Posts by japonica

Couldn't be much of a bioethicist if he couldn't see the holes in his argument. 

Quote: Originally Posted by Minerva23  'Vaccination is more than a personal choice, it’s a social responsibility. Like not driving drunk or not smoking around people who don’t want to breathe in your...

Nothing much to add except that I'm probably very similar to you situation-wise and philosophically, except with my oldest turning nine this year, I now have to consider that whole, "should I vax before puberty" thing (thinking MMR...

Quote: Originally Posted by maciascl    Well of course, but not 30+ kids in a stuffy classroom day after day. I am sure you are right though that I should be (and am) more concerned about the lice,...

Quote: Originally Posted by inconditus    Family size is a huge issue for me. This is our first child and both DH and I would like to have a large family.   I was looking into doing rhogam...

The question of what qualifies as a "traumatic experience" re: blood mixing is, as you rightly surmised, pretty vague.   FTR I had no symptoms of blood mixing. I don't think I'd even know what they are TBH. I had no indication...

Quote: Originally Posted by Blt178  I agonized over the Rhogam topic too...  How far along are you?  If you are close enough for it to be pre-term labour, these symptoms on their own don't sound too...

Neither of my kids have had a vaccine yet and both attend a private K-12 school with an enrolment of about 950 kids. 

Quote: Originally Posted by Escaping    You're right... for some reason I was under the impression that if the antibodies were still low, the shot would still be effective... apparently...

Hmm. If I include ones whose parents started a series but then stopped and then never resumed the schedule, then ten, including my own kids. We're not in a stereotypical crunchy area either.