mercury and lead poisoning affecting egg Posted: 02-11-08 22:24pm
I'm 38 and have been told I have not only
mercury, but lead poisoning. The mercury
is too high to register on the lab and the
best "ball park" estimate that can be
given is 3 years of treatment. I'm getting
married this year for the first time and
we would like to have a child. From the
research I've done, if I could conceive,
it would probably not be healthy for
either the baby or me. I know that heavy
metal treatment can be controversial. I'm
not really looking to debate that side of
it here(please). What I would really
appreciate is knowing whether it would be
feasible to use my egg with a gestational
surrogate. Does anyone know anything about
heavy metal poisoning and its impact on
the egg? or Any places I can look? Thanks
in advance!!
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mominashoe
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Posted: 02-14-08 15:35pm
I did some reading on this, and I doubt
that you could use your eggs in your
condition. They might have been already
destroyed by your mishap, men and women
tend to become infertile after this kind
of poisoning...but even if they aren't
completely destroyed, I don't think you
will even find any clinic that would do a
procedure knowing about it or consider
anyone in your condition a candidate for
egg donation.
You can always adopt. I know it's not
"yours" but there are so many special
babies who are lonely and out there
waiting for new moms.
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nightangel73
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Posted: 02-16-08 12:46pm
I agree with poster adoption sounds like a
great option. I would adopt in a hearbeat
should I or my husband are infertile for
any reason. I'm 35 and just recently got
married and also looking into having a
child. I think the important here is that
you recover your health from the heavy
metal poising. If you manage to get clear
of the poisoning and you are alive and
healthy that's good enough!! Anyways on
the adoption you see how many hollywood
stars like angelina jolie are adopting and
how happy their lives are with them. Life
will come to us with hardships but it is
our attitude that we can change and be
happy!
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katiebug09
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Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 03-13-08 17:29pm
I have a friend who had IVF and they did
ICSI - where they inject the sperm into
the egg. When they did that they found
that her eggs had very thin walls. The
doctor told her to get her mercury levels
checked and she did and they were 10x
normal. So - supposedly, mercury can
affect egg quality. I don't know if it can
be cleared up or if in fact the
mercuryllevel was related to the egg wall
thin-ness. I asked my doctor about it (we
are scheduled to do IVF in April) and he
said it has not been proven yet and that
it was still being studied. So we hit a
dead-end on the subject.
That being said, I asked my acupuncturist
about mercury and she said you should
definitely not disturb mercury in your
tissues while you are pregnant. But she
thought I would be ok to try a natural
chelation product called NDF by BioRay
BEFORE we do IVF and start medications,
etc.
I thought I'd share with you. The product
sounds interesting. I know that mercury
detoxification is not a well-supported or
understood process. I have no idea if NDF
works, but I might give it a try just to
see. I have myofascial pain syndrome -
which is sort of like fibromyalgia in an
isolated location (my shoulder). I am
desperate to try things that might help,
so I might try it.
Hopefully, this info will be helpful to
you!
In addition - if you go to a fertility
specialist and harvest your eggs (that's
what you do for IVF), they can tell you
about the quality of them. I don't think
it's possible (we've done 5 insemminations
so far, so I have learned alot about this)
to know about your true egg quality until
they see the eggs - which means they have
to take them out of your body.
I suggest you consider the NDF and also
see a reproductive endocrinologist. It's
not a bad idea to get tested for general
reproductive stuff early since you're 38.
I got married at 39 and am 40 now, going
on 41. It's taken us 6 months since we got
tested and we're still not pregnant. So -
you might be in a better position if you
also know more about your reproductive
health and your husbands. That might help
you make a better decision because you'll
know more about the timeframe you have,
etc.
Hope this helps! and good luck!!
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