Anyone regret not vaccinating? - Page 3

[MyLilPwny]

Originally Posted by xmasbaby7

I disagree. I would think if someone over the years here had contracted a VPD and felt that it would have been worth the risk to vaccinate, that person would have been more than eager to share her story on this board.

The part about the parent feeling it would have been worth the risk to vaccinate their unvaccinated child--isn't true based on what I've seen here on mothering.com, like on this thread for example http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1121764 (and I've seen other threads too) where lots of unvaccinated kids develop "VPD's" but the parent does not regret not vaccinating because in every case that I've seen, the child recovers well, and now has lifelong immunity. I've never seen a case here on mothering.com where a completely unvaccinated child died or was damaged from a "VPD" (but maybe someone can show me, if there is one), yet I've seen lots of cases where a child was either killed or damaged by a vaccine. So, a parent that already decided not to vaccinate is going to keep that in mind when their child recovers from a "VPD."

[Theoretica]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

Most people who "regret" not vaccinating would simply go out and have their older child(ren) vaccinated. It's a simple thing to "undo" if you change your mind later. But once a vaccine is inside a child, it can't be undone.

I was going to say this, and I got to Ruthla's post and as usual, she beat me to it

[SwanMom]

Originally Posted by Luv2Bake

No.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's as a teen (VERY mild case, thankfully) and there is a body of evidence suggesting that this disease is vax-related. The fact that I may have developed a disease due at least in part to a vaccination reinforces my decision.

I could have written this. I had MMR at least 3 times...no way my kids are getting it!

[ammiga]

Nope, I don't regret it at all.

In fact, my dd was diagnosed with the mumps when she was 15 months old. I felt so confident in our decision not to vaccinate and proud that we were able to tell the doctors why we didn't vaccinate and I could hold my own with them when they bombarded me with the necessity of vaxing.

After 3 lab tests were run that came back negative, the doctors then told me that dd didn't have the mumps. However, when I thought she did have them, neither dh or I had a single pang of regret. We were actually happy that she had somehow contracted one of the normal childhood VPDs!

[treemom2]

Sometimes I feel life is more complicated because we didn't vax our DS and didn't fully vax our DD. Yes, I do feel we've made the right decision about vaccinations and I also feel guilty for the vaxes that DD did receive. However, sometimes I think how much easier things would be if we just vaxed. I'm in a weird situation though. We are overseas, my DH works on a miltary base so we have to keep our status re vaxing hush hush. Our children can't participate in activities (like parent's night out) or go to the base school. We homeschool one of our children and would love to enroll her as a nonattending student at the base school just so she can participate in some of the activities but have been told there would be a big stink if we tried to do that. My DH is afraid to ask the school. . .even to let anyone know our kids aren't vaxed because we don't know what would happen then. We won't vax though. . .we just think about it sometimes.

[AbigailGrace]

Originally Posted by treemom2

Sometimes I feel life is more complicated because we didn't vax our DS and didn't fully vax our DD. Yes, I do feel we've made the right decision about vaccinations and I also feel guilty for the vaxes that DD did receive. However, sometimes I think how much easier things would be if we just vaxed. I'm in a weird situation though. We are overseas, my DH works on a miltary base so we have to keep our status re vaxing hush hush. Our children can't participate in activities (like parent's night out) or go to the base school. We homeschool one of our children and would love to enroll her as a nonattending student at the base school just so she can participate in some of the activities but have been told there would be a big stink if we tried to do that. My DH is afraid to ask the school. . .even to let anyone know our kids aren't vaxed because we don't know what would happen then. We won't vax though. . .we just think about it sometimes.

I so appreciate your honesty!! We have always said that when we start traveling out of the country, we will have to rethink our stand. Not that we will choose to vaccinate, but we will have to make that decision then.

[robynholly]

Thanks for all your replies. Thanks xmasbaby7...I agree that this forum is the exact right place to ask the question. BTW, what exactly does VPD stand for?

[fruitfulmomma]

BTW, what exactly does VPD stand for?

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

[angelpie545]

Do I regret not vaccinating? No. I had a feeling that vaccinations would not be right for my daughters when I was pregnant with both of them. I did a lot of research and while I am not anti-vaccine (more pro-safe, effective *voluntarily* offered vaccinations in single shot form) I felt that for my kids in particular, the risks outweighed the benefits. I did freak out one time when my older daughter got a very deep cut on her foot and allowed her to have the DtaP vaccination. Low and behold, then next day she had a fever and was throwing up, with no previous signs of illness before the vaccination. She is hardly ever sick, either. I do believe it was a reaction. My youngest daughter has issues with milk and wheat and could possibly have celiac disease. I know that vaccinations can sometimes have a higher risk of reactions in people who have autoimmune disease so I feel comfortable with my decision not to vaccinate her as of right now. Will I selectively vaccinate in the future? That remains to be seen. I'm never "done" researching, and although I'm content with my decision at this point in time, circumstances can change.

[MountainMamaGC]

Originally Posted by Luv2Bake

No.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's as a teen (VERY mild case, thankfully) and there is a body of evidence suggesting that this disease is vax-related. The fact that I may have developed a disease due at least in part to a vaccination reinforces my decision.

Me too. I was dxd as a teen but I have had gut problems since i was a small child. I was also very sick with ear and tonsil infections.

My only regret is vaxing DD a couple times before stopping at 4 months. I am thankful that she is so healthy right now. Not a single infection. She fights off viruses in no time. Total opposite of what I was like as a child. My next baby will not receive a single shot, not even Vit K.

[caro113]

Originally Posted by Cristiaz

Your childhood sounds like mine. My immune systems sucks, putting in bluntly, but I'm working on it! DD's immune system rocks, of course. I took SO many antibiotics for everything as a kid. It was insane. My mom is still doctor/pill happy. And I was vaxed too.

How ironic ... so's mine

[Nikki74]

No!

I only regret the first couple of shots my eldest child had, before we started researching the matter. When the nurse gave him the first shots, it felt like alarm bells were going off in my head and my heart - I honestly felt like I was playing with his life. Dh and I cancelled the next appointment five minutes before we were due to see the nurse, and then started researching. Years later we're still finding out new information, and everything we find out makes us so glad that we stopped when we did, though we do wish with all our hearts we'd researched it *before* those first shots were given.

[swissmom]

Originally Posted by Pepper44

I've never regretted it for a second! My DD is much healthier than her neighbor friends, who are vaccinated fully and constantly have runny noses and viruses. I'm certain it's because her immune system hasn't been way over stimulated with the adjuvant in each vaccine given...I love knowing that her immune system has never been tampered with, and as a result it functions perfectly as God/nature intended.

Same story here and DS is almost 3yo.

Never regretted it.

[SFB]

No.