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mommabear2410 · March 2015

Are any of you mom's antivaxxers or thinking about not vaccinations!?

moonseeds92 · March 2015

I'm not doing the vitamin K and Hep B shot they give your baby not 2 seconds after he's born. I think that's jumping the gun a little. Polio, meningitis, and TDaP I'm doing just because I had them and I'm fine and they are very dangerous diseases. No flu shots though, every time I get one I get sicker than hell.

komorebi · March 2015

I've delayed with all of mine. If you're thinking of not ,know that finding pediatric care can be tough in today's climate. I've been " fired" for just not wanting to follow the schedule.

nsaid4u · March 2015

We do not vaccinate. I have 3 older ones,.ages 10,6 & 4. They do not get vaccinated, nor will the new baby.

naka92 · March 2015

To each their own I suppose, but personally I'll be vaccinating.

Where im from you cant even send your kids to school if you dont vaccinate (unless theres a medical reason your child cant get them, in which case they'll still be safe because all other kids got their shots). So to me its just illogical not to.

*stating my own opinion, not bashing yours!*

jazzystar9 · March 2015

we will be vaccinating not only to protect this baby but any other baby or child that can't get vaccinated due to being too young or sick. I don't want my child being the reason another child dies. I read a story the other day about a newborn who died in Australia from whooping cough at 2 wks old all because someone didn't vaccinate and I nearly cried my eyes out for that family:( Nevermind the risk you are putting on your child. And just like MelMel92 this is my personal opinion:)

OctoberBaby10615 · March 2015

We will be vaccinating, no issues with getting any when we were younger. The schools where we live also require proof of vaccinations, it's always been in place...

amberrmariee20 · March 2015

I vaccinated my first, and I'll vaccinate every one after, there are some deadly diseases that people need to be vaccinated from, or that's how world wide outbreaks start ! I will protect my child and other people's children (: ! Vaccinating side effects are approx 1 in 1 million, deadly diseases are wide spread and kill more then a vaccine ! Flu shot I don't agree with unless your elderly or very young ! But hepatitis a&b shots are so good to have, hep a&b are super easily spread, hep a is spread through food and water, and hep b is spread through bodily fluids, something we come in contact with everyday and not know it !!

mommabear2410 · March 2015

I know all the reasons why you "should" be vaccinated that's why this post was geared towards hearing the opinions and reasoning why some people dont! Thank you

komorebi · March 2015

I think it's too much too soon. My first daughter was vaxxed on schedule and had some strange reactions and I had a hell of a time getting then taken seriously.

There are many reactions that can and do happen. And vaccine makers are immune from liability. I'm not anti drug\science, but I am weary of the idea that we are messing with functions we don't fully understand.

There is also mounting proof that vaccines are wearing off faster than predicted, which means more shots over a life time to maintain immunity. You'll find a lot of biased information out there, on both sides, but if you understand statistics, and don't mind sifting through a lot of propaganda and junk science you can get a more reasonable view than the US media is putting out there.

LJM0521 · March 2015

We pick and choose which to get and when. The only vaccine our pediatrician has "strongly recommended" that we disagree on is the flu vaccine. She is fine with our decision on everything else. Doesn't agree, but doesn't push us, either. (The flu one used to drive her crazy because she really wanted us to get that one, but we've come to an understanding. I know she thinks it's necessary, she knows we won't get it. We leave it at that).

amberrmariee20 · March 2015

If we don't get our children vaccinated, they aren't aloud in schools or daycares, because the put other children at risk ! I don't get the flu shot, it's the flu, unless your older or very young, it's not gonna have any lasting impact !

smlowe9311 · March 2015

We vaccinate but at a slower schedule. Dd (and this one) will be all caught up by age 3 but her pediatrician does fewer shots at a time. I agree that the shots are important but I think giving such a little body so many shots at once is just too much.

danixbanani24 · March 2015

I personally will be vaccinating but I don't really believe in "new" vaccinations like the H1N1, HPV, and yes, even the flu shot! I don't trust something that hasn't been around for many many years without research of what happens 5 years after getting the shot.

Rikki_5 · March 2015

I don’t like the idea of my newborn being vaccinated for Hep B before even leaving the hospital…I’m not anti-vaccinations I think they are important but think they should be given at an older age, like 2 or 3. But a bit worried how to raise this issue with the hospital? The hospital I am delivering at says it’s their policy. Do you have to sign a consent to have the Hep B vaccination?

naka92 · March 2015

danixbanani24 said:
I personally will be vaccinating but I don't really believe in "new" vaccinations like the H1N1, HPV, and yes, even the flu shot! I don't trust something that hasn't been around for many many years without research of what happens 5 years after getting the shot.

