Dear Editor:
I am 39 years old and have three healthy girls. Before I had my three daughters, however, I encountered many difficulties that I believe are attributable to mercury poisoning. I was vaccinated as a child which was probably my first real exposure to mercury. I also had many amalgam fillings as a child. When I was 27 years old, I became pregnant for the first time. Shortly after I conceived, I miscarried. The doctor told me that the baby never started developing and that I could try to get pregnant again immediately. I did become pregnant the next month and had my first daughter.

I started to have more medical problems that led to my amalgam replacement when my daughter was seven months old. After I had all my amalgams replaced, I felt better than I had in years. I did not pursue active detoxification because I seemed to be feeling fine without it. I again became pregnant and again miscarried, again, and again and again. I had a total of four more miscarriages. Each time that I became pregnant, I would experience more symptoms of mercury poisoning, as if my body was detoxifying while I was pregnant. And each time, the miscarriage was at the very early stages of pregnancy. Finally, I became pregnant again and had an ultrasound to confirm the pregnancy. I had a live baby! I saw the baby and it had a heartbeat. A seemingly normal, healthy baby. I was concerned because I still experienced more symptoms of mercury poisoning during this pregnancy, but I had proof that my baby was live. The baby was approximately 6 weeks old. Unfortunately, at my next doctor's appointment, the doctor could not find a heartbeat. Another ultrasound confirmed that this baby too, had died. I was crushed, but knew that this baby's life had a purpose.

Because the baby was not naturally aborting, I had to have a D & C. This time, I decided to have the baby tested. They sent the fetus to the Mayo Clinic and tested the "products of conception" for mercury levels. All the mercury experts didn't think that the mercury level would be significant because at this point it was a good two years after amalgam replacement.

But much to their surprise, the mercury level came back four times higher than normal! The so-called experts felt that the actual amount was too minute to have caused the baby's death. The bottom line was, however, that I had a dead baby with mercury levels four times higher than normal! I was determined to expose this deadly poison. I went through a more active detoxification process and went on to have two more healthy baby girls. I still fight for a mercury-free environment, not only for my three living daughters, but most especially, for my unborn babies that lost their fight with mercury.

Mary Davis
207 10th Ave NW
Altoona, IA 50009
515-967-3663