Hormone Wackiness

[minton]

I am NOT saying that I am pregnant because I am NOT. But a good friend of mine is married with 3 kids and we got on the subject of pregnancy and all the freak things that can happen... and she told me something... she said when she conceived her youngest son, she took home pregnancy tests and they were negative. She did a pee test in a hospital that was negative too. But then she had a blood test come out positive and it was confirmed by ultrasound. She was pregnant the whole time.

She told me she had been on various hormone treatments including the depro shot at the time of conception. Apparently her doctor told her that ANY kind of hormone therapy is able to trick a home pee test into thinking its negative. Since the blood tests are a different test altogether, the hormones have no real affect on them.

I am on the pill as well as on thyroid hormones for a goiter (will be on thyroid meds the rest of my life). It made me wonder, will my hormone treatments affect my home pregnancy tests when the time comes to try and conceive?

And if this is true, why don't they warn you about it? Not all hormone therapy treatments are safe for babies...

[Mother of Jibril]

Thyroid hormones are identical to the hormones your body should be producing naturally (it's like a type I diabetic taking insulin). They will NOT interfere with birth control or pregnancy tests. Also... thyroid hormones are considered a Class A drug, the safest possible for a pregnant woman. If a woman with hypothyroidism becomes pregnant, she should definitely be tested on a regular basis and treated accordingly. Insufficient levels of thyroid hormones can lead to pregnancy loss and reduced IQ in the fetus.

Also... bear in mind that there are lots of different hormones The thyroid hormones are called T4, T3, T2, and T1. They have nothing to do with estrogen and progesterone (although the thyroid does help regulate production of those reproductive hormones).

[minton]

thank you for explaining that to me. that's what i thought, but she swears her doctor said something else.