Just want to say that I got the HPV shots when I was 12-13 (now 23), as one of the first kids in my country. We decided to pay for it out of pocket because a few years prior, I nearly lost my mom to cervix cancer. I'm still looking healthy!
Obviously that isnt a big study, just me being my source, but a few years after the test runs I was a part of, all 12 year old girls in the country were getting them for free as an option. So far I'm unaware of any negative outcomes. They made me feel really sick for a few days after, but that wasnt really a big deal, just uncomfortable.

JaqiDec04 · March 2015

Rikki_5 said:
I don’t like the idea of my newborn being vaccinated for Hep B before even leaving the hospital…I’m not anti-vaccinations I think they are important but think they should be given at an older age, like 2 or 3. But a bit worried how to raise this issue with the hospital? The hospital I am delivering at says it’s their policy. Do you have to sign a consent to have the Hep B vaccination?

Yes, you do. They bring you the forms to fill out and sign when the bring you the forms for her birth certificate and social security number.

JaqiDec04 · March 2015

We vaccinated at a slower schedule. I was never anti vaccine, but holding my 6 week old 6 pound infant, and a tray of 3 huge needles in front of our doctor, I freaked out. We slowed it all way down, and did the shots one at a time.

allessandra511 · March 2015

My DS has had all vaccines except chicken pox. And he had the nasal spray flu shot. His pediatrician convinced me to this time. But for this LO, I'll be looking more closely at the schedules and possibly changing it up. I'll definitely delay chicken pox again and probably forgo the flu shot all together. There are way too many vaccines all at once when our kids are so little.

Rikki_5 · March 2015

What is the Vitamin K shot for?

aah1013 · March 2015

Vaccinating is not even a question for me! All of my children will be fully vaccinated. I still can't believe in this day and age that people choose not to vaccinate. I could see holding off on new ones like HPV, but many vaccines have been around for decades. I just don't get it.

ClaireBear90 · March 2015

jazzystar9 said:
we will be vaccinating not only to protect this baby but any other baby or child that can't get vaccinated due to be too young or sick. I don't want my child being the reason another child dies. I read a story the other day about a newborn who died in Australia from whooping cough at 2 wks old all because someone didn't vaccinate and I nearly cried my eyes out for that family:( Nevermind the risk you are putting on your child. And just like MelMel92 this is my personal opinion:)

I come from a position of respecting both sides and am grieved to hear of stories like this, but equally grieved when I hear of (albeit rare) stories of children dying or being permanently injured from vaccines. A family friend (medical doctor) and his large family all had whooping cough despite being vaccinated for it.

OP, we delayed vaccines for DD initially, partly by choice and partly because we had no insurance coverage for them. The clinic we took her to couldn't fit her in until she was around 3-4 months old! It's crazy that for a country that pushes them so hard, it's so hard to get them! We decline a few vaccines for moral reasons, but the rest we do and for DS and future kids we will do those according to the normal schedule unless something prevents it. I'll admit that all vaccines make me nervous. Good luck to you as you try to make your decisions!

MerVer · March 2015

Vaccines actually prove some amazing science about our bodies! I will vaccinate on the big ones that have been around since I was a kid, spreading the schedule out. But I think like everything, the vaccine culture can get out of hand, vaccinating for everything and anything that could come on. I am thankful for vaccines but some of them aren't necessary.

fayemu · March 2015

Rikki_5: Vitamin K is produced in the human intestinal tract by flora and promotes clotting factors (so when you get a small cut it doesn't continue to bleed). Since an infant's intestinal tract is sterile at birth, it cannot produce vitamin K right away. That is why the vitamin K shot is given at birth, so a small cut doesn't put the baby in danger of possibly bleeding out.

Peanut05 · March 2015

I will opt to do a very delayed vax schedule. My older two kids received all vaccines recommended at the recommended times. I've witnessed life altering reactions coinciding with some vaccines. That in conjunction with my own research and help from various physicians and therapists who treat my kids have really altered my views on vaccinations. It's an unpopular opinion as I understand, and I usually keep my thoughts about it to myself, and just do what I feel is best for my kids. Feel free to PM me if you'd like a more detailed point of view.

amberrmariee20 · March 2015

Hep a and b are giving to reduce the child's possibility of coming into contact with it, hep b is super contagious and both hep a and b passed easily !!!!

jkarayusuf · March 2015

I will be vaccinating my child because I do not want my child to die or by chance infect another child causing their death. There is no link to autism; it was a falsified study. The U.S. eradicated measles. Why does anyone want it brought back?

momma+street · March 2015

My opinion!!!!!!

