Okay moms I need help,
I just came from a new Peds appointment with my daughter (well care check and Dr. Interview). I made the decision to stop vaccinating my kids last year. Unfortunately my son had all shots up to 18 months and my daughter up to 3 mo. before I started researching on my own and becoming very sad about what I've found out. I've done many, many, many hours, months, a full year of research. Read many books, talked to many people, and researched online. My last peds kicked my kids out of her practice because she found out I am choosing not to vaccinate ( I have no problem with that), and was already in search of a new ped. That is the one I went to today. He came highly recommended and was referred to me as a peditrician who would support my decision not to vaccinate. That was not the case, he spent the whole time trying to scare me and saying he disagreed. Saying that the law was on my side right now, but at the same time seeming to be a little bit threating. He used so many of the scare tactics I've heard and even a few that were new to me and almost comical. He said he had never heard of the VAERS website about reporting vaccine reactions (Hugely surprised me) He used the whole, you can't trust the internet, TV or books you read it's full of lies about vaccines. I was very respectful, but I really didn't budge on my questioning, I WANT ANSWERS!!!! I asked him to please give me any information he had that would show short or long term studies or any kind of studies, I asked him to suggest any reading material to teach me about what he was saying (I am very open to reading any and all of it, so that I can make an informed decision) He couldn't suggest anything, and I asked him at least three times. He told of 3 babies in his office who died of whooping cough who were not vaccinated, he basically told me the chicken pox shot was for money and convience so parents wouldn't have to take off work for 3 weeks, and when asked about the Hep B, he started to agree with me and then said it gave a life time immunity to my kids ever getting Heb B if they have been vaccinated against it. He said Small pox was elimnated due to vaccination, and so was Polio in the U.S. When I asked him why do they still vaccinate against Polio if it's been erradicated here, he said because of people from foreign countries. All the research I've done shows that vaccines did not erradicate anything, that sanitation, better diet has more to do with it. I asked about the mercury, aluminum (known neurotoxins), and other things they put into vaccines and he told me there is more mercury in a can of tuna fish than in shots ( I find that hard to believe), but I don't really care, my kids don't get fed tuna fish, or really any fish. If it is true it seems to me that is just passing the buck or blame. I asked about all the chronic illnesses that kids seem to be getting earlier and worse and he said it is the environment, blamed it on the air we breath and the foods we eat, even blamed it on organic fruits and vegs, no possible chance it could partially be because of the vaccines. He would admit that there is a one in gazillion chance of a severe reaction, AKA (DEATH) to vaccinations. And gave me the sorry if it's your kid speech. From studying the VAERS website I know that it is many more than one in a gazillion chance, but he's never heard of the CDC website for reporting vaccine reactions. I am so frustrated, and to the point of tears!!!!! I have a four year old, a 17 month old and a new baby due in October and I would just like to find a pediatrician or doctor who will see my kids and not try to coerce me, force me, or treat me like crap and threaten me with turning me in and taking my kids away. Is that even possible? What do other mom's do who have brand new babies who choose not to vaccinate? Do they just not take them to a doctor at all. Do they go to the emergency room if their baby is sick and forgo the pediatrician altogether? What are my choices, I want a doctor I trust to treat my kids if they are sick, if need be, but I don't want a doctor who will only see me because the law is on my side. Are there ANY peditricians out there in the state of Texas who will support a parent in not vaccinating their child? In trying natural means to keep them healthy and keep their natural immune system functioning naturally and not with vaccines? Are there any parents who just do not take their kids to peditricians and if so what do you do when you are worried about them when they are sick? Especially if it's a newborn. Please any help would be so appreciated. Can anyone point me to studies that anyone has found to show any positive attributes to vaccines, that was done by an impartial researcher, not the CDC, FDA, or Pharm companies. I can't seem to find anything, only the typical trust me I'm a doctor and because I say so. This Pediatrician also said the AA of pediatrics has no ties to CDC, or any other link to vaccines that would make them biased, is this true? It seems just by virture of their practice being mostly well child visits with vaccines being a big part of their income that could possibly make them a little biased?
