Welcome to Natural MD Radio, your place to hear the whole truth on health and medicine for women and children and get the tools you need to take back your health naturally starting now. I'm Dr. tell you about Cynthia.

Cynthia was one of the first moms I ever treated for postpartum hypothyroidism.

And it was such a striking situation because it caused her so much suffering.

I met Cynthia when she was early pregnant

with her second baby.

And it had been six years since she had her first child.

And the reason it took her six years to decide to get pregnant again

was that she had such a horrible, really devastating post-partum experience

after her first baby was born. First off she had

very significant postpartum depression. She had gained a lot of weight during that

pregnancy about 50 pounds and in addition to the stress of being a new mom she had

some significant body image issues it was starting to impact her relationship with her husband in the first six weeks after the birth.

And she was really, really wiped out.

And everyone from her midwives to the backup obstetrician were telling her oh it's just normal you're just a new mom

well over that first six months she gained another 25 pounds so she was now 75 pounds over her pre-pregnant weight.

She loved her baby but was so exhausted that she could barely take care of her, felt so much guilt for this,

and was continually feeling like there's something wrong with her.

Her doctor that she was now seeing told her it's just the stress of being a new mom.

An endocrinologist did some labs on her and said everything was normal.

And after a year of this, so after a year of suffering and struggling as a new mom with all this weight gain, no energy for her baby.

Persistent depression, she had been put on an antidepressant. She finally found a doctor who

appropriately diagnosed her with hypotheritism, got her on medications and it turned her life around but it was

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