Vegan kids and doctors

[Guest guest]

It was interesting to read your post about doctors being OK about you

and you families veganism Lesley, but then you got struck off their

list over vaccine refusal. I have had no hassel, although I avoid

going to the doctors like I would avoid the plague.

 

Being a vegan when I was pregnant received much praise by various

midwives for me when I was pregnant. One midwife asked me if I had a

healthy diet. I just said, well, yes, I am a vegan. She said, oh you

must be much healthier than me. Thanks to a healthy diet, I was

rewarded with a very easy pregnancy too.

 

Vaccinations on the other hand have generally evoked a different

response from the medical profession, for me also. My own GP hasn't

given me any hassel, and hence we remain on his list (he's a sweetie,

although he's so popular you can never get to see him). Amazingly he

actually asked me if I had thought about vaccinations when my son was

one week old (obviously suspecting that I would have thought about

various implications). Apart from that I have experience a great deal

of hostility from other doctors, who seem to imply that I am being

very irresponsible and clueless, not acting as the informed parent

that I am.

 

Oh by the way, good luck with your pregnancy Lesley. I am really

pleased that you make steps to avoid unecessary interference with the

barrage of test that the medical proffesion seem to insist on. I feel

comforted in the knowlege that nature provides women with everything

they need for a healthy pregnancy.