Raising a family when you have a thyroid condition such as hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid) or Hashimoto’s, can understandably feel difficult. Predicting someone’s thyroid health when they also have the added task of everything that comes with being a parent…
Do you wake up during the night dripping in sweat? Do you experience a flushing of heat? A well-known symptom of hypothyroidism is cold intolerance, but did you know that many thyroid patients also complain of night sweats?
When I was first diagnosed with autoimmune hypothyroidism in the summer of 2015, my head was spinning. I didn’t know what this diagnosis meant, what my thyroid medication was for exactly, and what to do about my thyroid medication seemingly…
A lot of people are confused by what it means to be your own thyroid advocate. Since the whole message of my work, website articles, books and more is to be your own thyroid advocate I definitely needed a post explaining…
Hi, I’m Rachel. I am a Multi-Award Winning Thyroid Patient Advocate, Writer, Bestselling Author, Speaker, Certified Patient Leader, Lived Experience Representative and Content Creator. I live with my husband Adam (who is mentioned in my articles concerning relationships and thyroid…
Please note that Rachel cannot provide medical advice or answer your personal medical questions. She is not a medical professional. Email: [email protected] Thyroid patients, see: How I Can Help You
Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth: The New Mom’s Guide To Navigating The Fourth Trimester wasn’t a straight up ‘thyroid book’, but did touch on the importance of thyroid health as well as the many other related facets of having…
Before I ever fell pregnant, I often wondered (and worried) what pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum would do to my thyroid health. Living with autoimmune hypothyroidism, my health could be up and down and, after having managed to get it stable…
Read The Second Trimester: My Pregnancy on Armour and Levothyroxine blog here. This set of blogs cover my second pregnancy. To read the blogs about my first pregnancy, please click here. The biggest difference is that I was on NDT (Armour) alone for my first pregnancy. I…
I was really surprised to receive the news that I’m a finalist again for the Social Health Awards this year (previously known as WEGO Health Awards), for the award “Social Media Master”.
