Questions about thyroid, nutrition and bladder
I have Hashimoto's thyroid disease and I read that beef, eggs and dairy are inflammatory foods to people with autoimmune disease, which HT is, so I have been afraid to consume those lately. Will it affect my ability to get pregnant if I don't eat them?
Also, I have had frequent urination for years, since at least 2007. Everyone thought it was because I drink a lot of water. I went to a urologist in 2012 and all he told me was to take some cranberry pills he manufactures. A friend told me over the counter work just as well as prescription and are less expensive. I tried them but I can't say I noticed much if any difference.
It's getting worse as I'm getting older, I have to get up a bunch of times before I can fall asleep because of the urge, and there is usually a good amount of urine every time I go, so it's not just in my mind.
But what really scares me is I've had incontinence lately. A little leaks out many times after I urinate, and a couple of times when I've sneezed some leaked.
Do you think this will affect my ability to conceive? I'm scared it will, yet I don't want to go on medication when trying to get and be pregnant. It's so weird because this usually happens to women who are pregnant or already had children, which I have not, and I'm not in menopause because my recent bloodwork was okay.