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Thyroid disorders can occur during pregnancy or after delivery. Treatment of thyroid conditions during pregnancy can help to ensure delivery of a healthy baby. After delivery, some new mothers experience thyroid problems, with symptoms that may include feeling tired or depressed. A simple blood test can often identify a thyroid disorder Thyroid disorders can affect fertility as well as the ability to carry a baby to term.

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• Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/261913-overview
  Covers the background, pathophysiology, and frequency of Postpartum Thyroiditis, Hashimoto's and Graves' Disease. From eMedicine.

• JAMA - Fetal Loss Associated With Excess Thyroid Hormone Exposure

  http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/292/6/691
  The standard practice of increasing thyroid hormone replacement doses in hypothyroid pregnant women leads to higher miscarriage and lower birth weights.

• Maternal Thyroid Autoantibodies During the Third Trimester and Hearing Deficits in Children: An Epidemiologic Assessment

  http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/167/6/701.abstract
  Study suggests a connection with thyroid peroxidase and sensorineural hearing loss.

• Telegraph News - Pregnant Women Who Take Slimming Pills Are More Likely to Have Gay Children

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478256/Pregnant-women-who-take-slimming-pills-are-more-likely-to-have-gay-children.html
  An American study of thousands of mothers and their adult offspring has found that medication used to treat thyroid deficiency and amphetamine-based diet pills appeared to have influenced sexual orientation.

• Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy: Degrees of Knowledge

  http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/thy.2007.0080?journalCode=thy
  Article indicates a low level of knowledge in physicians across all disciplines. From the journal, Thyroid.

• Thyroid Disease, Pregnancy and Fertility

  http://www.thyroid.ca/pregnancy_fertility.php
  Discusses fertility, menstruation, breast feeding, Graves' disease, and thyroxine treatment. From the Thyroid Foundation of Canada.

• Thyroid Problems & Pregnancy

  http://www.endocrineweb.com/pregnancy.html
  Discusses gland issues and overlooked symptoms of new mothers. From EndocrineWeb.

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