Vaccinations?

Question

I want to hear from those who had their infants vaccinated and also those who chose not to and why. Also , If your baby has all of their shots, did they have any bad reactions, or were they fine? I'm pregnant with my first and all kinds of people have been scaring me to death about the possible dangers of vaccines (autism, SIDS, bad reactions, etc.) BUT I'm also afraid not to have my child vaccinated for obvious reasons. I need advice from your experiences, please! Thanks!!!

Answer 1

First off yes there has been links between vaccinations and SIDS. Although not all babies that have the vaccinations die of SIDS a large percentage has. 85% of babies that die of SIDS die within 14 days of recieving either 2, 4, or 6 month vacciantion. The DPT shot is the on that has been linked to SIDS. If you do your research on the DPT shot (and not the information you get at the doctor's office either since the manufacturer of the vaccine has conveniently excluded this information on their fact sheet since people stopped allowing the vaccine after reading this) you will find that one of the adverse reactions from this shot alone is apnea, hypopnea, cesation of breathing. Now this is just the effects from that one shot, put the effects from the other three that they get with that one and it is pretty scarry. This pertinent information is no longer made public. I worked in a peds. office for many years so I know that this was one time made known to parents along with the fact that this shot has been linked to SDIS. My daughter died of SIDS at 5 months (2 days shy of turning 5 months) just 2 weeks after getting her shots. When I became pregnant with my next child I confronted my doctor with the information I had found and she agreed with me that the vaccinations would be altered (one vaccination at a time) and the DPT shot would not be started until 16 months of age. The recommended schedule was designed by insurance companies not anyone else. My aunt works for Aetna and said that this schedule helps cut down on paperwork, insurance claims, etc. on their part. If you go to a free clinic the shots are given one at a time no 4 at once. People think that they HAVE to follow this schedule and they do not. My other two children were on their own schedule as I had stated earlier and my 3 year old was exactly at the same place with her shots when she reached the age of 2 as someone's child that followed the schedule. Shots were not given 4 at a time when I was a kid and should not be given this way now. That is too much for a babies body to handle. I worked in a peds. office and witnessed first hand some horrible side effects from vaccinations. I've seen babies go into convulsions, suffer from dysphagia, and even seen 3 of them die afterwards, this before even leaving the office. Some babies have minor reactions to vaccines and some more serious. You do what you feel is right but do the research and realize that you do not have to allow your baby to be injected with 4 different vaccines in one visit.

""You can get information sheets about the vaccines from the doctor's office and read them until you're blue in the face but they really don't do any good if pertinent informaion is left off of them now do they."" I've seen first hand horrible reactions and just because somebody else that worked in a doctor's office did not does not prove anything. LIKE I SAID some babies have mild reactions and some severe. The fact is information is being kept from partents concerning the vaccines per the manufacturers of the vaccine and people are also being told they have to follow some stupid schedule that is all about insurance companies nothing more.

Answer 2

Hun you need to sit and have a LONG talk with your pediatrician about the vaccines and then do some research yourself online. The only reaction my daughter has ever had to a vaccine is a slight fever, which is normal. Id rather her be protected than to catch one of these highly contagious diseases and get ill! The autism link has been proven false many times! There is no link between SIDS and vaccines either. People are telling you horror stories.

This is a decision that you, your partner and your pediatrician need to make. Good Luck and Congrats!

Answer 3

To be Honest, i stopped vaccinating my first at 1 and she's 8 now. I have a 4 month old who will never be vaccinated. My daughter was vaccinated against measles and still got them.vaccines to me are harmful. My kids are never sick.your baby will be healthy without vaccines. Vaxxed kids have low immune systems.

Answer 4

My son has been vaccinated since birth. He never had any reaction more serious than fever, fussiness and site soreness. I've worked in a pediatric office and of the thousand children that were immunized the most serious reactions to immunizations were 1 case of chicken pox that resulted from the immunization (she had 3 "pox" and a fever), rashes, local infection (easily treated with antibiotics), and one seizure that later was determined not to be associated with the vaccine. Oh, also one case of hives at the site of immunization. This is out of the thousands of kids who get several vaccines at once.
If you want reliable information you should review the Vaccine Information Statements developed and published by the CDC. These tell you what the vaccine is for, who should get it, possible reactions to the vaccine and how common those reactions are. You can just ask any doctor's office that give immunizations for these sheets. It will give you a good idea of where to start.
Ultimately the decision is yours, and I hope you don't let "horror stories" replace sound medical advise. You will also have people tell you every terrible thing that can happen during delivery. Doesn't stop people from giving birth though! Good luck and happy researching!

Answer 5

You are right to be concerned! Either way its a big decision. I had my first child vaccinated, and she had diarrhea for over a year. Any new food made her tummy upset. Look into leaky-gut syndrome, there is a link b/w leaky gut, vaccines, and autism. We found out that my nephew is autistic so with our other 4 children, we decided on no vaccines. My nephew who has autism had a father with allergies and aspergers syndrome, and my nephew has bad allergies too. If you decide to get vaccines, try and wait until your child is 3, as his immune system is better prepared for it, and boost his immune system 2 months before hand by eliminating dairy and white flour. I would also encourage you to find some research on children who have autism that didn't get vaccinated. (I have not yet heard of any autistic children that didn't get shots.)

Answer 6

Children in the United States now receive their first Hep B vaccine at 10 hours of age. They also receive a over 33 vaccines before the age of 18 months. If you plan to vaccinate please find out how to follow a safer vaccine schedule to ensure your babies immune system can handle the overload of toxins. You can find a lot of great info about vaccines from www.danasview.net also check out the book what your doctor may not tell you about children's vaccinations by Stephanie Cave.

Answer 7

"Scare Tactics: Doctors and other health authorities often try to frighten parents about measles by exaggerating the risks. For example, vaccine pamphlets published by the CDC claim that 1 out of every 1000 children who contract measles will get encephalitis, an infection of the brain.(8) However, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, renowned pediatrician and vaccine researcher, had this to say: "The incidence of 1/1000 may be accurate for children who live in conditions of poverty and malnutrition" but for just about everyone else "the incidence of true encephalitis is probably more like 1/10,000 or 1/100,000."(9) Furthermore, about 75 percent of these cases will not show evidence of brain damage.(10)"

thinktwice.com/measles.htm

Answer 8

Everyone i know has been vaccinated and no real bad effects. I have 2 children who were completely vaccinated. The worst that happened is they had a fever and slight swelling around where the needle was place. Give your baby some panadol half hour before vaccinations to prevent a temp . Its not worth not having them vaccinated. Why risk it??

Answer 9

I think vaccinations are rough on a kid so I would wait till they are a bit older than usually recommended. I think the government schedule is too aggressive.

But I think kids do need to be vaccinated.

Answer 10

Vaccinations have less risk now a day.
I felt so bad when I was talking my baby for it and when I think of taking her for her second set of her Vaccinations I feel sick but that is a good thing for her, I do not want her to get any bad sickness...