Re: O/T is it safest to leave mercury fillings alone while breastfeeding or preg

July 27, 2007

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> Quick introduction: I'm 27 years old, have 5 mercury amalgam feelings,

> and am breastfeeding my 19 month old daughter. I'm planning on trying

> to get pregnant again in the next few months. My DD and I have some

> health issues, and it's been suggested to me that they could be

> related to mercury toxicity. If it matters, I was fully vaccinated

> with all the routine childhood vaccines plus Hepatitis B as an adult

> (so probably have some extra mercury floating around from those), but

> my DD is unvaccinated.

>

> Someone on another yahoo group suggested that I post here and get some

> feedback as to the best thing to do about my fillings, and whether my

> DD's health issues might be related to the fillings.

Both of you could get an essential elements hair test to determine the

probability of mercury poisoning. Hair tests can be obtained through

www.directlabs.com (links section) without a doctor. If you mention

the autism mercury group you should get a discount (the cost is not

too high considering how much information the test gives). For

interpretation see Andy Cutler's " Hair Test Interpretation " book

(Andy's books in the links section) or post the results to this group

or autism mercury.

If your daughter doesn't have any amalgam fillings or any other

mercury exposures (vaccines, high mercury fish) you could do a trial

of chelation with her. Side effects with a trial of chelation

indicate toxicity.

For information about how to chelate see Andy's " Amalgam Illness "

book, Moria's web pages (links section) and TKs general recommendation

(files section). Starting doses of chelators are usually 1/8 mg per

pound and if side effects are significant the dose is lowered. Make

sure that you read the information in the files and links and ask

questions before you start chelating.

All of my

> amalgam fillings are quite old, around 15 years old. One of them is

> cracked and bothered me quite a bit for a while about 2 years ago. I

> started chewing on the other side of my mouth and it stopped bothering

> me (doesn't bother me now even when I chew on that side). Obviously I

> can't chew on one side of my mouth for too long or it will be bad for

> my jaw/teeth. I had planned to get that one filling replaced by an

> IAMOT (sp?) dentist as I felt safer getting it fixed now while I'm

> nursing an older child instead of taking a chance on it acting up

> again when I am pregnant or nursing a newborn.

You have hit on an important point.

I know the " ideal

> scenario " would be to have all the fillings safely removed once I wean

> my DD and then chelate before getting pregnant again, but I don't

> think I can convince my husband to let me chelate.

Husbands can be a roadblock. When you get to that point ask me and

I'll help you to overcome husband roadblocks (no point right now

because you can't chelate while breastfeeding or with amalgams in).

> Would it still be

> better to get the fillings removed before getting pregnant again if I

> don't chelate?

If you are planning on removing fillings and not chelating before

getting pregnant again then it would be important to leave at least

one filling in because that would prevent the mercury in your body

from dumping out of organs during the next pregnancy. (when all

amalgams are removed the mercury starts to dump at about 3 months

after amalgam removal. Leaving one amalgam in will prevent this from

happening).

Is it reasonably safe to get the one filling replaced

> now, or is it best just to leave them all be if possible until I'm

> done having babies?

>

The one that you are having troubles with will need some attention

sooner or later. It would be best to plan for the removal of that one

instead of having an emergency situation that you are not prepared for.

> My DD has multiple food intolerances (dairy, wheat, eggs, tree nuts,

> and coconut) as well as food chemical sensitivities (to naturally

> occurring food chemicals called amines which are found in

> aged/fermented foods and bananas, tomatoes, avocadoes...and

> salicylates which are found in most fruits, veggies, seeds, oils,

> etc). Her sensitivities are relatively mild (usually take several

> exposures to a food to show syptoms, and the symptoms aren't severe).

> She still has a red butt crack diaper rash that won't go away

> although we are not eating foods that she reacts to. I don't believe

> it is candida as she never improved with candida treatments. She is

> developmentally and neurologically typical. I've tried all sorts of

> things to heal her/help her overcome her food intolerances (Specific

> Carbohydrate Diet, candida diets, loads of supplements, cod liver oil,

> etc) but nothing helped until I found the Failsafe (low salicylate and

> low amine) diet.

>

> I've had digestive problems for years. I'm very mildly intolerant to

> dairy and eggs, and also sensitive to amines. I had some other issues

> like brain fog and poor social skills, which magically went away once

> we went on a low-amine diet. I suspect the digestive problems are at

> least partially related to nutritional deficiencies as they've

> noticeably improved in the last couple of weeks since we started

> taking epsom salt baths most days.

>

> Could all these food intolerances and food chemical intolerances in my

> DD be related to my mercury fillings?

>

Could be, or maybe there were other exposures to toxins that you are

not aware of. Essential element hair tests from DDI might help.

If you go to www.onibasu.com and type in key words like -

andrewhallcutler

breast

feeding

pregnancy

and check off autism mercury archives you will pick up some posts from

Andy Cutler that may help you to decide what to do. I tried to search

for you just now but my cut and paste isn't working at the moment.

J

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July 27, 2007

I am a 54 year old mother of one who wishes she had known about

mercury illness a few decades ago.

I have a 24 year old son who has had various problems we now

understand were related to mercury and who is now going through

chelation. Perhaps he would have avoided all the pain and suffering

if I knew then what I know now.

If I were you, I would finish nursing the 19 month old and get your

amalgams out and then chelate before getting pregnant. It will change

your plans, but you are young enough. And that youth is a great

advantage to getting well. I think it would have been so much easier

for me if I were in my 20s instead of my 50s when I started chelating.

I have been suffering from mercury symptoms much of my life.

I nursed my son for three years. Little did I know that I was feeding

him mercury, literally. I had dental work done during that time. I

had no idea whatsoever that it was poisoning both me and my baby.

Read the Amalgam Illness book. Read all the files posted for this

group, then make your decision about getting pregnant.

Good luck!

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