Re: pregnancy, mercury from fillings

May 17, 2004

" I'm 32, so I can wait a little bit, but I don't want

to have a baby past 35, if I can help it. "

What about postponing the amalgam removal till after the baby is born

and after breastfeeding?

After I had my 3rd son, I decided that my filling should get out. I

had about 10 also. I now know that removal needs to be done with

great care. My dentist just drilled them out - put composite in and

that was it. I remember that after about 2 months after the removal,

my hair started falling out in patches big time. This has always

happened after getting a filling in the past and so it happened now

after removal. The hair loss was temporary, but not a nice experience

since I lost a lot of hair.

After about 6 to 7 months, I felt better, my energy came back and

after cutting out sweets, cookies, soda and other 'junk', I feel like

I am 20 instead of 40.

Marjan

Netherlands

May 18, 2004

Hi,

Just my humble opinion on this one…I have 2 sons. My youngest has

autism. He was never vaccinated, and neither he nor I have ever been

fish eaters. When he was about 2 (before he was diagnosed), I had my

mercury fillings removed. One was cracking a tooth, and the others were

just old and I had read about the dangers of mercury so I wanted them

all out. My son was diagnosed with autism at age 3 ½ and we had a hair

analysis done and he showed a significant amount of mercury in his hair.

My only guess is that he got the mercury from my amalgam fillings

leaking while I was pregnant and/or nursing him. I would not

intentionally get pregnant with mercury fillings in my mouth. My oldest

son is fine, so whether it was just that my fillings had gotten old

enough to start leaking when I had my second son, or whatever it was, I

wouldn’t want to take any chances.

Just my experience,

Liberty

" Don't curse the darkness . . . Light a candle instead. "

pregnancy, mercury from fillings

I am considering having another baby (in about a year) and have been on

SCD for 9 months. I also wanted to get my amalgems removed, (I have

10), but just found out it's going to cost over $6000! (Gotta make the

money first.) I've heard the detox takes at least a year. For all you

mothers, would you suggest becoming mercury free (and being on the diet

longer, of course), before conceiving? I've had 2 healthy girls, but my

oldest (6) has been complaining lately of belly aches after certain

foods (sometimes wheat based, sometimes cream), but it's inconsistent,

and of course, I am worried. They are on about 85% SCD. I have CD, by

the way, and I still need to wean off of my medications slowly, so I

know I'm jumping the gun. I just am the type of person who likes to have

everything planned. (And, oh, the baby cravings are getting hard

ovulation time! I'm 32, so I can wait a little bit, but I don't want

to have a baby past 35, if I can help it.

Debora

CD 16 years

SCD 9 months

mom to two (hopefully) healthy girls, Malakai, 6 and Saskia, 3

sulfasalazine, Remicade (weaning)

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the

following websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

May 18, 2004