Okay, my DD is 16 months, never vaccinated and has never been sick. Read that again, 16 months and has NEVER been sick. All of my nieces and nephews on my side of the family have been, and are always constantly sick, and most of which have landed somewhere on the autism spectrum. I say for all of you to watch 'thegreatergood', before you go bashing.

I was vaccinated, and I didn't turn out fine. No I am not a rare case, I am an extremely common case! Do your own research before pointing fingers at who you feel is 'irresponsible'.

Again, my opinion is do your own research. Big Pharma is pretty stinkin' real guys.

komorebi · March 2015

Vit K is not a vaccination. It has to do with blood clotting. Google vit k evidence based birth for a compelling breakdown of its risk/benefit.

savsimon · March 2015

I will be vaccinating. In my opinion I see no reason to expose my child to the risk of developing measles, rubella, pertussis, polio, etc. There is a reason they were developed. After having a patient with polio because her parents didn't vaccinate her and seeing multiple children die of measles I firmly believe in vaccination. Not only do most schools require it, but many pediatricians will refuse your child because they do not want to expose other children or immuno compromised patients. My father is immuno compromised due to transplants and he would not be able to touch my baby if it was not protected from such disease. I strongly suggest you are informed before you decide not to, please don't just follow a trend or Jenny McCarthy's advice, read actual research and speak to your physician.

amberrmariee20 · March 2015

If you don't vaccinate your child, you child gets Ill with a disease and other children who have younger siblings that will be getting vaccinated in the future, but too young now suffer for it ... Your not just putting your own child at risk, the risks to vaccine are ALOT lower then to not vaccine !

myboysnme12 · March 2015

My boys have been vaccinated on a delayed schedule and this one will be too. We do not do flu shots.

hashtagblessed · March 2015

First, it's pretty crappy to start a debate like this and qualify how people are and are not allowed to respond.

If you want honest responses and educated feedback, maybe don't tell people they have to be all sunshine and roses about a subject that is very touchy, and is actually a matter of life and death.

Yes, I vaccinate my children, because I am an educated woman who wants my kids to be healthy and doesn't buy in to one study that has been disproven time and time again. The fact that this is even a debate is astonishing to me.

savsimon · March 2015

@hashtagblessed I was thinking the exact same thing. I understand it's a new trend but don't expect people who believe the other way not to respond! There is a reason there are vaccinations! There are not many things we can control in life and I simply cannot understand why people continually choose to expose their children to risks so great. Unless you are a physician I really don't think people are qualified to pick and choose when and if to vaccinate.

MamaOwl15 · March 2015

I won't be doing the flu shots this time around, and I'm not sure if I do the Hep B. When I had my son, I had him vaccinated for Hep B because at my job at the time, I worked in the home of a Hep B carrier, and my job included helping her with her laundry, cleaning her bathroom, etc. I just wanted to make sure he'd be safe in case of any contamination.

The flu shot just made my son sick last time he got it, and reportedly was ineffective this year anyway.

Otherwise, I plan on following The recommended vaccination schedule. Though vaccine injuries do happen, they're actually pretty rare, and I feel the risks of diseases like measles and polio are far greater.

amberrmariee20 · March 2015

Why do people choose to not vaccinate ? What are the benefits of it ? I don't understand why they would put their children's lives and other childrens lives at risk ?!

Peatree26845 · March 2015

I have not found any independent, accurate, large study scientific research that proves vaccines today are as harmful as some say. I have asked friends to give me resources/sources that are anti vax, but all of those were done by people with a special interest, not in an accredited laboratory, celebrities, other not very credible sources like 'doctors' that have not even gone to med school. I have found credible literature that the vaccines used today are safer and cleaner than the ones our parents/some of us might have had. Hot dogs, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, and fast foods are more harmful than these shots.

Also, I don't understand why pediatricians who go trough years and years of training, grueling hours, mountains of debt and sacrifice all to help children would ethically back something that might be harmful. In the end logic won out over emotion and the fad of being anti-establishment for me.

meganeileen6 · March 2015

Ill be vaccinating as well...like @MelMel92 said about the whole school thing...to even attend my own schooling i have to bring my vaccination records!

jessafishy · March 2015

By the way, to anyone who doesn't know, personal anecdotes are not an argument against the proven science of vaccines. So saying "my kids are never sick so vaccines are what make kids sick!!!1!1!" is a false logic.

CaitLewis15 · March 2015

I work for the Health Department's Division of Epidemiology. Our division does everything from enterics to Ebola to measles monitoring.

It's astonishing that bad logic, inaccurate data and retracted reports have become the impetus for such a vocal movement.

And it's terrifying to think of how much needless danger this brings to truly at-risk populations.

jessafishy · March 2015

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