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vaccinations: is anyone choosing not to?

65 replies

Heathcliffscathy · 26/03/2004 10:16

due to having read up on the risks and controversy surrounding benefits in homeopathic type books...not just mmr, all vacs...if so, did you come up against lots of resistance/agressive pressure to vaccinate with people telling you you were putting your child at risk of death...

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stace · 27/03/2004 13:16

JimJams thank you for your advice, i am in awe of you and your obvious love and dedication to your children. They are very lucky to have you and how you still manage to give support and advice to others is amazing. Your photos are lovely and your boys look simply gorgeous. Thank you for sharing with me.

elliott · 27/03/2004 13:54

jimjams, its lovely to see a picture of you all 'in the flesh'. And you do have two beautiful boys

kiwisbird · 29/03/2004 15:17

Jimjams what gorgeous photos! And beautiful children.
I have immense respect for the time and knowledge you input on this forum and no doubt on others. You have enlightened me certainly so thanks for that!
AS for the dtp schedule my dd had the first 1 and a bad reaction so I simply ignored the reminders until she was 6mths and she had the 2nd. Then again waited until 11 mths for the 3rd. if you leave it more than 6 mths you have to repeat the whole course I was told.
I will not vaccinate another child again. Except if needed for worldly travels, one exception being rubella.
I have one older child who cannot tolerate any vaccinations - does anyone know about TB? he has had some horrific reactions to vacinnations are you forced to have it?

Jimjams · 29/03/2004 15:59

no vaccinations are compulsary kiwisbird. Be a bit careful though as its given at school (and so everyone tends to get marched off for it). I would either write a letter in advance saying you don't want him to have it- or keep him off school on the day it is done (probably unecessary but recommended by one book I read). I think its given in early teens.

suedonim · 29/03/2004 16:51

Jimjams, we were given consent forms to sign for dd1 to have BCG so I don't think it would be given automatically.

In the event, dd1 threatened to sue the nurse for assault!! Dd is lefthanded and wanted the jag in her R-arm. Nurse said it had to be done in the l-arm because 'that's where the US authorities check your vacc when you enter the country'. Dd had been twice to the US by that time and knew that was a blatant lie so she challenged the nurse. The nurse tried to stab dd anyway and my darling dd threatened to sue her. Cue a huge kerfuffle, people running about all over the place and dd emerging triumphant.

WideWebWitch · 29/03/2004 17:00

What a great story suedonim and good on your dd!

geekgrrl · 29/03/2004 17:42

whilst I understand that some people choose to opt out of vaccinations I do find it worrying how ill-informed some non-vaccinators are regarding the illnesses vaccines are supposed to prevent. Mumps for instance is not just a problem for teenage boys - my brother had it as a toddler and ended up with meningitis. Measles nearly killed me when I was a teenager - I was in intensive care and it really wasn't much fun (though I did manage to lose 1st in 1 week!). These illnesses are not as 'benign' as chicken pox or a common cold.

essbee · 29/03/2004 17:46

Message withdrawn

WideWebWitch · 29/03/2004 17:47

I don't think you could call jimjams or most mumsnet non vaccinators ill informed geekgrll. These diseases may not be 'benign' but they're not the killer diseases we're being told they are.

geekgrrl · 29/03/2004 17:48

i know jimjams is not ill-informed... I said 'some'

kiwisbird · 29/03/2004 17:50

I know geekgrrl
my youngest brother nearly died of measles as a teenager, he wasn't vaccinated as we all reacted badly to the vaccine (siblings I mean)
My 1st had anaphylactic shock after his mmr, yet I still had chosen to vacc dd (17 mths)
she has now had measles and I am not pursuing the mmr anymore for her.
I do not think anyone chooses non vaccinations lightly, or is a rule, ill informed, if you do it on instinct alone that is not being ill informed either.

aloha · 29/03/2004 17:59

geekgirl, the type of meningitis associated with mumps is NOT bacterial meningitis - the one we are afraid of that comes with the rash and can cause loss of limbs or life - but VIRAL menigitis which is totally different and is basically a very bad headache. It is rare complication of mumps, and even when it does occur, it is usually in a mild form when accompanied by mumps, and it is not life-threatening. It does not require special treatment.

Jimjams · 29/03/2004 18:04

geekgirl- I mentioned on a single vacine thread a few days ago that measles is more serious in the teen years. Which is why anthroposphic doctors recommend vaccinating if measles hasn't been caught by age 9.

I haven't met any ill informed non-vaccinators. not a decision taken lightly ime.

Jimjams · 29/03/2004 18:04

rofl suedonim

Jimjams · 29/03/2004 18:06

and the big thing is geekgirl- though you were ill with measles you are around to tell the tale. You are living a normal life and have a family. My son won't have either a normal life or kids. It's never a straightforward decision.

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