I am 40 years old and 4 weeks pregnant. I have been on Iodoral + supps for 1 year now, ranging from 50-100 mg daily or every other day. I recently took the 24-hour Iodine urine test which showed I was excreting about 60%.
My question is how much iodine should I now be taking? Should I lower it to 12.5 or 25 mg daily? Could too much iodine hurt the baby's thyroid, etc.?
That's a difficult question. We've had a few babies born to moms that were supplementing iodine reported here, most recently Trapper's grandson, Noah. T's daughter had been supplementing iodine (not sure how much or for how long), and Noah is very healthy.
We also had another poster here, warthog. I believe that she was supplementing 12.5mg throughout her pregnancy. Her baby was diagnosed hypothyroid and she was forced to give him synthroid. Trapper's reply to another iodine/pregnacy Q is below...
I suggest that you read all of warthog's posts in order to learn of the possible pitfalls of supplementing high doses of iodine during pregnancy. And 12.5mg is exceedingly high since the RDA for pregnant women is 220mcg. Never mind that the RDA standards on most vitamins, minerals, etc is exceedingly low...
There are things that we will never know about warthog and her baby. Thyroid testing is notoriously inaccurate, however, if one has a child that has tested positive for hypo and one refuses to do anything about it(such as giving the infant synthroid), then I would imagine that the mom would be held accountable for possible harm to the child. BTW, last we heard from warthog, her son was doing very well, very healthy:)
I am GUESSING that her child had transient hypo:
http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/hypokids.htm
CH, Transient Form
"In about 10 percent of infants with CH, the hypothyroidism is transient, or temporary. This is usually because the mother has been treated for Graves' Disease/hyperthyroidism during pregnancy, has a history of thyroid disease, or has been exposed to iodine-containing substances. Transient CH can last anywhere from several days to several months, but eventually will subside, and no further treatment will be necessary. If your child's thyroid gland is properly located and not in any way malformed, she may very well have transient hypothyroidism."
oh, just realized that if you read this entire thread there's a pic of Noah and details on grace's iodine intake during pregnancy...
thank you for the generous thoughts and kind words.
you might also check the posts of warthog. this poor woman was opposed by doctors and family. when the docs couldnt understand the baby's iodinated blood work then she was forced to give him thyroid meds with the fear that he might get harmed developmentally in the brain(hypothyroidism causing cretinism). no one knew enough, including warthog, to resist that kind of "pressure"(read: threat!). grace has had the benefit of of warthogs experience and of course my personal collection of material and experiences so she knew when to keep her mouth shut and not to sound too kooky.
check out these threads as a balance to the rosey picture grace and noah paint. if we had a medical industry that was more medical than industry then we could be cooperating to find out definitive answers to all our questions, but alas, we do not.
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This combo of postings seems very well balanced. It makes sense to think about unintended consequences when we try to do good by ingesting iodine. Regarding Dr. Flechas's recommendation to increase to 50 mg while breast-feeding, I'd guess he wants to insure that mom's body has enough iodine that her milk will be full of it to pass on to her baby. With a minimal amount, would mom's body hold on to all of it? I don't know the answer. It seems that Mother Nature will go out of her way to insure baby has as much nutrition as mom's body will give up, even when it leaves her in dire straits.
whatever you decide to do, take Iodine every day. better to break an iodoral in half and take that every day than to take a whole one every other day.
i dont think warthog had any problem, it was the interpretation of the blood workup by the doctors and the threat of developmental issues due to hypothyroidism. TPTB want us afraid of the consequences of making our own decisions that we have to live with. warthog was outgunned by doctors and family. but if anything bad happens now it cant be their fault, it will still be hers. shameful.
the most important thing now is your own mental state. worry and stress can do real damage. you should be taking a good prenatal with extra iodine in it anyway. well, extra by FDA standards, in the micrograms.
"I am 40 years old and 4 weeks pregnant. I have been on Iodoral + supps for 1 year now, ranging from 50-100 mg daily or every other day"
I went through pregnancy without iodine, borderline hypo T.
If I was to experience a pregnancy again I would take like 50-100 mg, not change a winning team. Also I would support the Iodine with 200 mcg of selenium, and all the companions of course.
If the question was to start iodine when just pregnant I would stay low, like 12 mg or so, to avoid the detox.
"how much do you suggest I take of the companion supplements (Vit C., selenium, niacin, Vit. B2, and magnesium"
I suggest 3-4 grams of vit c, a good B complex with all the Bs, including folic acid.
zinc an iron; around 15 mg each maximum; zinc deficiency may cause stretch marks.
magnesium 4-800 mg daily in the form of citrate or malate.
Loads of real salt; adjust after craving; the amniotic fluid is quite salty.
One supplement that has all the trace minerals, like magnesium "oil" from the salt lakes, or a good kelp from around Iceland or Norway; it is fairly clean of impurities and heavy metals.
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