Endocrinologists Release New Recommendations Re: Pregnancy and Thyroid Disease!

May 2004: New Guidelines Released Re: Thyroid Disease & Pregnancy
Back in the 1990s, I recommended that any woman contemplating pregnancy get a thyroid test. And that women with a family or personal history of thyroid or autoimmune disease absolutely be tested before and after conception. And that hypothyroid women be tested frequently throughout the pregnancy, because thyroid dosage requirements were likely to increase. And that thyroid antibody testing should be part of a fertility workup, and that antibodies may require treatment to ensure fertility and a healthy pregnancy. It seems that the endocrinologists have come around to sharing this opinion, as you'll read in announcements made this week by the American Thyroid Association.

May 2004: Endos Release Statement re: Thyroid/Pregnancy Connection
Pregnancy complications and problems with intellectual development are the focus of a new American Thyroid Association statement on thyroid health in pregnant women. Find out about the ATA's new recommendations, and their increasing awareness of the connection between thyroid status and fertility, pregnancy outcome and the development of your baby.

Fertility, Pregnancy & Thyroid Disease Information Center
Articles and resources that inform you of the effects of thyroid disease -- including autoimmunity, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, nodules, goiter and thyroid cancer -- on fertility, pregnancy, post-partum health and breastfeeding.

OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS

• Hypothyroidism and Pregnancy: Frequently Asked Questions
• Hyperthyroidism/Graves' Disease and Pregnancy -- Frequently Asked Questions
• Postpartum Thyroid Problems -- Frequently Asked Questions About Thyroid
• Hypothyroidism in Infants and Children
• Babies Born to Hypothyroid Mothers Have Lower IQs
• Hormones, Infertility, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, Menopause & the Thyroid
• Hypothyroidism Increases the Risk of Miscarriage
• Breastfeeding and Thyroid Disease: Questions and Answers
• Thyroid Nodules in Pregnancy
• How To Recognize Thyroid-Related Infertility

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