AI and my amalgam-induced infertility (to Andy and )

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Andy and

This subject line of this post has been changed. It used to be " Re: a few

questions from a

beginner. "

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> 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.

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-----------I know that the corpus luteum secretes progesterone. Yes, I have

noted that

progesterone is in the Gonad box. Please note that it is in TWO OVERLAPPING

boxes: the

Gonad box, and the Adrenal box. Progesterone is produced in more than one place

in the

body. Page 34 of Andy's book corroborates with that fact.

Also, on page 114 of AI, Andy writes that one of the " signs that something is

wrong with

the pituitary is menstrual cycles without ovulation and low-end LH and FSH

surges " (first

column on page 114), as well as " irregular menstrual cycles or cycles of unusual

length or

shortness. " In my case, I've got all but one of those. My lack-luster thermal

shift (again,

shown by my basal body termperature failing to rise by at least four-tenths to

one full

degree at the time of ovulation indicate a low-end LH and FSH surge. My

menstrual cycle

is definitely irregular (Andy was not correct to assume that it is regular), and

it is most

certainly of unusual shortness and has been for at least a year, consistently. I

really don't

understand why my comments on this topic are being taken as if I'm saying

something

off-kilter (for lack of better word-selection:). I'm trying to show you how the

hormone

interactions and changes due to amalgam illness described page 34 and page 114

and

page ____ of Andy's book AI actually are very much in agreement with what I'm

experiencing and describing here. Andy himself even says in AI (very frustrating

that I

can't find that quote in my copy of the book right now--I'll have to search more

later and

post the quote and page number when I do find it) that one of the symptoms is

for women

to have difficulty conceiving! That is most certainly a symptom of Amalgam

Illness that I

am experiencing. So why is he acting now like everything I'm saying is bogus?

It's all in

your book, Andy! You even give a book in your list of " Useful Books, " listed on

page 173,

entitled " Infertility and Birth Defects---Is Mercury from Silver Dental Fillings

a Hidden

Cause? " by Ziff. So why do you seem to be skeptical at my claim of infertility?

My point, which I don't appear to be communicating in a very understandable way,

is that

when my thermal shift is not occurring (like in the last 2 cycles for me), that

indicates that

the LH/FSH surge was not strong enough for ovulation to occur, which would

pretty much

make it hard for the corpus luteum to produce progesterone . . . if the FSH/LH

surge was

insufficient to select a follicle for ovulation in the first place. When I have

no thermal shift

on day 14 or 15, then I know my LH/FSH surge was too weak to produce ovulation.

No

ovulation means corpus luteum, which means no progesterone.

Well, I'm not looking to Andy or this webgroup for a source of confirmation that

I'm

experiencing infertility. I have already been intimitely acquainted with that

fact long before

I ordered AI. Then, upon reading AI, I found a number of enlightening facts that

are

helping to explain the background causes of my infertility. Andy just wrote a

response to

my February comments on this forum about my hypoadrenal symptoms and connected

hormonal issues related to infertility , so I've just been trying to clarify to

Andy what my

experience has been in this area.

> There are many other hormones involved in reproduction besides just

> progesterone.

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> If fertilization occurs the developing embryo secretes a hormone that

> maintains the corpus luteum.

------------- I know that there are many other hormones involved in reproduction

besides just progesterone, but my lack of thermal shift and lack of sustained

increase in

temperature during my luteal phase indicate my lack of progesterone. A lack of

progesterone makes acheiving pregnancy impossible. If fertilzation occurs, the

developing embryo (the newly developing placenta, actually) takes over

progesterone

production from the corpus luteum, which fades away as the fetus begins to

develop. As

the placenta grows, the levels of progesterone increase enormously throughout

the

pregnancy. In fact, if progesterone doesn't increase enormously, miscarriage can

occur.

Progesterone, among other things, keeps the baby in the womb. These are some of

the

reasons I said that progesterone is THE pregnancy hormone.

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

> with a doctor.

----------I am. It has been very difficult to find a doctor who won't scoff at

my claim

that I have hypoadrenal symptoms, but I have a doctor's appointment today with

an

Osteopathic Doctor. In addition to asking for her help with my hypoadrenal

problems and

difficult menstrual and hormonal problems, I'll be asking her for some of the

tests to

determine if my pituitary is the problem, tests which Andy said on page 114 are

valuable

for this purpose. We'll see if she is willing to help me with that.

Abrenica

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