Re: Re: amalgam and breastfeeding

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In a message dated 11/13/01 9:22:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,

jw4994@... writes:

> I don't know if I will ever

> chelate myself, but it will be after I have weaned.

Since you've already had your amalgams removed, if I was in your situation I

think I would go ahead and chelate while breastfeeding. The benefits are that

you could be chelating your baby also through breastmilk which might be the

best way to do it. Bernie had posted about this earlier and also said it

might be a good thing to do. Chances are that no matter how careful you were,

you still got some mercury poisoning. I would at least make sure you and your

baby get plenty of antioxidants like C & E.

Jo

Representative for Unlocking Autism in South Carolina

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In a message dated 11/13/01 12:50:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,

moriam@... writes:

> I'm concerned about this. Wouldn't the child be likely to

> get BOTH the chelation agent AND a bigger dose of mercury?

>

> I don't know the answer here, but this doesn't seem real

> safe to me.

After I wrote this, I thought the same thing. Bernie had answered one of my

posts when I was still breastfeeding and I could have sworn he thought it

might be a good idea to chelate while breastfeeding but hopefully he'll be

able to set the record straight. Bernie? In the meantime I'll go back in the

archives and try to find the post he wrote to me.

Jo (South Carolina)

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In a message dated 11/13/01 1:26:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,

mgen27@... writes:

> If this is of any help, whenever I have a tough decision to make, I

> use " regret theory " , which would go like this in your case: Which

> are you more likely to regret, (1) continuing to breastfeed with some

> possibility of passing on more mercury or (2) quitting breastfeeding

> now even though you enjoy it, but ending any possibility of passing

> on more mercury?

This is kind of the theory I used also when breastfeeding my daughter. My

compromise was that I breastfed her for one year instead of the two that I

had wanted to. I felt like at least I gave her a full year of nutritious

breastmilk.

Jo (South Carolina)

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>Since you've already had your amalgams removed, if I was in your situation I

>think I would go ahead and chelate while breastfeeding. The benefits are

that

>you could be chelating your baby also through breastmilk which might be the

>best way to do it. Bernie had posted about this earlier and also said it

>might be a good thing to do. Chances are that no matter how careful you

were,

>you still got some mercury poisoning. I would at least make sure you and

your

>baby get plenty of antioxidants like C & E.

>

>Jo

>Representative for Unlocking Autism in South Carolina

Jo,

I'm concerned about this. Wouldn't the child be likely to

get BOTH the chelation agent AND a bigger dose of mercury?

I don't know the answer here, but this doesn't seem real

safe to me.

Moria