DD is 25 months and hasn't been since she was 9 months. She received all vaccinations given from 0-6 months. At some point after that I started hearing some questionable things about vaccines. Luckily there were no vaccinations at her nine month appointment but I stopped taking her after that because honestly I was not sure which way I wanted to go and didn't want to be pressured into doing anything without doing enough research. Well 1 1/2 years later after doing research I'm still not sure. I just don't know what information to trust. I'm not sure if I will ever be sure. I kind of feel d*mned if I do and d*mned if I don't and I'm afraid of making the wrong choice for my children and something bad happening because I do or don't. So what do I do? I avoid. I've just stopped taking her hoping to avoid making a decision at all.
DH has been asking me to schedule a dr. appointment for DD but I've just been ignoring him. Today he finally called me out on it and said I need to face up and make a decision. He's right. I've just been avoiding and that is not doing any good. He made a dr. appointment for DD tomorrow so we can have them look at her eczema that keeps worsening and is keeping her up at night. We are going to discuss vaccinations with them but not make any decisions that day. The thing is, I already know that they are pro-vaccine and have a good feeling that they would strongly look down on us for not vaccinating. All I want is a dr. who will present how they feel but allow me to make the choice for my own child without feeling judged or like a bad parent. I was actually able to find a local family practice that does not vaccinate, but I'm not sure I want that either. I just want to be able to make the choice, and not feel pressured into one way or the other. The problem is I can't make a choice! Ugh...I know I'm not making any sense! I hate this whole thing.
Advise for how to sound intelligent at the Drs. while presenting my hesitations on vaccination? I think my biggest fear is going to the Drs., letting her get the vaccination and then having a different child afterwards. I've heard the stories...perfectly healthy child hitting milestones completely regresses after receiving vaccinations. I guess that is my biggest fear...losing the little girl I know because of something I allowed someone to give her. After that all the icky things in those vaccinations really bothers me, and even if they don't show an immediate change in her what are they doing to her body long-term? And even if I do let them inject her with all that nasty stuff in the name of keeping her healthy, I've read that she still could get sick...it doesn't necessarily prevent her from getting that disease...so what was the point of injecting her? But as you can see, I'm not very articulate and don't want to just have my fears cast aside by some doctor who thinks I'm worrying about nothing and completely misinformed. Ugh! Sorry this is so long...I don't even really know what I'm asking. But thanks for reading and letting me get this off my chest. I don't have many people to talk to about this besides hubby because everyone else would think I'm evil for even thinking about not vaccinating.
DH has been asking me to schedule a dr. appointment for DD but I've just been ignoring him. Today he finally called me out on it and said I need to face up and make a decision. He's right. I've just been avoiding and that is not doing any good. He made a dr. appointment for DD tomorrow so we can have them look at her eczema that keeps worsening and is keeping her up at night. We are going to discuss vaccinations with them but not make any decisions that day. The thing is, I already know that they are pro-vaccine and have a good feeling that they would strongly look down on us for not vaccinating. All I want is a dr. who will present how they feel but allow me to make the choice for my own child without feeling judged or like a bad parent. I was actually able to find a local family practice that does not vaccinate, but I'm not sure I want that either. I just want to be able to make the choice, and not feel pressured into one way or the other. The problem is I can't make a choice! Ugh...I know I'm not making any sense! I hate this whole thing.
Advise for how to sound intelligent at the Drs. while presenting my hesitations on vaccination? I think my biggest fear is going to the Drs., letting her get the vaccination and then having a different child afterwards. I've heard the stories...perfectly healthy child hitting milestones completely regresses after receiving vaccinations. I guess that is my biggest fear...losing the little girl I know because of something I allowed someone to give her. After that all the icky things in those vaccinations really bothers me, and even if they don't show an immediate change in her what are they doing to her body long-term? And even if I do let them inject her with all that nasty stuff in the name of keeping her healthy, I've read that she still could get sick...it doesn't necessarily prevent her from getting that disease...so what was the point of injecting her? But as you can see, I'm not very articulate and don't want to just have my fears cast aside by some doctor who thinks I'm worrying about nothing and completely misinformed. Ugh! Sorry this is so long...I don't even really know what I'm asking. But thanks for reading and letting me get this off my chest. I don't have many people to talk to about this besides hubby because everyone else would think I'm evil for even thinking about not vaccinating.
mama...sorry you are having a hard time. I think we all may have been in your shoes at one time or another. There are no easy answers but I will give you my 2 cents
