You have a **BIG** decision to make. I suggest that you do lots of reading!

Andy Cutler has strong warnings about messing with Amalgam around the time of conception!
http://onibasu.com/archives/am/112018.html

Cutler's bio.
http://amalgamillness.com/AboutTheAuthor.html


Beware of so call detox supplements and foods, especially after Amalgam removal. Cilantro and alpha lipoic acid are at the TOP of the list of things to avoid--lots of BAD stories in the chelation groups, for example
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/message/300714


I have lots of links to more information.

You could start here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffQvwWoFUWA

http://www.healthcentersofthefuture.com/DrCutler/


If you actually believe doctors and government officials who want do dismiss the link between heavy metals and autism, check out the following stats. That group wants the legal problem to go away. The parents below want their kids to get well. Treating the problem as a heavy metal problem works well for parents, not so well for doctors, dentists and politicians.

Autism Research Institute treatment parent ratings 2009
http://www.autism.com/index.php/treatment_ratings_asd

"Detox. (chelation)" 74% report "got better", 3% report "got worse", 23% report "no effect"
The 74% rating is the best of all of the many dozens of listed interventions

Joe

I would STRONGLY recommend chelating before you even try to conceive. My mother had her Amalgams redone (replaced with other amalgams) when she was pregnant with my older brother. She developed uterine fibroids during that pregnancy and almost lost him.

After him, she had a miscarriage, and then came me. The mercury that she accumulated from the dental work affected my brother's pregnancy, forced her to lose the next baby, and then it all got dumped into me. Needless to say I have had major mercury issues my entire life, and am only now picking up the pieces by chelating.

I also plan to have children, but it's going to have to be later than many of my friends and family. I need to chelate to prepare my body for healthy babies. I'd much rather wait to have children, than to recover my children as I'm having to do myself.

Good luck.

ChelatinCanary's point is valid, but there's a diff between ONE cracked Amalgam and a mouthfull of them. ONE may not be a problem, but 14 may be. I'd say try to estimate how toxic you are first? How many Amalgams have you had and for how long? How are you feeling in general, are you feeling any of the symptoms of mercury poisoning? If I were you, I'd base my decision on that. I come from a country where mercury fillings were (and still are) routinely done, and most people *appear* to be OK and give birth to healthy children. I decided to replace my Amalgams because I was experiencing chronic brainfog and I had 13 of them... so consider that :).

If the only issue for you was the *one* cracked Amalgam and you are generally a healthy and clean eater, I'd wager you're more likely than not to be OK.

Disclaimer: Obviously, I am no MD and this is only an *opinion.*