy asking if I wanted to refill the levothyroxine. I said I didn't know that it was something that required refill, but sire, go ahead. I went to pick it up today. The little information thingie on the bag said that levothyroxine is used to treat hypothyroidism. Here I thought I was hyper- because of what the nurse said, but then I was confused. Am I hyper- or hypo-? If I am hyper- should I be taking levothyroxine? Why would they prescribe something for low thyroid function if they said I was slightly hyper-?? Is this going to hurt my unborn baby?
I am planning a home birth but I thought I heard that hyperthryoidism automatically makes one high-risk and risks one out of home birth, but being hypo- was ok. I'd really like to know which one I am so I can figure out if my baby is okay and if I can have my home birth or not.
I am planning to call first thing tomorrow morning but I thought I'd post here in the meantime....sorry for the rambly long post. I hope someone can help me. I am VERY worried about not only my health but my unborn baby's health.
very hypo I went on Armour than naturthroid for about 7 months then I swung into hyper(quit meds) and now I'm "normal". I don't take any meds for my thyroid now. Don't freak just try to get some blood done asap (please full thyroid panel tho) and see where you are. Stress is bad for you,baby,and thyroid and especially adrenals 
Keep us posted
