Your thyroid and fertility

Fertility and thyroid. Let's talk about it. So your thyroid impacts fertility in a huge way. I mean in, in every way, from you ovulating on time to your ability to get pregnant and implant an embryo to early pregnancy, the ability to sustain early pregnancy and not have an early miscarriage related to hormone or thyroid deficiency. It also impacts male fertility, sperm quality, sperm quantity. So it's on both ends of the spectrum. One cool study that I found discusses how women on IVF do better with levels of T3 that are more robust. So it specifically, I think said above 3.6 and my range is 3.6 to 4.2 throughout the bulk of your day. So what's interesting is I get questions all the time on my doctor won't let me be on T3 if I'm pre pregnancy planning. Literally. Got that today. Well, T3 is so important in pre pregnancy planning. It is what helps you get pregnant and stay pregnant. Now when you become pregnant, T3 takes a back seat and T4 becomes more important. Why? Because it crosses the placental barrier and the baby needs T4 to sustain development over time. So we begin to emphasize that as well. But just because you're on T3 does not mean you do not have enough T4. And that is the assumption medicine gives when they recommend no one being on T3 during pregnancy.