Re: [ozmidwifery] flouride suppliments in pregnancy

[Julie Garratt]

Hi all,        My child who is now 12 has a few teeth with little enamel on them because I needed to take antibiotics during pregnancy for recurrent uti's. I think its referred to as Hyperplastic teeth. Also my husband runs the water treatment plant that services the Adelaide hills and I know for a fact that Fluoride is added to the municipal water supply as " Mass Medication!" I will ask him to find out what the current knowledge is on the subject of safety in Pregnancy. Julie Garratt:)   ----- Original Message ----- From: Rhonda Sent: Monday, 14 October 2002 1:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] flouride suppliments in pregnancy     I did a study on Flouridation in the water a long time ago - during my HSC, but I do remember that it is only of some benefit to children aged 5 to 13 yrs and after the age of 13 it begins to build up in the body and may become a carsinogen or cause calcifying of the bones and joints - hence arthritis. So i can't see it being of benefit to a developing baby or the mother.  I think for healthy teeth and bones it would be far better to increase or make sure that the bodies intake of calcium is adequate. They used to say that women lost teeth from childbirth but this is more due to a lack of calcium than flouride. It has been removed from the water supply in many places around the world after trials caused adverse affects.  I think Japan was one place that introduced it and then removed it again.  (That is just from memory of my studies - so I may be wrong??)   And to note on the discolouration, I ask my dentist if I should give Katelyn flouride being born prem her teeth from both the prematurity and the drugs  came through with little to no enamel on a few of them.  The dentist said that her second teeth would probably be fine - (so far the ones that have come through now are great!)  And too much flouride causes white spots to develop on the teeth and so it is not really a good idea.  So I guess discolouring of teeth may be a direct result of flouride. Hope all that helps.   regards Rhonda.   -------Original Message-------   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, October 14, 2002 12:42:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] flouride suppliments in pregnancy   I can only speak from personal experience.  I lived in PNG when I was a young woman and had my babies there.  we drank only rain water and the big push in australia was for fluoride supplements.  I took them with one of my children and gave them all childrens doses when they were growing.  When his teeth came through he was the only one with discoloured teeth.  For that and all the other reasons about fluoride being a poison, I wouldn't recommend it. MM                         ____________________________________________________   IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com