amalgams while breastfeeding

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This is a major dilemma for me, please excuse the cross-post. I know

that moms are always advised to not remove amalgams while

breastfeeding. But what can I say, I'm desperate, so I just have to

ask for more information on this! Here's our situation: My son is 21

months old, severely autistic, and still breastfeeding. He still

can't chew despite months of therapy, dislikes & is allergic to most

foods, and is very clingy and high anxiety (so yeah, he nurses a LOT).

Yes he's very mercury toxic - nasty hair test, very high porphyrins.

I know he is getting mercury through my breastmilk because of my 4

amalgams, but with all of his problems (especially the oral motor

issues) I think he really needs to continue breastfeeding until he

feels he no longer needs it. His immune system is totally hosed too,

and breastfeeding has helped him weather some illnesses that otherwise

I'm sure would've sent him to the emergency room.

I'm very torn though, because he is so severe and so toxic, and I have

not been able to chelate him. He is a major gut kid despite almost

every intervention I've come across in the last year, and he had a

horrible reaction to tiny amounts of oral DMSA on a careful

frequent-dose schedule (he has major sulfur problems, still trying to

determine if this is related). So until I figure out how the heck to

chelate him without killing him, any metals that go in are not coming

back out right now.

So... is there any way out of this? Can I get my amalgams removed and

just stop breastfeeding him for a week or so (while I " pump and dump "

my milk) to avoid the biggest dump of mercury? Or does the mercury

just keep getting excreted for weeks or months? I am not very toxic

according to my porphyrins test, and have no major health problems, so

I suppose I am a " fast excretor " of mercury, but not sure if that's

bad or good in this particular scenario.

I just want to do what's best for my son. So I really need to

understand how the body responds to getting amalgams removed (properly

by an IAOMT mercury-free dentist of course). If one does not use a

chelator, will most body stores of mercury remain in the body until

provoked by a chelator? Or would getting the amalgams removed somehow

encourage my body to dump its stores, thereby dumping some through my

breastmilk? I've read or skimmed most of Andy's two books but I guess

I still don't understand! Please please help!

Thanks so much,