Posts by jupitermama

According to the info section of the video it was a parody of a song by Lil Jon, performed by pediatric residents at a major hospital. These are our nation's future pediatricians folks!

That anyone thinks forcing someone into a clinical vaccine trial is okay here in America is absolutely horrifying to me. I love how they say that paying participants any more than a minimal amount is unethical, yet possibly forcing...

It hardly seems worth it to subject a child to so many shots, when you need so many (4 or 5 doses of pertussis) before you are "fully protected" but the immunity wanes after only 3 years...especially when the vaccine carries a very...

As a selective/delayed vaxer, I found this article quite condescending.

I know exactly how you feel!  My little guy is just 4mos. old and has only received 2 doses of rotavirus so far.  I get super anxious and panicky when I think of my little guy getting a real shot of something INJECTED into...

So it seems like lots of parents these days (myself included!) are leery of the multitude of vaccines that the "experts" recommend that babies receive these days.  A popular point that the pro-vaccine camp likes to argue is that...

My first son was rushed to the hospital when he was 3 months old by ambulance because his blood oxygen level was low. He ended up having RSV and had to stay in the hospital for 3 days. He had a hard time breathing and the nurses had to...

I had my baby on June 15 and at one of my prenatal appts the head ob (I go to a group practice) said I should get the Tdap booster.  I smiled and took his printouts about "Do it for your baby" that was printed from the vaccine...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-K8Rhlw_c8    Here is a link to the story that was on the news.  Apparently the infant was under 2 months old so he did not get the vaccine.  One article said that one or both...

Any pediatrician who refused to treat my (delayed vaxed) child wouldn't have to worry...I would refuse to let such a doctor treat my child.  Anyone who is not willing to respect MY place as my child's mother isn't someone...