MMR jab - peoples thoughts please

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DS 1 has just turned 13 months and is due to have the MMR jab.

A lot of the other babies we know who've already had it at 13 months seem to have been a bit poorly and out-of-sorts for a couple of weeks afterwards, so am just wondering what peoples thoughts are on the benefits of either

a) delaying having it until he is a little bit older or
b) paying to have the jabs done separately? (Not sure if this is an option but have heard it mentioned by some other mums)

What does everyone think and how did your children cope with the effects of the jab?

daftpunk did you do that reading on dpt?

just wondered if it changed your mind a bit

sorry to carry something over but am interested

DD is 19 months and having the single vaccines. She has had measles and rubella jabs and she'll have the mumps jab whenever the hell they've got some. My clinic said October

x post with hana. Despite rumours to the contrary, my clinic has booked us in for October and said they will absolutely definitely have it. As I said, I'm sceptical but hey, we'll see...

bad science is a dreadful resource

terribly closed

at one point the site said words to the effect that comments from parents who think their child suffered an mmr reaction were "not welcome"

i mean that really is like saying "not listening, not listening"

Has anyone read that Richard Halvorsen book? It's next on my reading list before I make a final decision re DS1 (have been putting it off for two years now!)

Hang on a sec iceagethree - are we talking about the book or the blog here?

Not so keen on Cave book. Halvorsen's though is pretty balanced. He is also a gp so I have more faith in him.

yes, the blog

both informed by BA's approach of course

Boys need vax against rubella as boys can get rubella (german measles)

I let ds have mmr and hib c on his 1st b'day. He now has severe autism. I have only just found out that he and my other 2 DC's shouldn't of had the jabs as i have a severe reaction to metals and there are trace metals in most vaccines. That could be the link to ds's autism.

I obvs wanted to do what was best for dc's but will definitely be waiting longer before dc3 has her jab.

The govt are so scared of people not vaccinating their kids they will not accept any links to autism even with evidence. I can see their point, they want to eradicate these illnesses and i think they see 'a few kids with autism' as collateral damage. Not air to the kids themselves but in the big scheme of things?

agree largely with you debs and am very sorry to hear of your son's autism

but I would say boys don't need it for themselves

women and girls should be vaxed when older

not up to babies to take on a responsibility that adults fail to accept

Just to add to the debate - the Mumps vaccine is not available in this country and any clinic that tells you they will have it is lying. The only company licensed is Merck in the USA and they have stopped manufacture (they say for financial reasons, eg more money to be made in making MMR) for at least two years.

Both mine have had it with no ill-effects. Also, boys have rubella because although catching Rubella may only result in mild symptoms for them, if they pass it to pregnant women, it causes serious defects (including autism) in 90% of cases.

Debs the rubella vaccine is not for children, it is always a mild illness, it is to protect unborn children when the mothers are not immune. Vaccinating all girls at puberty would be better. Sorry about your ds.

iceage....tbh i can't remember if i read it or not...i'm linked to so much on here...

ooh but you promised

and you sounded so chastened

you would remember if you'd read it and you would come over to the dark side is wot I think

can i be very annoying and ask you to link it to me again....i'm on my own tonight so will sit down and read it....

oh lord that is frightfully annoying and it was beachcomber, and that's not me

i have a clear day tomorrow and will plough through JUST FOR YOU

so you can stay on mn instead of studying tonight

thank you....

i can't handle all these name changes going on at the moment...had an idea who i was talking to though....hope you're ok...