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Not personally, but my sister has graves disease and she had radiation theraphy to destroy her thyrhoid. You will be happy to know she has had 2 healthy pregnancies since, both full term. She also is on synthyroid.

That gives me a little more hope. I found out a year ago that I had thyroid cancer. My ENT doc went in, removed my thyroid, and then sent me for a radiation treatment. Recently, I was deemed cancer free and my doc's (knowing that I want another baby) said that I can have another baby but it needs to be born before my next full body scan (01/2010). They also said that it could be difficult for me to get pregnant, let alone carry the baby but they didnt say why. I have consulted my OBGYN, she has never delt with a case like mine so she has now referred me to a high risk specialist. This is frustrating because I live in Italy and the specialist is in Germany. That doc. has scheduled a phone consultation with me for next week but I am just anxious to find some bite of information before then.

I really want another baby so I have decided to push back next years scan until I have a baby. (As long as my blood test keep coming back OK)

I am glad to hear that not having a thyroid shouldnt keep me from getting pregnant. I just hope that there isnt another reason why the doc's are worried about it.

kimberly - was your sister's pregnancy considered a high risk or was everything normal?

Thanks for responding!

Glad you are doing good now! My sister has 4 children and seems to be able to concieve on the drop of a hat, both of the babies she had after her thyrhoid was destroyed were concieved by accident. So I would say she didn't have any trouble concieving because she wasn't even trying. Her pregnancies were monitored a little more closely but she never had any complications, I know they adjusted her synthyrhoid a few times but thats all. Her daughter and son came out normal and healthy. My mother is in the clear right now, but this time last year she was battling colon cancer, so happy to hear you are doing great! Good Luck!

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