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I found out I was hypo by trying to get pregnant. From Dec 1997-
March of 1998 I was BBT charting. In March I had gained 20 pounds
and had not had a period, so I figured I had to be pregnant! I was lucky
I had a good doctor that knew immediately that I was hypothyroid by
my sporadic charts. Hashimoto's to be exact. I then went through a year
of trying to get pregnant and fertility treatments.
I finally had my
thyroid
under control, and the first successful out of two IUI's. Alas, we were
pregnant in May of 1999! Sadly, I miscarried at 8 weeks. In October
1999 I had a pregnancy loss panel of bloodwork done. The day before
I got the blood results, I had my first EVER positive home pregnancy
test, to our dismay. From the bloodwork results, much to our horror, we
learned that this pregnancy was already at risk. I tested high for
Reproductive Immunophenotype and antiphospholipid antibodies and
antithyroid antibodies. Basically, I had an immune disorder that would
treat the pregnancy as a foreign body and kill it off.
The next day I had
the first of two Intravenous Immunoglobulin treatments, known as IVIg.
I was hooked to an IV and "pumped up" as I like to call it with treated
antibodies, I believe from white blood cells. It saved my pregnancy, and
I now have a healthy beautiful 9 month old girl. My sister got
pregnant shortly after I did, after nine years of miscarrying, had the
IVIg treatments as well. My daughter has a cousin three months
younger than her!
Unfortunately, IVIg is
not yet FDA approved, so it is an out of pocket expense, and is quite
costly. My daughter was well worth it. I truly believe I have my doctor and IVIg to thank for my beautiful daughter.
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