Posts by firewoman

Quote: Originally Posted by Rrrrrachel  In thirst six months of life babies are exposed to several times as much aluminum from breast milk or formula as they are from vaccines, not to mention other environmental...

I have five children ranging in age from 14 years to almost three years.  The oldest 2 have had the chicken pox vaccine but the youngest three are completely unvaccinated.  A family friend recently had a case of shingles and...

Hopeandfaith-I'm so, so sorry about everything that you, your husband and Jake are going through.  Does his blood disorder have a name?  I'm so happy to hear he doesn't have leukemia, but I know that even without cancer blood...

To the OP: I want you to know that you are not the first and certainly won't be the last to feel this way.  I think we have all been there.  No one can fully understand what it means to be a wife and mother except for those...

So you have more than one parent upset that your daughter hasn't been vaccinated with Menactra?  Do they understand there is a contraindication for your daughter because of her latex sensitivity?   I no longer vaccinate...

My last birth was covered after I obtained an out of network exception.  I had a BCBS Anthem Point of Service plan that had three tiers of coverage: HMO, PPO and out of network.  With the out of network coverage the birth was...

Lovely!

Let me just say that in regards to calculating BMI, the chart is flawed.  My kids are not in any way overweight but according to the charts at my doctors office, they are.  The chart does not take into consideration body...

They may suggest she receive the Gardasil vaccine at age 10.  When I took my daughter in at age 9 they wanted to administer it.    The vision and hearing test is very similar to how they tested us.  At my ped,...

  Quote:   And my personal pet peeve:  how can birth centers be acceptably safe but homebirth be unsafe by definition.  If you have appropriate back-up facilities in close proximity to your home,...