To ask how your dc was after the mmr?

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I am pro-vax but something about the mmr worries me. I know statistically you are more likely to get ill from one of the diseases it protects against but that's not much comfort if you take your perfectly healthy child in for a vaccination and they end up being very unwell or permanently injured.

It's not helped by that fact that an acquaintance is so certain it caused brain damage and subsequently autism in her child. I know they say there's no link but I honestly doubt they'd ever admit there was as the result could be catastrophic in terms of no one having their child vaccinated. She says that it was an instant transformation from a happy sociable child who had some words to one who screamed, cried all the time, lost all the words and understanding they had etc. I understand that often people correlate the two events because autism can start to show at around the same age the mmr is given but often parents state there were signs even before the vaccine is given.

Anyway consulting dr google is no help. I only get horror stories. I'm hoping for a more balanced response on here! I will get dd vaccinated but I'm very worried about it. She's due it now and I need to book her in. She's just turned 12 months.

DS had raised temp and rash a few days afterwards - he was fine in himself though and no longer term effects at all.

Mine was fine, temperature for a day but not too bad. I have known well about twenty children have it in the last year and the worst reaction was a mild 'measles light' which lasted a couple of weeks but caused no long term issues.

Dr. Wakefield is the world-renowned gastrointestinal surgeon and researcher who has been accused of fraud and fabricating studies that show a link between the MMR vaccine and bowel disease, present in many children with autism. Dr. Wakefield was not an anti-vaccine doctor. Rather, he was a doctor interested in vaccine safety, and his studies led him (and many other researchers) to believe that there were problems with the three-combo vaccine of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). He did not advise his patients to stop vaccinating, but instead to vaccinate for these three diseases with single vaccines, rather than the combo.

He never said mmr caused autism. He wanted funding to check out the safety of the triple vaccine.

Don't underestimate the government to side with the pharmaceutical company. It's all about the money.

However both mine had mmr as I couldn't trust where to get singles from.

There is a risk with ALL vaccinations. A small risk. But would be awful if you were that 1.

I understand your worries.

The worst thing for both mine after the 12 month vaccinations has been sore legs. DD2 had hers a week or so ago and it is four seperste injections (mmr, menengitis and two others I can even remember). She was so tense and I was holding her legs down- she managed to grab the end of the needle at one point (whoops). She had a huge swollen lump on one leg and brusing so her legs were very sore the day and the day after.

Other than that (and a bit of grumpiness which could
Have been any of the four vaccines) she was fine. I know what you mean though. I am very pro vax, but suddenly when it is your own precious child I think it is natural to have a moment of hesitation. Wouldn't stop me getting them vaccinated though.

DS got ill about two weeks after the first jab, aged 13 months. Wouldn't eat, was tired, lay on the ground pressing his cheeks against the floor to cool them. Lasted a couple of days. No ill effects at all from the booster.

He's 4 now, and currently covered in a rash. Measles. He's one of the unlucky ones whose vaccine failed and he got it anyway. But apart from being hot, itchy and tired, he's fine in himself, chatty, asking for movies he likes, asking for food even if he doesn't eat much of it. The doctor was amazed how well he was for a child whose rash covers him completely from cheekbones to toes - he should be much sicker. It's scary. It's already lasted longer than I thought. I think he's probably better able to fight it because he's had the vaccine even if not fully effective.

DD is 18 months and hasn't had any adverse effects at all. She seems to be fully protected on just one dose. I'm so relieved.