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Thank you for your questions!

It sounds like your wife is doing great with having her TSH levels monitored, and it is important to know that "during pregnancy the dose of thyroid medication often needs to be increased as the needs of the thyroid hormone become greater as the pregnancy progresses. (Dr. Arem at: Thyroid and Pregnancy: Most Common Thyroid Issues.

The exact dosage must be determined by your wife's doctor, as indicated through testing, and will most likely need to be increased until her TSH levels are within normal ranges. This is the best preventative measures, and should be done immediately.

To answer your other questions, yes, high levels of TSH may cause harm to the fetus (birth defects), and can also cause harm to the mother with pre-eclampsia or eclampsia. These are preventable, so please do not worry, as these conditions can happen when thyroid conditions are left UNTREATED. Your wife's thyroid is being treated, and her medication may need to be increased in order to prevent TSH levels from being out of the normal range.

When your wife received the test results of TSH levels not being within normal range, what was the treatment prescribed by her doctor?

September 26, 2010 - 7:53am

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