It's a bad day because of the aforementioned Guilty Confession. Ever since I tasted those Snickers at Halloween (yes, to cope with a miscarriage, but still...) I have been heading down a slippery slope. ;) The holidays presented a lot of wonderful opportunities to eat cheese and eat cheese I did. I haven't had cheese (or any milk products at all, to my knowledge) for about a year, year and a half. There is this awesome Camembert made in Fort Collins called Mouco Camembert that is a great weakness of mine. If you do eat cheese, you should try it. I also really love sharp white cheddar.
To be brief, eating cheese was a bad decision and I'm still suffering the consequences. I will remind myself of that next time I'm tempted. Tasty Cheese VS. Sour Tummy. Based on this brief, unintentional experiment I'm thinking that milk is harder on me than even wheat.
Today was a good day because I saw an OB who specializes in endocrine issues and pregnancy. She is internationally renowned but very humble. In the course of our detailed appointment, she drew me this:
Here's a summary of my super-encouraging appointment:
- She was encouraging--she reminded me repeatedly that miscarriages happen in 1 out of 3 pregnancies and also that 1 in 20 women has Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
- I asked if she had heard of patient's with Hashimoto's who had had successful pregnancies. Answer--THOUSANDS. She recognized that I was an 'auto-immune girl' as she put it, but she didn't think it would hurt my chances at conceiving.
- She suspects, based on my history, that my initial thyroid problems were simply post-partum thyroiditis, a maybe-temporary thyroid condition where you go hyper and hypo and then finally normalize after having a baby.
- Because I was over-treated, I basically wasn't guided through post-partum thyroiditis in the best way. I.E., good treatment might have resulted in me not relying on taking a pill forever and ever.
- She checked my TPO antibodies and pointed out that they were in normal range still, which further confirmed in her mind that I might not need thyroid medication long term. !!!!
- TPO anti-bodies can actually attack a baby in the first trimester and kill it, but it doesn't seem like that's the case since my anti-bodies are so low.
- She advised that I take thyroid medication through another pregnancy and then wean off of it to see if my thyroid takes back over.
Praise God for the Hope and Encouragement of today.
