"he got the chicken pox cuz you didn´t vax"

[paakbaak]

ok, i KNOW this isn´t true. but it´s driving me crazy.

my son has the pox and he doesn´t have the vax. it´s not that bad. arms and legs are practically clear. it´s face, throat, upper body. yeah, he has them, but i do think it could be worse!

anyway, my mother has had the biggest fit and is now blaming me for his pox.

is it true that if you have the vax, you catch a much a milder pox?

is there a reason why i should feel bad for this? apart from feeling angry with my mother?

thanks!!!

[sarahn4639]

Well, I would say that he does have chicken pox because you didn't vax. If you had vaccinated and it worked properly (I believe this one usually does) he wouldn't have the chicken pox or yes, a milder form of it. HOWEVER, you chose to let him gain immunity naturally and to avoid the risks/complications associated with vaccinations. I don't think there is any reason to feel guilty about your child having the chicken pox, but you do need to realize that by choosing not to vaccinate you were allowing him to get the virus.

Personally, I will not vaccinate for chicken pox unless my children do not get it by the time they are pubescent (because the risk of complications of chicken pox increase in teens and adults verses children) and I hope that they get the virus and the immunities in a natural way.

I hope your son is feeling better soon!

[SpiderMum]

It's chicken pox...not the plague! Don't feel bad! I had it when I was 3. I WANT my daughter to get chicken pox the old fashioned way!

[paakbaak]

yes, i decided not to vax, in order for him to get the pox naturally. i know this much...i guess it´s the guilt trip that gets me.

ok, so if i would have vax, apart from all the "thing" in the vax, he would have gotten it milder...ok. but if he´s vaxed and gets it, could he get it again later on in life?

thank you very very much!

[lauradbg]

He got the chicken pox--who knows where he got it. Perhaps a recently vaxxed kid? (At least three previously vaxxed kids in my homeschooling group contracted chicken pox)

What he won't ever have to get now are booster shots. You have protected him from that, and he now has true immunity.

[BunnySlippers]

Tell your mom he was supposed to get the pox, hence NOT being vaccinated.
Call me confused but isnt that we want?

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by paakbaak

yes, i decided not to vax, in order for him to get the pox naturally. i know this much...i guess it´s the guilt trip that gets me.

ok, so if i would have vax, apart from all the "thing" in the vax, he would have gotten it milder...ok. but if he´s vaxed and gets it, could he get it again later on in life?

thank you very very much!

maybe he would have. maybe not.
i know there's the potential for ds1 to catch it again even though he had the pox bc his was a mild case (7 pox ), not sure what the case is if vaxed.

[sweetulip0623]

My daughter got the vac (before I started researching), and she still got the chicken pox. It wasn't to bad, like your son, she had them on her face, arms, and belly. So you can still get them even if you did get the vaccine.

[feest]

I was vaxed (i'm 23 now if that matters) and i got pox 4 times! twice when i was younger, when i was 10, and again at 13(sick for over 2 weeks). My younger sis (also fully vaxed) got them twice.... she also got mumps and whooping cough.

don't feel bad for your decisions mama.

[stacey05]

>>Well, I would say that he does have chicken pox because you didn't vax. If you had vaccinated and it worked properly (I believe this one usually does) he wouldn't have the chicken pox or yes, a milder form of it<<
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I would have to disagree with this statement!! I know many parents who got their kids this vaccine and their kids got cp anyway!!! And, it wasn't always a mild case! I don't know how they can say it is more mild if they have the vax, how do they know this particular child wouldn't have gotten a mild case anyway?? It just bugs me. Also, I know 2 families whose kids got the cp vaccine and their kids get shingles too! Ugh!

[nycmom18]

well the shingles makes sense, because it is just the chicken pox virus re-erupting, right? sorrect me if im wrong please. my uncle had shingles when he was 7, cousin at 17, so i dont think age makes a difference, contrary to what most info states. and mama, dont feel bad! trust in your childs immune system and be happy its doing what it should! congrats on most likely* lifetime immunity

[BunnySlippers]

Originally Posted by feest

I was vaxed (i'm 23 now if that matters) and i got pox 4 times! twice when i was younger, when i was 10, and again at 13(sick for over 2 weeks). My younger sis (also fully vaxed) got them twice.... she also got mumps and whooping cough.

don't feel bad for your decisions mama.

Wasn't the chicken pox vaccine made like 3-4yrs ago?

[Marnica]

Originally Posted by BunnySlippers

Wasn't the chicken pox vaccine made like 3-4yrs ago?

http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVac.../ucm094073.htm

it was approved in 1995

the shingles vax was approved in 2006

[mattemma04]

And now your child will not need booster varivax vaccines till death. I would be happy if my child had a mild case of chickenpox.Done and over with forever.With the vaccine you take a risk EVERY TIME you get a shot.

There are a lot of vaccines in the pipeline.It is a risk each time you get one.Pick your VPDs wisely.

Speedy healing!

[craft_media_hero]

Um, good. Isn't it great that his body gets to create it's own natural immunity to this mild childhood disease rather than be exposed to it artificially along with all the other crap that's in the vaccine?

Try not to let it bother you. It's ridiculous that she would be so upset over chicken pox when I'm pretty sure the majority of kids in her generation caught it naturally, just like your son.

I'd be thrilled if I were you, don't let her rain on your pox parade! He's mildly ill and now has his own immunity, that's the goal, right? I mean, not to make the kids be sick but to allow them to develop their own immune system.

Don't respond to her unless you can do so with the utmost positivity like you are on cloud nine about him getting the wild pox and immunity without the vax. Otherwise just don't answer her calls or whatever til he's better.

[Lilcrunchie]

I'm a mama that never had CP as a child, and titers confirmed this. Got the vax when it first came out (95 I think?) when I was a senior in high school (didn't know any better then).

I also got only one dose as that was the recommendation at the time. By the time the two shot recommendation came out I was working in the medical field w/ immune compromised patients, and if I got the (then recommended) 2nd dose, and the stuff I was reading at the time said I'd have to avoid immune compromised patients (and I worked with small children that were immune compromised, so they would have been very vulnerable). Supposedly my titer came back adequate so they "let me go" with just one vax dose. But wow, things would have been complicated w/ my employer if I "needed" (per titer check, if it hasn't been "adequate" enough to assure everyone I had "enough" immunity...true or not) that second dose? I couldn't have worked around a good portion of my patients. complicated!

Now as an adult I'm stuck in limbo always wondering when my one dose (from 14+ years ago) will wear off and how much (if any!!!) immunity I had/have. I won't do a booster at this point in my life (I'm no longer working so that part is not an issue). But now I have to decide when/if to expose my kids and potentially risk getting it myself (which could be severe, or not...). BUt I *want* my kids to have natural immunity after going through this whole vax-induced immunity fiasco in my own personal life. Vax induced protection is not even close to 100% for chicken pox, even with a two dose regimen, and then you also can never be sure exactly when *your* immunity (if you have vax-induced immunity in the first place) will wear off.

[Arduinna]

I'm not getting the problem here.

[paakbaak]

yeah, i guess they were just dificult days...weekend and training course all day with my mom home "taking care" of him... glad that´s over!!!!

yeah, thrilled he got it on his own, young but not too young. perfect. he got another outbreak, so the first ones are dry and over and the new ones are on that same track. great!

he got a horrible rash, but it´s going away.

so yeah, no problem really, just the fact that i let her get on my nerves!!!!!

thanks to you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!