I guess this is a vent...
Sixteen months ago I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease, an autoimmune thyroid disease. It really put things into perspective with DH and I, and we realized that having children was very important to us and we didn't want to put it off for much longer. But then it didn't make sense for us to get pregnant because I would have been a high risk pregnancy which I did not want and I was young (still am) and felt like I could wait if I had to. A year ago, I treated the symptoms of my disease by killing my thyroid with a radioactive iodine isotope, then taking thyroid hormones to make up for my no-longer-in-existance thyroid. The only drawback to this treatment is that I had to wait 12 months to get pregnant - I just celebrated my one year anniversary on Sunday.
So, we should be able to TTC right now but it's not that simple. I decided to see a chiro/Eastern medicine doctor about my immune system last week, and he definitally thought I had some toxins in my body that we needed to get rid of immediately then start building up my immune system. I mentioned wanting to get pregnant soon, and he said I should wait 6 months so that I don't pass any toxins onto my children. I have faith in what he says, but I kind of wish I didn't. Ignorance is bliss...
I just want to cry. I wish I had done this 6 months ago, so I could TTC right now. I know I'm healthy enough to be pregnant, but I really don't want to risk passing anything on that might end up negatively affecting my children's health. I'm just so frustrated, because there is nothing more I want right now.
I just don't know what to do. I really want to wait out the 6 months, but then I'm afraid I'm going to have to delay TTC even more and I've already delayed it 3 times.
Sixteen months ago I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease, an autoimmune thyroid disease. It really put things into perspective with DH and I, and we realized that having children was very important to us and we didn't want to put it off for much longer. But then it didn't make sense for us to get pregnant because I would have been a high risk pregnancy which I did not want and I was young (still am) and felt like I could wait if I had to. A year ago, I treated the symptoms of my disease by killing my thyroid with a radioactive iodine isotope, then taking thyroid hormones to make up for my no-longer-in-existance thyroid. The only drawback to this treatment is that I had to wait 12 months to get pregnant - I just celebrated my one year anniversary on Sunday.
So, we should be able to TTC right now but it's not that simple. I decided to see a chiro/Eastern medicine doctor about my immune system last week, and he definitally thought I had some toxins in my body that we needed to get rid of immediately then start building up my immune system. I mentioned wanting to get pregnant soon, and he said I should wait 6 months so that I don't pass any toxins onto my children. I have faith in what he says, but I kind of wish I didn't. Ignorance is bliss...
I just want to cry. I wish I had done this 6 months ago, so I could TTC right now. I know I'm healthy enough to be pregnant, but I really don't want to risk passing anything on that might end up negatively affecting my children's health. I'm just so frustrated, because there is nothing more I want right now.
I just don't know what to do. I really want to wait out the 6 months, but then I'm afraid I'm going to have to delay TTC even more and I've already delayed it 3 times.