I just came from a new Peds appointment with my daughter (well care check and Dr. Interview). I made the decision to stop vaccinating my kids last year. Unfortunately my son had all shots up to 18 months and my daughter up to 3 mo. before I started researching on my own and becoming very sad about what I've found out. I've done many, many, many hours, months, a full year of research. Read many books, talked to many people, and researched online. My last peds kicked my kids out of her practice because she found out I am choosing not to vaccinate ( I have no problem with that), and was already in search of a new ped. That is the one I went to today. He came highly recommended and was referred to me as a peditrician who would support my decision not to vaccinate. That was not the case, he spent the whole time trying to scare me and saying he disagreed. Saying that the law was on my side right now, but at the same time seeming to be a little bit threating. He used so many of the scare tactics I've heard and even a few that were new to me and almost comical. He said he had never heard of the VAERS website about reporting vaccine reactions (Hugely surprised me) He used the whole, you can't trust the internet, TV or books you read it's full of lies about vaccines. I was very respectful, but I really didn't budge on my questioning, I WANT ANSWERS!!!! I asked him to please give me any information he had that would show short or long term studies or any kind of studies, I asked him to suggest any reading material to teach me about what he was saying (I am very open to reading any and all of it, so that I can make an informed decision) He couldn't suggest anything, and I asked him at least three times. He told of 3 babies in his office who died of whooping cough who were not vaccinated, he basically told me the chicken pox shot was for money and convience so parents wouldn't have to take off work for 3 weeks, and when asked about the Hep B, he started to agree with me and then said it gave a life time immunity to my kids ever getting Heb B if they have been vaccinated against it. He said Small pox was elimnated due to vaccination, and so was Polio in the U.S. When I asked him why do they still vaccinate against Polio if it's been erradicated here, he said because of people from foreign countries. All the research I've done shows that vaccines did not erradicate anything, that sanitation, better diet has more to do with it. I asked about the mercury, aluminum (known neurotoxins), and other things they put into vaccines and he told me there is more mercury in a can of tuna fish than in shots ( I find that hard to believe), but I don't really care, my kids don't get fed tuna fish, or really any fish. If it is true it seems to me that is just passing the buck or blame. I asked about all the chronic illnesses that kids seem to be getting earlier and worse and he said it is the environment, blamed it on the air we breath and the foods we eat, even blamed it on organic fruits and vegs, no possible chance it could partially be because of the vaccines. He would admit that there is a one in gazillion chance of a severe reaction, AKA (DEATH) to vaccinations. And gave me the sorry if it's your kid speech. From studying the VAERS website I know that it is many more than one in a gazillion chance, but he's never heard of the CDC website for reporting vaccine reactions. I am so frustrated, and to the point of tears!!!!! I have a four year old, a 17 month old and a new baby due in October and I would just like to find a pediatrician or doctor who will see my kids and not try to coerce me, force me, or treat me like crap and threaten me with turning me in and taking my kids away. Is that even possible? What do other mom's do who have brand new babies who choose not to vaccinate? Do they just not take them to a doctor at all. Do they go to the emergency room if their baby is sick and forgo the pediatrician altogether? What are my choices, I want a doctor I trust to treat my kids if they are sick, if need be, but I don't want a doctor who will only see me because the law is on my side. Are there ANY peditricians out there in the state of Texas who will support a parent in not vaccinating their child? In trying natural means to keep them healthy and keep their natural immune system functioning naturally and not with vaccines? Are there any parents who just do not take their kids to peditricians and if so what do you do when you are worried about them when they are sick? Especially if it's a newborn. Please any help would be so appreciated. Can anyone point me to studies that anyone has found to show any positive attributes to vaccines, that was done by an impartial researcher, not the CDC, FDA, or Pharm companies. I can't seem to find anything, only the typical trust me I'm a doctor and because I say so. This Pediatrician also said the AA of pediatrics has no ties to CDC, or any other link to vaccines that would make them biased, is this true? It seems just by virture of their practice being mostly well child visits with vaccines being a big part of their income that could possibly make them a little biased?
. Anyhow after researching, talking to other moms on MDC I finally decided to go with an ND who specializes in pediatrics. My ds was getting stomache aches right after he would eat. Instead of prescribing some toxic drug, my ND did a simple urine test and found out his food wasn't breaking down completely in his stomach and gave us some probiotics to take before eating. It solved the problem and without any invasive-type of testing involved.
