Thyroid Disease and Breastfeeding

Submit your question and we’ll answer it in a future episode! Join our Patreon Community! https://www.patreon.com/badassbreastfeedingpodcast SPONSOR Original Sprout. Original Sprout carries safe and effective styling, body and hair care products that are safe for babies and great for adults. This week we’re giving away Scrumptious Baby Cream, Hair and Body Baby Wash and Tahitian Hair Oil! Enter at The Badass Breastfeeder social media channels! Your thyroid can impact many functions in your body, including your milk supply. How do you know if you have thyroid issues? And how common is it to have thyroid issues during or after pregnancy? Listen in today as Dianne and Abby discuss thyroid issues, how it can impact your milk supply and what you can do about it. If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you. Please consider leaving us a review on iTunes or sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to [email protected]. You can also add your email to our list and have episodes sent right to your inbox! Things we talked about: Where the thyroid idea came from [6:10] What does the thyroid gland do [8:00] What is hyperthyroidism? [10:47] Post partum thyroiditis [19:00] How does this affect milk supply? [24:40] What can be done? [27:00] Supplements [29:24] Symptoms mirror postpartum symptoms [30:40] Things to look for [33:00] Things we talked about or Episodes we think you should check out! https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/120-is-your-baby-using-you-as-a-pacifier/ https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/medication-safety/ Set up your consultation with Dianne https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/consultations/ Check out Dianne’s blog here: https://diannecassidyconsulting.com/milklytheblog/ Follow our Podcast: https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby: AbbyTheuring ,https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com Dianne Cassidy @diannecassidyibclc, http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com Music we use: Music: Levels of Greatness from We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012) courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/ScottHolmes