Wanna see behind the curtain here? Sometimes in my pursuit of perfect clarity I go totally OTT. <GASP👀> But when you know that for women diagnosed with Postpartum thyroiditis it was likely to have been missed or misattributed for months to, ‘You’ve had a baby! Of course you’re…(insert adjective)!’, yet for up to 50% it will result in permanent hypothyroidism…well I guess PPT is a good reason to go OTT.
Oh and don’t get me started on the complete lack of risk assessment and mitigation for women.
Your risk is different from her risk is different from mine…and how these risks behave under the influence of pregnancy is what we need to watch.
Just like in Hashimoto’s disease, this condition has a long prodrome – so its diagnosis is only a ‘surprise!’ for those who choose not to see!
So in pursuit of perfect clarity regarding exactly when, and precisely how, we should dynamically assess a woman’s risk and then, better yet, what research backed risk reduction strategies should be implemented at every step, I may have got a little carried away 🙄 Now on the other side of reading and summarising and then re-reading approximately 200 published research articles and reviews, quantitatively analysing ever single prenatal formula on the Australian market, recording 2 episodes of Update in Under 30 (which tbh took the better part of my working and general waking hours for more days than I am prepared to admit!) and with my tireless and tenacious team, designing a clinical reference tool to summarise all this, just for you(!) I can confirm clarity is indeed where we’ve arrived…and also beddy byes 💤😴
Postpartum thyroiditis – Risks (part 1) available now…& Remedies (Part 2 soon to be released)
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