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Does having a thyroid disease make you a high risk pregnancy?
12 doctors weighed in across 5 answers
Not always: It increases your risk of complications but if you treat the thyroid disease properly, there is no reason to expect anything bad will happen with the pregnancy. It's important to get it trated correctly.
Answered 12/24/2014
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Yes: Thyroid disease in pregnancy tends to fluctuate and tends to require the services of a high risk maternal fetal medicine(mfm) specialist along with the OB md for management.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Absolutely!: Thyroidopathies can increase your risk for multiple adverse perinatal outcomes - seek care with an endocrinologist and/or maternal-fetal medicine specialist throughout this pregnancy.
Answered 10/10/2012
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More tests needed: It does not truly make you high risk but your thyroid hormone does need to be monitored more closely during pregnancy (via blood tests). If your thyroid is underactive, often the thyroid medication needs to be increased. Certain medications for overactive thyroid need to me changed during pregnancy as well. Correcting your thyroid levels is important for your baby's growth and development.
Answered 9/25/2013
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It could : Thyroid disease includes conditions with both too much (hyperthyroid) and too little (hypothyroidism) thyroid hormone. These pt.
Answered 12/28/2013
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