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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Their attitude is that the research is at best mixed and TSH/thyroid has not been shown to make a difference. I got the impression that at least one doc there thinks it’s the endo doctors trying to get a piece of the lucrative fertility business. [/quote]

I'm not sure there's a lot of controversy that high TSH increases the risk of miscarriage, pregnancy complications and impaired fetal neurological development goes up if your TSH is above a certain level.  Or that TSH often rises significantly in very early pregnancy.  That alone should be enough to make sure TSH is controlled while undergoing fertility treatments.  Not to mention that levothyroxine is not an expensive drug.

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/99/10/3895/2836616[/quote]

I think the controversy is regarding what level starts the concern.  I agree with you that it should be monitored and more closely controlled than it is for many women.   Even brand name synthroid is pretty cheap when compared to the literal tens of thousands of dollars people spend on ivf.  [/quote]

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