Q for those who did vax but stopped because DC had a reaction?

[JamesMama]

I was just wondering what kind of reaction your DC had that was bad enough to make you stop vaxing?

ETA- I'm considering stopping vaxing because of DS' bad reactions to the vax's he had at 2 and 4 months (stupid me should have stopped after he reaccted badly to the 2 mo vax)

[Gitti]

We stopped because a cousin was diagnosed with autism. At least that's when we started researching vaccines. Soon we realized that my grandson was having reactions but we didn't have a clue - and neither did the doctor.

My grandson was not smiling. Not at 5 months, not at 8 months, not at 1 1/2 yrs. AND he was not ticklish. The doctor told us he was a 'serious child'. Did you ever hear of such a thing?

Anyway, my second grandchild is NOT vaccinated at all, and he smiled at 3 months and by 5 months he was ticklish. All the neurons were healthy!

[applejuice]

My Aunt, my Father's older sister had anaphylatic shock in the doctor's office immediately after a vaccination...in the 1920's.

Vaccination reactions are old news.

[mamakay]

My son reacted to the 2 month shots in a way that was very similar to the symptoms of encephalitis, if not identical. Something very bad was going on in his poor little brain.
Doc said it was normal.
Then, the next day, he developed a cough that eventually "whooped" and lasted about 3 weeks. Might have been viral croup. I'll never know. Ds might have already been infected with a bacteria. Doc said wait it out. No cultures were ever taken.
I fired the doc and seriously started researching vaxes.

[infraread]

Don't be so hard on yourself, JamesMama. Most doctors I've met make it a point to downplay the adverse effects of just about everything, and many of us don't think to question them until something adverse hits us on the nose.

My son had the "typical" fussy baby, warm injection site reaction after his IPV, but the worst was from MMR at 12 months. He cried nonstop for 16 hours. Loud, screaming crying until he was exhausted, then wimpy pitiful crying when he'd pass out. He also had a red lump on his leg, and erratic breathing that his dr. insisted was due to his crying. For a few days he just seemed beaten, and it was the scariest time of my life, hands down. He's allergic to neomycin, which I know now caused those reactions. He's also got food and drug allergies, which I believe to be due--at least in part-- to his vaccinations.

hope that helps.

[iris0110]

Ds reacted to his vaccinations at 18 months. I believe it was the MMR that truly did it. He just shut down. He was a precocious toddler and was already speaking in short sentences, but then all of the sudden he stopped. He started having massive headaches and screaming fits. He also had these horrible rages. Around the same time ds recieved the MMR vax a friend a LLL brought non-vax up. I started studying and realized imediately what was happening. We have had ds treated by a Naturopathic Dr and he is doing much better. He still requires therapy though. I would like to do natural chelation with him, but right now we can't afford it. I now completely disagree with vaxs after having done all of the research. I understand that they aren't necessary, they are an unproven scientific hypothesis that is being tested out on our children. I will not allow the US and the CDC to use my children as guinea pigs.

[ERSsmom]

My kiddo is currently unvaxed, but I wanted to show you this other thread.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...vaccine+damage

And to tell you that you should not feel bad. Doctors are the ones that should feel bad. They are the ones that do not inform parents of the risks.

[applejuice]

Originally Posted by ERSsmom

And to tell you that you should not feel bad. Doctors are the ones that should feel bad. They are the ones that do not inform parents of the risks.

ITA.

They know better. Or should. They are the trained professional that is educated, trained, licensed, and hired by you to help with the health of your newborn/child/adolescent. If your child becomes ill from one of his procedures, then he/she is at fault, he/she is responsible, and should pay for it in every way.

[applejuice]

Remember medicine is an "art" that is "practiced".

When they stop "practicing" and get it right, then they can TELL you and me what to do.

In the meantime, they are still "practicing".

[JamesMama]

James' reactions weren't as bad as all that, thank god, he was super fussy for 2 or 3 days, wouldn't nurse on one side for 6 days (I think it was because his injection site was hurting him), ran a moderate temp (101.4 or so ear therm) for 2 days. Same deal after both vax. Both times I called dr in a panic, both times I was told those are 'normal' reactions and to keep giving him tyelonal every 4 hours or so. After his 4 month appt I was told I could give him motrin every 6 and tyelonal every 4 (yeah, thats what I wanna do, pump my 4 month old son full of drugs)

[ERSsmom]

Although I am sad that he had a reaction at all, I am glad that it wasn't more severe. Good luck to you on your quest for knowledge.

[Talula Fairie]

Originally Posted by infraread

He cried nonstop for 16 hours. Loud, screaming crying until he was exhausted, then wimpy pitiful crying when he'd pass out.

That's what happned to me, although eventually she would fall into a light sleep and the wimpering would stop. And it lasted five days, not 16 hours O_o

[wheezie]

My son had a temp of 104.4, moaned himself to sleep for 2 days, cried nonstop (screamed actually) but for "only" 3 hours or so and had a huge knot on his leg-a knot that is still there 2 months later. What made me suspicious is the ped kept calling all of this "normal" until they found out I had gotten the shots from the health dept. Then suddenly they were calling it a reaction, etc.

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

am glad for you that the reactions were the same for his hots... usually reactions get worse with each subsequent exposure.

[JamesMama]

they actually did get worse, with the first set he was only bad for 2-3 days, the next time it was 6, and with the first set he was still able to nurse on both sides after the first day.

[Stevie]

DD got really really sick 2 weeks after her 1st MMR at 18 months. Fever, chills, aches. Nurse told me it was not connected to the vax, which I felt but did not know, was incorrect information

DS had tremors in the middle of the night after his 4 mo DTaP, which from my research, I knew was a sign of neurological damage. When I called the nurse the next morning to report the vax reaction I was, once again, told that it was not a reaction.
Since we were in the process of adopting him and therefore required by his guardians (the agency) to get regular WBC and routine vaxes, I called in sick to his 6 mo check, and we were close enough to finalizing by his 9 month that I took a chance and said that due to his skin issues (exzema) we were holding off on vaxes till his 12 month. I never made an appt for his 12 month and by his 18 month we were his legal guardians so I took in letters for both kids files regarding our stance on vax.

[BeauGeek]

DS had a severe reaction after his 2 month shots, he had seizures, high temp, dry heaves and went limp on me. He did go to the ER, but was sent home 20 minutes after they looked at him, telling me to just give him tylenol. To this day EVERY ped we had visited denyed my son had a reaction at all, saying "he must have been sick beforehand" My son was PERFECTLY fine before then. He has never had another vax since, and DD has been vax free since birth.

[applejuice]

Originally Posted by BeauGeek

.....saying he must have been sick beforehand" My son was PERFECTLY fine before then. He has never had another vax since, and DD has been vax free since birth.

Doctors think that mothers are so stupid that they do not even know if their own child is sick or well.

Screw them.

[baileyandmikey]

We have only done the 2 mth vax, and we only did three out of the five then. but ds had a major reaction to one of them, or all of them? and had breathing difficulties, and had to be observed for the day. our ped wants us to continue & have him observed after the next set, i think we aren't going to continue to vax due to this.

[Devaskyla]

I was leery of vaxes to begin with and delayed until ds was 6 months. She basically gave him the dosages for all three (2,4 & 6) at once, or at least that's how it seemed. He didn't have any fever or crying, that I remember, but I suddenly realized a couple of months later that he hadn't really babbled since the shots. I think I realized because he finally started again. I decided that he wasn't getting any more vaxes. He was quite delayed in language until about 2 years, but he has luckily more than made up for it since and is now extremely verbal. I'm just glad I didn't let him get any more poisons, who knows what he'd be like now.