Re: A few questions from a beginner, discussion btw and Andy

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> Andy--

>

> One other thing.

>

> You said: " Adrenal hormones aren't what regulate pregnancy, the

female sex hormones

> do. "

>

> However, on page 34 of AI, you indicate in the diagram with the

dotted line that there ARE

> female sex hormones that are made by the adrenal gland:

On page 34 Andy says that " figures 5 and 6 show the steroid hormones

that are made by your adrenal glands and gonads " . Note that

progesterone is in the GONAD box. The ovaries secrete progesterone,

the corpus luteum secretes progesterone.

Progesterone, which is basically

> THE pregnancy hormone. Without sufficient Progesterone, a woman

cannot acheive

> pregnancy, because her luteal phase will be cut short before

implantation.

There are many other hormones involved in reproduction besides just

progesterone.

If fertilization occurs the developing embryo secretes a hormone that

maintains the corpus luteum.

I am almost

> certain this is happening with me.

>

If you think that is happening to you why not check the theory out

with a doctor.

> You indicate on that page that Pregnenolone is made in the adrenal

gland. Pregnenolone

> leads to DHEA, which leads to other sex hormones.

>

> So it appears from page 34 of your book, that the adrenal glands do

make pregnancy

> possible.

>

I'm not making the same conclusions from reading the same pages of the

same book.

I was having hypoadrenal symptoms when I got pregnant. Both times it

just took ONE attempt.... My struggling adrenals didn't prevent

pregnancy.

J

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>

[Guest guest]

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> Andy--

>

> I was looking for this quote earlier and couldn't find it, so that's

why it's trailing in another

> reply. Sorry.

I looked at www.drlam.com and couldn't find the adrenal fatigue

article. Would you be so kind as to post a link to that article?

>

> Dr. Lam said in his adrenal fatigue article: " The adrenal glands

contribute about 35

> percent of female hormones pre-menopausal and almost 50 percent

post-menopausally.

Andy would know if those numbers are close. They look high to me. My

adrenals are basically not functioning now, I do not supplement

estrogen and my symptoms show no need to supplement estrogen, so I

would look for other sources, other opinions, look for the references

to see where Dr. Lam got those numbers.

> Furthermore, without the proper functioning of the adrenal glands,

pregnancy cannot

> occur. "

>

This is very deceiving because it depends on what his definition of

" proper functioning " is. As I said in a previous post, when I

conceived twice (no kidding, one attempt each time) I had symptoms

that showed that my adrenals were not " functioning properly " by my

definition, and by the definition Teitelbaum uses in his books.

Adrenal fatigue could be anywhere from 1% loss of function to 100%

loss of function, and every possible stage in between, which leaves

hundreds of possible stages. One blanket statement can not possibly

cover all permutations and combinations and is therefore fairly

useless. Does he mean 50% loss of function and more, or 80% loss of

function and more, or exactly what does he mean? And what research

does he have to back his statement up?

> Please take not of that last sentence. Without proper functioning of

the adrenal glands,

> pregnancy cannot occur.

>

> I believe this is the ultimate cause of my infertility from January

2007 up until now.

>

If I remember correctly, from what you have posted so far, the

symptoms that you were calling adrenal fatigue were fatigue, weight

loss, loss of breast size? Are there other symptoms that you have

that you think are adrenal fatigue.

Do you have the following symptoms (from " From Fatigued to Fantastic " :

- fatigue (yes, you said you did)

- low blood pressure

- dizziness on first standing

- recurrent infections

- difficulty shaking infections

- poor response and crashing during stress

- achiness

- hypoglycemia

But I think that the major point really is that ****even if you do

have adrenal fatigue at some stage, there is still a " fairly

significant probability you can conceive just fine " , as Andy has

already stated below.**** This probability is a biological thing and

doesn't change with more reading material, thoughts and opinions.

Right now your body hasn't started to dump mercury out of organs

because you still have amalgam in one root canal (if I remember

correctly). About three months after that amalgam is removed your

body WILL start dumping mercury and conception is not advised. During

chelation there will be metals whooshing around and conception is not

advised.

J

> Abrenica

>

> From a previous post:

> Often with adrenal impairment androgens go UP while other things go

down.

>

> > Pregnancy will probably be impossible for me as long

> > as I am hypoadrenal.

>

> Don't count on it.

>

> >Dr. Lee's website says that (where he describes hypoadrenalism), and

> > your book implies that,

>

> They imply a PROBABILITY which is far less than 100%.

>

> There is some fairly significant probability you can conceive just fine.

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