Whats your thoughts on the MMR jab...?

Question

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has your child had it...?

Answer 1

Both my kids have had it!
However they didn't get their jab at 10mths which is the normal age, instead I waited until they were 2.5yrs, autism signs usually start showing from about 18mths, so I thought I'll wait and see if anything happens and then get the jab,at least I'd know if it was because of the jab then!

Both my kids were completely fine and are now 7 and 5, and total pains in the a*se, LOL

Answer 2

My son is scheduled to have his MMR in a months time, so I've been doing a lot of research lately to help me decide whether to give him this or the single jabs. He is definately having one or the other as I think it is irresponsible to avoid giving vaccinations completely to your child. There are far worse diseases out there than the side-effects of some vaccines.

With the MMR, I do believe that it is relatively safe, there are millions of vaccinated kids with no problems at all. However I do believe that in a small number of cases, problems can occur. Why this happens, and whether it is in fact the MMR causing it, I'm not sure. Therefore I am hovering towards the single jabs, just on the off-chance that my child will be one of that small minority who develop autism or other problems.

Answer 3

My son had it.

I did do a lot of reading and couldn't find anything that in my mind directly linked the MMR jab to autism.

The facts speak for themselves, cases of measles etc have increased as too many parents took the decision not give their child MMR. I don't knock them for that everyone is entitled to make a personal decision but it should be an informed decision.
Not based on media hysteria!

Answer 4

Well I had my first child when the BIG uproar occured, concerning the mmr.
It just frightened me so much, that 3 things were going into one needle and into such a small person, that no wonder big problems came from it,
I now have four children and none have had it,
I have read your article and if this is true about increase in measles,( i really do not believe what all reports say) then why not just offer the measles injection,

Answer 5

I sat on the fence about this one for a looooong time. My son had suffered seizures while very young and I chose to delay this jab as long as I could. (with the doctor's support)

In the end he was given it without my consent, but suffered no ill effects.

I will likely let my daughter have the jab when the time comes because my son (whose health was alot more vulnerable) came out of it ok.

EDITED to say:
In my son's case I had chosen to give him the vaccine in 3 separate jabs, but we did not have private healthcare and could not afford it. (this was in the UK)

I will be looking into having this done for my daughter, ,but am not sure if it is provided in the country we are now living in.

Answer 6

The research that linked MMR with autism has now been completely discredited. It was funded my an interested party, and was retracted by the medical journal that published it.

Answer 7

My son is vaccine free, and will continue to remain so. I made this decision after much research.

Here are a few of the reasons I do not vaccinate:

A person would not normally contract 5 diseases at one time naturally, yet at 2, 4 and 6 mth. visits a baby is injected with five vaccines.

There is no proof that vaccines are responsible for the decline in certain diseases - improved sanitation, medical care and less crowding may also have contributed to the decline in certain diseases. Most diseases decreased by over 95% BEFORE the introduction of vaccines.

By vaccinating children, many cases of certain diseases (ex. measles, chicken pox) have now shifted to the adult population where the disease is often more serious and debilitating.

Vaccines have not been tested for any possible carcinogenic (cancer causing), teratogenic (gene altering) effects or their effects on the reproductive system (it says this right in the product inserts from the manufacturers).

Vaccines are not 100% effective so the child can still get the disease even if they are vaccinated and a child can actually get a disease sometimes from the vaccine if it is a live vaccine.

After researching many of the diseases(like measles, mumps and polio), I found they are not as scary as the media hyped them to be, especially for a healthy immune system. Example: Polio is 90% asymptomatic.

The same amount of vaccine that is given to a 4 yr. old is given to an 18 mth. old and a 2 mth. old, etc.

I beleive the chance of dying or getting a serious side effect from the actual disease is much less than the chance of dying or getting an adverse reaction from the vaccine. The dieseases are not dangerous or deadly in most people.

I believe that injecting my children with things such as formaldehyde, mercury (trace amounts), aluminium, paint thinner, coolant, anti-freeze, detergent phenols, MSG, plus dead animal tissue, aborted fetus tissue, mutated human and animal viruses, bacteria, antibiotics and animal, bacterial and viral DNA, is not particularly a good idea.

I think it is very important for each parent to do the research for themselves. Http://www.909shot.com and "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Childhood Vaccinations" by Stephanie Cave are good places to start.

Answer 8

i going to do alot of searching on the net before my son has the mmr jab, i want to make an informed choice afterall.

you can apperently get the injection seperatly but you have to pay for them.

i think i wil probaly get them done seperatly

Answer 9

Get the MMR as soon as your baby is old enough. Or risk damaging your child for life - or someone else's child through being infected by yours.

Answer 10

hey my son has had it and he is now 3 and nothing is wrong with him and ive just had a daughter and she will be having it aswell i have a friend who knows a lady whos child had it and they have autism now however they arnt sure if thats the reason why or not. however because of this my friend will be having her daughters injections all separate however she will still be having them which i think is very good