Hi, Wendy, and thank you for your question. Let's see what we can figure out.
Honestly, from what you write, it seems quite possible that you're just late. If your period was due July 24 and it's now July 30, you're just six days late, which isn't really that much. Have you been under any stress lately due to other things? That can totally affect our hormones, which can have all kinds of effects on our actual cycle.
If it were me, I'd probably wait until I was about 7 to 10 days late before trying a pregnancy test, since you're fine either way.
Hashimoto's can indeed affect your period, but it tends to result in longer or heavier bleeding. Here's a list of symptoms from the Mayo Clinic's page on Hashimoto's Disease:
* Fatigue and sluggishness
* Increased sensitivity to cold
* Constipation
* Pale, dry skin
* A puffy face
* Hoarse voice
* An elevated blood cholesterol level
* Unexplained weight gain - occurring infrequently and rarely more than 10 to 20 pounds, most of which is fluid
* Muscle aches, tenderness and stiffness, especially in your shoulders and hips
* Pain and stiffness in your joints and swelling in your knees or the small joints in your hands and feet
* Muscle weakness, especially in your lower extremities
* Excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia)
* Depression
And if you're interested, here's more info from that page:
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Hi, Wendy, and thank you for your question. Let's see what we can figure out.
Honestly, from what you write, it seems quite possible that you're just late. If your period was due July 24 and it's now July 30, you're just six days late, which isn't really that much. Have you been under any stress lately due to other things? That can totally affect our hormones, which can have all kinds of effects on our actual cycle.
If it were me, I'd probably wait until I was about 7 to 10 days late before trying a pregnancy test, since you're fine either way.
Hashimoto's can indeed affect your period, but it tends to result in longer or heavier bleeding. Here's a list of symptoms from the Mayo Clinic's page on Hashimoto's Disease:
* Fatigue and sluggishness
* Increased sensitivity to cold
* Constipation
* Pale, dry skin
* A puffy face
* Hoarse voice
* An elevated blood cholesterol level
* Unexplained weight gain - occurring infrequently and rarely more than 10 to 20 pounds, most of which is fluid
* Muscle aches, tenderness and stiffness, especially in your shoulders and hips
* Pain and stiffness in your joints and swelling in your knees or the small joints in your hands and feet
* Muscle weakness, especially in your lower extremities
* Excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia)
* Depression
And if you're interested, here's more info from that page:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hashimotos-disease/DS00567/DSECTION=symptoms
July 30, 2009 - 9:58amThis Comment
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