What is your experience in postpartum with your thyroid?

Anyone also experiencing postpartum thyroiditis? I am currently 6 weeks postpartum and in my hyper phase and my number were off the charts high. I stopped taking my Synthroid and was told to wait for my body to swing hypo. Curious how others may have experienced this.

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How are you feeling now and what has happened since then?I previously got pp thyroiditis too and went hypo at 6 weeks for about 3 weeks and then swung the other way and went that was for good until I got pregnant again 8 months pp and now I’m 3 months pp again and I’ve gone hypo and wondering if it’s all happening again I can’t be bothered with it it was awful last time how I felt 😩😩

I’m so sorry to hear that! It really is the worst. I am now 9 weeks pp. I am definitely normalizing before the hypo sets in. I still haven’t restarted my meds yet as I’m getting new bloodwork this week to see where my numbers land. I’m hopeful it will help me time taking my Synthroid so I don’t fully crash into hypos. I have really enjoyed feeling good these past two weeks as the hyper phase fizzled out. Do you also have hashiomotos?

I thought I would have been told to come off the levothyroxine as I’m hyper but they have just reduced it instead for some reason. If you don’t mind me asking what were your blood results?

Oh no :( it really is so sucky. Unfortunately if you have antibodies present then you have hashiomotos. I don’t know why doctors are always hesitant to give the diagnosis. My tsh was fully suppressed and almost 0, my t3 free was around 10, and t4 at 3.8. It’s because your thyroid leaks everything it has stored. My endo just told me not to take my Levo and it would pass. I had extreme symptoms like the fast heart rate, sweaty heat intolerance, and gittery. It did pass finally. It has to wear off eventually…. I’m now 9 weeks postpartum and just got blood work done yesterday and waiting to see but I know I most definitely need to start my Levo again. I’m feeling sluggish like I’m crashing into hypo. My endo said that I may need a high dose of it just while the thyroid is depleted and then hopefully go back to a pre pregnancy dose

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