[JustLeslie]

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Hi All–

My name is Leslie– I’m 27/f, married and from Michigan. I was diagnosed officially last week, and now all of the "weird" things about me, finally make sense. I’ve slept with my eyes open for years ! Who knew that could be a symptom of anything! ” title=”Smile” />

Anyways– So here I am– accepting this as it is. The only truely painful (emotionally) part for me, is that we’ve been trying to get pregnant for almost a year now– and the research I find significantly horrifies me with words like "infertility" and "miscarriage".

So that’s me– it’s nice to have a place to let it all out.

Les

[Bobbi]

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Hi, Leslie, and welcome to our Board.

First off, please be really, really careful of the research you do online. There’s a lot of misinformation online about medical issues. And there are lots and lots of us with Graves who have had babies, or who go on, after treatment, to have healthy babies. Thyroid imbalance can adversely impact on fertility issues, but with Graves treatments we regain control over the hormones, and get back to health. It is possible for someone with Graves to have infertility issues, but it is something they would likely have had without the Graves as well. Miscarriages are amazingly common, too, in the general population. When one of us miscarries, we want to blame something — and Graves is handy. But I know of no data that supports the idea that we have more miscarriages than someone without Graves. I hope this information cheers you a bit.

[Buttamama28]

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Hi,

I agree with Bobbi, be very careful what you read. Also, if what a doctor is telling you doesn’t well with you- then please get a second opinion.

I actually was diagnosed with Graves’ while I was pregnant with my first child. Miscarriages happen, but you don’t have to have any other health issues for that to happen. But, it does happen; I had two miscarriages, but it was before my diagnosis, and once they got things on the right path- it increased my chances of having healthy, normal children (I have two boys: 6 and 2). So you may want to get your Graves’ undercontrol, before embarking on such a physically stressful journey as pregnancy.

God bless, good luck to you.
Buttamama28

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