Vaccinations and Immunizations...

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Hi all!

 

I don't know if this has been discussed before or not, but I am

SOOOOOO confused about immunizations, vaccinations, etc. I have read

the basis of both views (being immunized or not) and I still do not

know what to believe. Can anyone give me some input on the subject?

I spoke with my chiropractor about it and none of his kids are

immunized. He was telling me about how they are bred and grown as

well as some of the ingredients in them. I was disgusted! Then

there are the views I have been reading from Babytalk, Parenting,

Parents, and Wonder Time (I know, I should be subscribing to

Mothering-Natural Family Living instead, which is on my list of

thyings to do, lol) and they keep reassuring the reader that all this

talk aagainst immunizations is bull. My son is 15 months old and has

not been immunized yet due to the fact that obviously I was leaning

more toward being against it. Am I making the right decision? What

if their is an outbreak of measles or small pox or whatever else they

got vaccinations for these days? I don't know what to think and it

worries me. Thanks for your help! I've learned so much already from

reading all your posts. I appreciate it!

 

Jamie

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HI, Jamie.

My son is now 16 mos old (14 mo adjusted, as he was a preemie). My DH and I

have been back and forth over this issue. Wedid start to vaccinate my son. The

Pediatrician did not feel that his prematurity was an issue and we went ahead

and allowed him to be vaccinated at 2 mo, which made him a gestational age of 38

weeks. He would not even be born yet!

 

My son reacted to that first round of shots, but I was soo.. tired and ill

that I did not realize it at first. He screamed for 3 days after the shots. We

went ahead and gave him the 4 mo shots and he reacted again, but the duration of

the screaming was 5 days or so. He would scream until he would be exhausted and

sleep until the next round of screaming. He woke every hour to scream. it took

lliterally months for him to get back to normal after the shots. His ped

felt that 2 reactions was not enough not to vaccinate him! I chose not to get

any more vaccines at that time. I changed peds thinking maybe that would help,

but got static from the new ped as well. He talked me into vaccinating him

again at 1 year and they gave him different shots, with the excepotion of one,

which he reacted to yet again. His thigh swelled to twice the normal size! I

am not talking about localized swelling where the area around the shot site

swells either. His entire thigh swelled.

Now, I have abandoned the idea of vaccinating him ever again!!

 

It is a hard decision to make regarding vaccines. There is so much

conflicting information out there. I went to the CDC site adn read what they

said, also, I read teh ingredients list for each shot and also the manufacturers

inserts that the doctor office won't dare give you a copy of! After reading

their inserts, I am totally against giving them to my son again.

 

Now, I have 2 older children, 17 and 12, that are both fully vaccinated and

had no problems. I assumed the same would happen now, but I was wrong. I will

never know if prematurity was a factor with his reactions, but I have chosen not

to vaccinate again. Now, I am in the process of looking for a new ped who won't

give me a fit for non-vaccination.

 

It is not my place to tell anyone whether or not they should vaccinate their

child. That is a decision that you must come to on your own. No one knows your

child better than you do. However, if I knew in the beginning what I know now,

he would never have been vaccinated.

 

There is also an organization for reporting vaccine problems.. it is something

like the Adverse Vaccine Reaction something or another. If you google adverse

vaccine reaction it should come up for you, if interested. Unfortunately,

unless there is a major problem.. seizure or death, the reaction go unreported.

As in the case of my son, they did NOT report his reaction. My question is..

how many other adverse reactions, no matter how minor to some, have gone

unreported? Not only that, tehre are warning signs, I personally believe,

before the big reactions occur. I also belileve that if I were to continue to

vaccinate my son, he will either be maimed or die from it. He has a proven

track record of warning signs, as far as I am concerned.

Hope that helps,

Gina

 

 

 

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Hi Gina,

 

Wow! I can't imagine what you went through! It broke my heart to

read how your son reacted. I was reading the book " Smart Medicine

for a Healthier Child " and there was a page in there on the

controversy of immunizations, and one of the short term complications

was screaming syndrome. That's probably what your son was

suffering. That was the short term complication of the standard

DPT. I figured I'd let you know about that little piece of info.

 

Jamie

 

, Gina <twsgirl05 wrote:

>

> HI, Jamie.

> My son is now 16 mos old (14 mo adjusted, as he was a preemie).

My DH and I have been back and forth over this issue. Wedid start to

vaccinate my son. The Pediatrician did not feel that his prematurity

was an issue and we went ahead and allowed him to be vaccinated at 2

mo, which made him a gestational age of 38 weeks. He would not even

be born yet!

>

> My son reacted to that first round of shots, but I was soo..

tired and ill that I did not realize it at first. He screamed for 3

days after the shots. We went ahead and gave him the 4 mo shots and

he reacted again, but the duration of the screaming was 5 days or

so. He would scream until he would be exhausted and sleep until the

next round of screaming. He woke every hour to scream. it took

lliterally months for him to get back to normal after the shots.

His ped felt that 2 reactions was not enough not to vaccinate him! I

chose not to get any more vaccines at that time. I changed peds

thinking maybe that would help, but got static from the new ped as

well. He talked me into vaccinating him again at 1 year and they

gave him different shots, with the excepotion of one, which he

reacted to yet again. His thigh swelled to twice the normal size! I

am not talking about localized swelling where the area around the

shot site swells either. His entire thigh swelled.

> Now, I have abandoned the idea of vaccinating him ever again!!

>

> It is a hard decision to make regarding vaccines. There is so

much conflicting information out there. I went to the CDC site adn

read what they said, also, I read teh ingredients list for each shot

and also the manufacturers inserts that the doctor office won't dare

give you a copy of! After reading their inserts, I am totally

against giving them to my son again.

>

> Now, I have 2 older children, 17 and 12, that are both fully

vaccinated and had no problems. I assumed the same would happen now,

but I was wrong. I will never know if prematurity was a factor with

his reactions, but I have chosen not to vaccinate again. Now, I am in

the process of looking for a new ped who won't give me a fit for non-

vaccination.

>

> It is not my place to tell anyone whether or not they should

vaccinate their child. That is a decision that you must come to on

your own. No one knows your child better than you do. However, if I

knew in the beginning what I know now, he would never have been

vaccinated.

>

> There is also an organization for reporting vaccine problems.. it

is something like the Adverse Vaccine Reaction something or another.

If you google adverse vaccine reaction it should come up for you, if

interested. Unfortunately, unless there is a major problem.. seizure

or death, the reaction go unreported. As in the case of my son, they

did NOT report his reaction. My question is.. how many other adverse

reactions, no matter how minor to some, have gone unreported? Not

only that, tehre are warning signs, I personally believe, before the

big reactions occur. I also belileve that if I were to continue to

vaccinate my son, he will either be maimed or die from it. He has a

proven track record of warning signs, as far as I am concerned.

> Hope that helps,

> Gina

>

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