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MMR or Single Jabs?

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QueenQuootieSpookypieBee · 17/10/2006 11:51

Hi,
DS is nearly 7 months, so the time of his MMR is approaching. I dont know alot about it, but, am I right in thinking the risks are not there with single jabs? Also, any info about either would be great ie. cost as its a minefield googling it!

Thankyou!

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QueenQuootieSpookypieBee · 17/10/2006 12:32

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Weatherwax · 17/10/2006 13:14

There are quite a lot of threads about this um being a recent one . I've found this one too another one I think it sometimes gets to be a hot topic and I think Jimjams really knows her stuff. Brousing in the heath topic should get you loads more.

I gave mine singles and they were about £100 each.

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QueenQuootieSpookypieBee · 17/10/2006 13:16

thanks!

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LynnC · 17/10/2006 13:17

Hi QueenQuootieSpookypieBee - wow - what a name

I started a thread like this when my dd was due her mmr and worried sick over it. Your ds is still a bit young but I know that doesnt take the worry away here is the replies I got and hopefully it will help you make your decision.

In the end I got MMR and dd had no reactions thankfully.

Plibble · 17/10/2006 13:20

I will be giving mine MMR (not singles). If you are undecided, you might want to start with www.mmrthefacts.nhs.uk (sorry, am incapable of inserting links...). It is an NHS site, but does contain lots of information.

gegs73 · 17/10/2006 13:26

I gave my ds MMR when he was about 14 months. I would not give a second child the shot, just because he was so ill with it.

I wasn't worried about the autism links, but he was ill for 2 weeks, high temp of 40, 2 lots of rashes, listless etc etc. It is alot to put into a young child IMO though I do think he was particularily unlucky. His friends all had it done and apart from being off for a couple of days they were fine.

If he had had the single jabs, yes he prob would still have reacted - but not to measles, mumps and rubella antibodies all at the same time! Might have made my life and his abit easier.

paws4thought · 17/10/2006 16:38

i read a really worrying article in the daily mail written by the wife of the doctor who first brought all the problems to our attention. because of what i read i've decided not to get DD jabbed at all at this stage either with the triple or the single jabs. she is 15 months now.

KathyDCLXVI · 17/10/2006 16:55

Gave my dd the MMR, no worries/problems (though of course there are people, eg those whose families have a history of reacting badly to vaccinations, for whom it will not be so open and shut).
(Probably wouldn't use the Daily Mail as my main source of info on this one though )

TeeCee · 17/10/2006 16:58

I did went felt right.
I decided I wasn't prepared to take the risk. Others may say there is no risk.

I went to a place in Hemel Hempstead that specialises in single vaccines. Is that anywhere near you?

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QueenQuootieSpookypieBee · 17/10/2006 21:14

Im in Bracknell, but would travel to Hemel. Thanks

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TeeCee · 17/10/2006 23:13

It's the Breakspear Hospital, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - 01442 261333

MrsOhHu · 18/10/2006 10:11

There is a far greater risk in leaving the child unvaccinated. The diseases we vaccinate against are killers. The single jabs leave far longer between jabs, therefore more time unprotected. A bad reaction to vaccinations is far less likely than the disease itself. Single jabs are better than no jabs at all, but not much good if you don't finish the course!

weimaranerlover · 20/10/2006 18:35

the key question is how healthy and stron your child's immune system is. If it has been very healthy and does not catch every bug, if it seems happy and normal it is propably stron enough to take MMR. the problem arises in children who have a decreased vitality and a weak immunesystem, their little bodies just can't take it. Immunisations are necessary though. One can immunise homeopathically as well and if one chooses the orthodox way homeopathy can help prepare the little bodies beforehand and afterwards to deal with the shock!!!

foxinbubblesletsmaketrouble · 20/10/2006 19:09

I wouldn't touch MMR as we know several families whose children have been damaged by it - varying from having fits to regression in development and autism. None of these families are involved in any campaigns or legal action and have been told by GPs there was no link - but they knew their children before and after the jabs and witnessed the change in their child from the day they had MMR.

We went for single jabs for both DS and DD - you get the best of both worlds - vaccinated children without the risk of the MMR overload.

paws4thought · 26/10/2006 13:44

have decided not to have anything at all. DD is always ill with something so i don't want to set her back anymore. SHe is 15 months now. i suppose we may re-evaluate in a while but right now and certainly not this side of 3years old are we going to do anything about it. once she is older we might get it done but as singles.

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