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Bump! I'm interested to know what some other bees are taking.

I was taking a prenatal and Omega 3, but I lost motivation around CD65 to temp, abstain from drinking and take vitamins. I should probably start up again.

@TheSwissWifeStyle: Yeah I'm on CD107 now :\

Oh, and the last month and a half I was on a tincture from my ND (until BFP). Not sure if I'll start it up again or not, but we're on a break for 2 months at least.

@Mrs.Someone: I have been recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism... what is this "Selenium" and what does it do lol? I haven't heard of it before, but it sounds like something I might want to start taking.

@Mrs.Someone: I have not had Free T3 or free T4 checked yet. For my diagnosis my doctor only checked TSH. I will be getting my TSH and the T's checked in a couple of weeks though. I'm also getting my antibodies checked to see if I have Hashi's.

@Mrs.Someone: Yeah I've heard all that too. We're looking in to getting some second opinions.

@Mrs.Someone: No I didn't see that! Heck, I'll try anything at this point.

My Dr. put me on a ton of supplements when I first started trying and then added a few along the way. I take way too many pills each day:

Pre-Natal - Vitafusion gummies
DHA
Fish Oil
Vitamin D3 - I was low when tested. My DR put me on 2,000 IUs a day but my RE has upped it to 5,000.
baby asprin every other day - it was originally once a day but I was bruise easily and they started to get worse than normal so we changed this.
Folgard - this is a prescription complex B with folic acid.
Metformin - I don't have PCOS but the Dr says that this helps with egg quality.

The RE has added that I need to take chlorophyll or wheat grass every day.

I think that's it.

I just take prenatals and fish oil!

Oy, I've got a huge list:

Prenatals-vitafusion gummies(they have dha in them)
Folic acid-to help with a history of birth defects in the family
Magnesium-to help with PMS
Fiber-to manage my IBS

Adding in B-complex and baby aspirin this weekend(@Mrs Someone: you'll be glad to hear that! ) I was on Metformin for a while, but it didn't seem to do much, so I'm off now. I was on vitamin c for a while, too, but it made me sick, so no more!

Right now I'm only taking folic acid.

We are in the prepping phase to TTC and my doc ensured that I was on a multi vitamin, an extra folic acid so that I have the required amount and vitamin d ( good old winters Canada)
For those of you that are a vegetarian what extra do you take? I have recently been diagnosed with a gluten intolerance and a milk sensitivity. and other misc. allergies so have cut out a lot of food. So we are trying to adjust my eating so that I am getting enough before we TTC.

@Mrs.Someone: Is there a reason they picked Armour thyroid for you? It is so much harder to titrate into the narrow therapeutic range needed, especially with pregnancy. I would think that they would want you more tightly regulated than that in your situation?

@Mrs.Someone: there is a lot of debate about it., with very natural people on the side of Armour and traditional western medicine practitioners feeling very strongly about levothyroxine.

You already understand the crux of the issue. It's not enough to just measure TSH and say "you are good". It really requires checking fT4 and T3 to make sure you are in good control. So if all your thyroid hormones are in good balance, you should feel just as good on Levo as Armour.

The drawback of Armour is that they can't measure it as exactly... So variations in he product could lead to variations in your levels.

I don't take a strong position, but I'd make sure that your ND and RE are on the same page with the decision.

Hope that helps and doesn't freak you out! I'm just thinking that eliminating variablity might be good for you

@Mrs.Someone: I sincerely want you to get your sticky baby... In whatever way works! I suspect that most people who were on Levo but not feeling great still aren't on a high enough dose.

Sounds like you are being proactive and involved, and that's what is really important!