I clearly remember one specific appointment with a certain doctor who said: “I honestly can’t tell you why you can’t get pregnant. All tests seem to be fine. You probably have secondary infertility”.
Have you been trying in vain to get pregnant? Researchers suggest it could be a good idea to check on your thyroid. Hypothyroidism can go undetected, sometimes for years, before proper diagnosis.
It’s a hidden illness affecting many women, and they can wait years before they get a correct diagnosis.
Did you know that standard tests conducted on blood under-report up to 80 percent of cases in which low thyroid related hormone levels are affecting fertility of women?
The thyroid gland present in your body has an important role to play. It takes the responsibility of maintaining balance in terms of physiological metabolism.
It, therefore, doesn’t take rocket science to understand that a situation of lowered thyroid activity (hypothyroidism) or increased thyroid activity (hyperthyroidism), can affect your ovaries directly.
Clinical research in the very recent past observes important links between thyroid autoimmunity and infertility in women.
Thyroid auto-immunity is also associated with lack of Vitamin D, which in turn is an important fertility vitamin and whose deficiency can even lead premature pregnancy loss.
Research reveals that about 7 in every 10 women who exhibit PMS symptoms (reduced production of progesterone levels) have been diagnosed with low thyroid activity or hypothyroidism.
Hypothyroidism is also known to contribute to polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition that affects 1 in every 10 women and is key troublemaker for couples struggling with fertility issues.
In order to keep your thyroid gland going and at bay, maintain a healthy diet, reduce your stress, do enough exercise, check on your BMI (Body Mass Index)every 3-months, get adequate sleep, administer special tests to detect thyroid anomaly with due approval of your physician, and ask your doctor about a free T3/Reverse T3 ratio.
Consult your doctor regarding the different thyroid medications available, if tests confirm the presence of thyroid irregularity.
Fatigue when combined with high body-weight is often an alarming symptom of thyroid.
Much of the stigma associated with a heavy body is pointless, because most of these cases have undercurrents of thyroid issues lurking in them.
So, to clear the obstacles to your pregnancy, a complete thyroid panel check could be a good point to begin with. Ask your doctor or endocrinologist to check TSH, FT4, FT3, TPO antibodies and Reverse T3.
You must understand though, that correcting a single factor is sometimes not enough to deal with a complicated problem like infertility but it’s definitely a start.
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