MMR jab and concerned!?

Question

My son is due for his MMR jab, and i'm a little scared of him having it done because of all the passed problems raised about it!......what shall i do?.....any mum's who had the same feelings?

Answer 1

i wouldnt hesitate to innoculate, have you seen the damage that can happen to a child after it has had measles mumps? they could go blind, be infertile, or possibly die. both my children had theit jabs and where fine. there is only a small risk of problems with jabs, but i know of a child that now is dis-abled cos he caught measles.

Answer 2

I asked my friend this around the time when it all flared up. She has two sons, both of whom are severely autistic, and one daughter (eldest child) who does not have learning difficulties.Her daughter and the first son both had the MMR, after the first son developed autism, she refused the jab for the 2nd son. She told me if she could turn back time, she would have had her second son jabbed for MMR as it wouldn't have made any difference. She recons its a genetic defect, not a side effect.

They advise the MMR between 12 and 18 months, your health visitor can advise you what age is the latest to have the jab done, My wee one was 18months by which time all the expected symptoms would have appeared, but it does expose them to these three very dangerous viruses for a longer period.

Answer 3

i have 2 children who have had the mmr and 2 who haven't, the 2 who had it are autistic, but ublike a lot of other people, i do not think it was the mmr that did it, the main reason it gets blamed is that the main symptoms opf autism show up around the same age that childrenhave the mmr, when the suggestion of a link appeared i was quick to latch on to it as a reason, but when i calmed down and thought about it i realised that there had been signs before they had the jab, it is a personal choice but if i were to have another child, i would give them the mmr, if you are in any doubt still immunise them but with the single jab, hope this is of some help

Answer 4

Hello, my son had his MMR last month and we were a little concerned as well. No smoke without fire and all that. BUT if your son does not have it and then gets measles etc the consequences could be devastating for him. Read as much as you can (some sites are a little biased but you can weed those out) The health service is currently trying to get parents to consent to the pnuemennacoccal (please excuse spelling) vaccine at the same time. We did decline this as we felt a quadruple vaccine was just a bit much. He will have it in a few weeks time. Have the vaccine done when you are happy about it, do not feel pressured. Make sure your son is well. (We delayed for 3 weeks because of a cold.) It is a normal and natural reaction that you are having, it justs shows that you care. Good luck.

Answer 5

I would say take your son for the injection. I have 3 kids and the eldest 2 have both had their mmr jabs, the youngest is only 15 weeks but will definately be having her mmr injection when the time comes. The pros far outweigh the cons.

Answer 6

I have five children ages 18, 11, 8, 3 &1.5 all my children have had the MMR I did have concerns about giving it to them (especially the younger two) but I went ahead after I heard reports that with the single vaccines in some cases the doctors couldn’t get hold of the measles vaccine so the children weren’t fully covered because the had only had the mumps and the rubella, and then they couldn’t be given the triple vaccine then because there would be too much in there system.

Its your decision but the diseases are on the increase because people have not let there children have either the triple or the single vaccinations.

Answer 7

giving your newborn the mmr jab togethor is a robust element to do. Like somebody mentioned above they do inject a particular to ineffective version of the virus yet opposite to what they mentioned it wont reason the ailment's. The antibodies would be created formerly any harm would be achieved (even however there isnt any). All that hooha approximately it inflicting autism is a load of rubbish, the learn replaced into inadequate and the outcomes misguided, there is not any evidence. So shop the trauma and discomfort brought about on your newborn and have the triple jab extremely than have 3 seperate injections. It additionally achieved for unfastened extremely than having to pay!

Answer 8

What concern? I am not a parent, but there is no link between the MMR jab and health problems. In fact, if you chose to have the jabs single, then there is more of a risk. You have to have 6 I think, and miss one of those and your son could end up getitng something. I saw a programme on it a couple of months ago.

Answer 9

The Pros far out way the cons on this one. There are a very very few children that have problems with the MMR and the Media has done a lot to hype this up. It is a risk but an extremely small one.

Answer 10

OH yes, my baby had the first stage of the MMr jab last Thursday after long deliberations with my husband. Everyday i check her little body for any reactions: rashes, fever...etc. so far so good. I took baby to a private paediatrician 2 months ago for a thorough check-up and asked about MMR, the answer was:"My own kids had it , if you choose not to and she get measles the consequences by far out-weight the possible reactions to the jab: blindness, cerebral palsy, loosing a limb."
So we went ahead, every parent try to choose what is best for their children nothing less, nothing more. courage

Answer 11

Always trust your instincts where your children are concerned. I have 2 girls and i felt exactly the same as you when their jabs were due. I paid to have 3 separate injections costing £80 each. We struggled financially but it was worth evry penny over a piece of mind. We wouldn't have forgiven ourselves if we took the risk and anything happened to them. My new neighbours have an autistic 8yr old and they too are convinced the MMR contributed to it.