Vaccines??

Question

My daughter is 4 weeks old and hasn't had any vaccines yet. I'm stuck in the middle of 2 extremists on this issue. My mom thinks I should not give her ANY because they cause all these bad reactions and autism, etc. Then my bf thinks I should give her ALL cause he has a family member with polio and knows how bad these diseases can get. I feel like I'm going to get blamed if she has any bad reactions to a shot or if she gets any diseases...Please help. What do normal people do about vaccines??

Answer 1

You need to sit down and do your own research. No once can make this decision but you. Look into the vaccinations and the diseases themselves.

Here are some good places to start:
http://www.909shot.com
http://www.thinktwice.org
http://www.vaclib.org
"What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Childhood Vaccinations" by Stephanie Cave
"Vaccination: A Thoughtful Parent's Guide to Childhood Immunizations" by Aviva Romm
"How to Raise a Healthy Child, In Spite of your Doctor" by Dr. Robert Mendelsohn

Personally, I do not vaccinate my children. After much research, I believe that the chance of them having a severe reaction to the vaccinations is much higher than them contracting and suffering complications from the diseases themselves.

Again, do your own research and listen to your mommy instincts.

**Also, all states offer exemptions to vaccinations, allowing children without vaccinations to attend school. http://909shot.com/state-site/state-exemptions.htm has state by state information.

Answer 2

I also did a lot of research before deciding on vaccinations with my kids. With the exception of DTaP (because of the pertussis factor), I delayed beginning vaccinations with each of mine until they were 1-2 years old. Neither had side effects at all, not even local reactions.

Many of the diseases vaccines prevent have been virtually eradicated. For instance, there hasn't been a case of polio in the US for 25 years. I didn't see that vaccine as being very urgent for a baby since chances of exposure are virtually none. Also, doses of vaccines are the same whether you have a 10 pound 2 month old or a 30 pound 1 year old. There has been research that has shown fewer side effects when vaccines are delayed until the child is physically bigger and has a more mature immune system.

I don't believe there is a "right" or "wrong" way to vaccinate. This is just my reasoning on the decision I made to vaccinate but on a delayed schedule. Whether you do or don't, and when, is a decision you make for your child based on information you have.

Answer 3

Your mom is definitely an extremist. Not protecting your baby against any illness/disease is not the right thing to do, since the diseases do have major complications.

You were vaccinated as a child, right?

My kids are vaccinated, I feel good knowing that I'm keeping them from becoming ill with certain diseases.

Keep in mind that there is no 100% proof of any vaccine causing autism. There are kids out there that hadn't been vaccinated and yet have autism.

Answer 4

We do not vaccinate our children at all because of a horrible reaction that our son had. Do your own research and do what you feel is right. No one could ever convince me to vaccinate any of my children again. They are healthy and attend public school with an exemption form. The best thing that you can do is boost your childs own natural immunity. Good luck.

Answer 5

Hi. I am a mother of two children under the age of 6. My husband and I went to India twice, the last time we went, all four of us were exposed to everything there was. I happen to believe that there is a lot to learn about vaccines out there and there are a few good places to start if you would like to educate yourself. I would not feel in any rush to get your children vaccinated if you do not know which road to take. There are ways to naturally prevent and treat the worst diseases, and though it is not a 100% guarantee, neither are the vaccines. I have spoken personally to friends who said they are convinced that the vaccine polio gave them other irreversible disorders (scoliosis). As for autism, well, this just isn't some out of the blue idea. I know that there are too many cases like this to discount. Before we went to India, I discovered that you can use potassium chloride to halt polio in its tracks. A french physician discovered this and treated scores of his polio patients with it with much success. Little is known about this because most people want to believe that the AMA cannot be wrong.

Search using the words vaccines controversy, immunization question, etc.

If you search for Uchee Pines Health Center in Seale, Alabama, you will find a good source of information there on natural remedies. I have spoken to their primary physician there, Agatha Thrash, about my children, and she is very knowledgeable on this topic. She told me that she would rather take her chances than to take the immunizations!

Each person has to choose for himself and may God help you make this important decision with a lot of prayer. You need to make your own, educated decision, not because of anybody's views, but because you have knowledge.

God bless, and be of good courage!

Answer 6

The majority of people go through with them all on the regular schedule. If you want your daughter to go to preschool, daycare, regular school, any classes, etc... she has to be vaccinated. The important thing is how do you feel about the vaccines? If you want to "compromise" between the 2 extremes, you can space out the vaccines (not get any combined together) and/or hold off on the MMR vaccine (the controversial one for autism) until your child is 3 years old.

I have an autistic child, but I would still vaccinate my children. These are life threatening diseases. I truly don't feel vaccines caused my son's autism, but if anyone was nervous I'd tell them to hold off on the MMR vaccine til they're a bit older - my sister is doing that... she will vaccinate her son with MMR when he turns three, so he'll be vaccinated before he starts preschool.

Good luck!

Answer 7

Personally, if you take the advice of your Medical Doctor who has had 8-12 years of college education with several years specializing in infectious diseases, then you will get the child vaccinated.

Remember; 8 out of 10 people die from an infectious disease and when it comes to the very young and very old it may be as high as 9 out of 10 people die from infectious diseases. These are not odds that would be good to gamble against. On the other hand a extremely serious vaccine reaction is extremely rare, less than 1 in 800,000

You do the math

Answer 8

Children do not have to be vaccinated to go to school. People are terribly misinformed. There are waiver forms that can be signed. And I will be using my rights to sign one for my children. It does not matter if the link between thimerosal and autism has been proven. Do you really want your baby to be injected with mercury?
http://www.thinktwice.com/

Answer 9

Autism is a possibility even if your child does not have vaccines. There was a mom on here this morning who said her 7 year old is autistic, and has never been vaccinated.

There is no conclusive research showing that vaccines cause autism.

The benefits far outweigh the risks.

Most people vaccinate their children - and for good reason.

Answer 10

I personally would have my child, vaccinated. The pros out weight the cons. Especially since there was a family member that had polio. Good Luck