Thyroid Disease, Fertility and Pregnancy
by Mary J. Shomon
Part One of a Two Part Article
I'm pleased to be able to bring you this article, the first in a two-part series on "Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy." I became interested in the subject because I not only have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, but, I became pregnant! Naturally, I started to read everything I could find about pregnancy and thyroid disease, and discovered that there are some discrepancies in information featured in the various books.
For example, some of the books state "thyroid disease is a cause of miscarriage." But it wasn't clear whether this was untreated thyroid problems, or situations where a person's thyroid problems were being treated and they were considered "euthyroid." (Euthryoid is the medical term for when your thyroid bloodwork -- TSH level -- is in the normal range, and you're neither hyperthyroid or hypothyroid.)
There were also many women on the alt.support.thyroid newsgroup and on the St. John's Thyroid Listserv who passed on their questions and concerns regarding thyroid disease and pregnancy.
Dr. Sheldon Ruibenfeld To help determine the answers, I had an opportunity to talk with Sheldon Rubenfeld, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., a practicing thyroidologist, and Founding Chairman and Medical Director of the Thyroid Society for Education and Research. Dr. Rubenfeld is also Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and a Fellow in both the American College of Endocrinology and the American College of Physicians.
rest of the article and link to part 2
by Mary J. Shomon
Part One of a Two Part Article
I'm pleased to be able to bring you this article, the first in a two-part series on "Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy." I became interested in the subject because I not only have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, but, I became pregnant! Naturally, I started to read everything I could find about pregnancy and thyroid disease, and discovered that there are some discrepancies in information featured in the various books.
For example, some of the books state "thyroid disease is a cause of miscarriage." But it wasn't clear whether this was untreated thyroid problems, or situations where a person's thyroid problems were being treated and they were considered "euthyroid." (Euthryoid is the medical term for when your thyroid bloodwork -- TSH level -- is in the normal range, and you're neither hyperthyroid or hypothyroid.)
There were also many women on the alt.support.thyroid newsgroup and on the St. John's Thyroid Listserv who passed on their questions and concerns regarding thyroid disease and pregnancy.
Dr. Sheldon Ruibenfeld To help determine the answers, I had an opportunity to talk with Sheldon Rubenfeld, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., a practicing thyroidologist, and Founding Chairman and Medical Director of the Thyroid Society for Education and Research. Dr. Rubenfeld is also Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and a Fellow in both the American College of Endocrinology and the American College of Physicians.
rest of the article and link to part 2
