my dc DIDNT have an adverse reaction and i don't vax! weigh in! - Page 3

[Fyrestorm]

I'm in, 1 DD never vaxed, not even Vit K at birth (Yes, I know it's not a vax). Never knew anyone that had or admitted to having a reaction.

[trmpetplaya]

No vaxes for dd so no reactions. I had some seizures as a child that were probably vax related, but that's not the reason we're not vaxing dd - it's a reason I sometimes give to very pro-vax people so they don't completely condemn us though : They tend to understand the "fear based reasoning" better because that's why they vaccinate We really don't vaccinate dd because the VPDs don't scare me : And I started researching vaccines and VPDs because I'm pretty scared of needles... and didn't want to put any dc of mine through unnecessary pricking.

love and peace.

[angelpie545]

I sort of fit. With dd#1 I started researching the whole vaccine issue before she was born and decided that I would delay them. My mother went and told her pediatrician who told my mom "Oh, I'll talk to her!" I guess he though b/c I was a teen mom and his former patient that he could make me do it? I think not. The fact that I had so much opposition to me making an informed choice made me want to know even more, so back to researching I did. I eventually came to the decision that I would just delay and selectively vax dd-but I couldn't come up with a schedule or a vax that I was completely comfortable with, so I was sort of "indefinately delaying".

Then, my older dd cut herself really deeply on her foot and we ended up in the ER with a tetanus shot, or DTP is what they gave her I'm almost positive. They were suppoused to give her immungloblulin, but whatever. I still have to get her medical records from that visit. Sure enough however, she had a reaction-a high fever, lethargy, and vomiting. I realized then that I shouldn't have been surprised b/c when I had my DTP as a child, my whole leg siffened up and I could barely walk for days. That experience only reaffirmed my decision not to vax my dd.

As for my younger dd, she was never had any vaxes, and she probably never will. I just have a bad feeling about vaxing her; she might have celiac disease, has speech issues, and might have some learning disabilities. I just can't picture her handling vaxing very well at all, especially with the combo vaxes that they are giving nowadays! I'm decided that I will indefinately delay for now.

[Sirte]

We vaxed our daughter up until 6 months old before stopping them altogether. She never had an obvious vaccine reaction. She's now 2 years old. I hope and pray that she never suffers any negative health consequences as a result of the vaccines she received. Our decision to stop vaxing had nothing to do with an adverse reaction. We just finally started researching and didn't like what we found.

[nicksmom03]

I made the decision not to vax while pg with ds. I was told to get a flu shot by my OB and I didn't feel right about it so I started reading a lot and decided NOT to get the flu shot and the more I read, the more it was clear to me that we would not be vaxing the baby.

[PuppyFluffer]

We made the decision not to vax our dd based on research presented to me by my sister many years ago when her dh DID have a vax reaction. I give her a lot of credit for digging deep and learning all she did because there was no internet when it happened to her son. He's fine now by the way!

Her sharing her education planted a seed in my mind.

And the atrocious care I received as a sick child in a hospital has tainted my view of medicine forever....so knowing I needed to research vaxs was second nature to me.

[zinemama]

My first kid is almost completely vaxed, and except for being a tad grumpy after one shot, he never showed any sign of reaction. Still, my second is (except for hib) unvaxed. Reactions really weren't what swayed me. I was thinking more about the necessity of doing it and the long-term effects.

I had a pretty bad reaction to the typhoid vaccine I had in Morocco, but I never even thought about that before going along with vaxes for ds1.

[nathansmum]

I have two unvaxed children. I do not have any family (or any one who I know) who have had reactions (that we know of) and that did not play any part in our initial decision to begin researching.

[JandDSquared]

DS was mostly vaxed (no flu, CP, or MMR) until 1 year and we are 'permanantly delaying' until we can find a good reason to continue ~ can't seem to find anything yet. No obvious reactions.

[babytoes]

Reaction didn't play a roll in my decision. My two older ds's are partly vaxed, and neither had a reaction that swayed me at the time. My cousin, who is a nurse in a NICU, told me to "Do my research before vaxing that baby" while I was preggo with DS #3. So i did. As I came to understand what vaxs were all about, and the nasty stuff that goes into them, and what kind of reactions they can cause. I have come to the conclusion that they are why my oldest has ADD, I am 100% sure of it.

Now I am so anti-vax that everyone around me who does do it, bothers me. I would love to scream about it from the roof tops. But, of course, thats not always a feasible, or smart thing to do!

[marketinggirl]

OP, i think you're lucky. it's just a testament to how awesome the human body is and was created.

[Katana]

When ds was born, I didn't know anyone who had a vaccine reaction.

It was the contradictory marketing of hep b that made me question vaxing. As in, how could ALL babies be at risk for it, at birth, but only like 1% of adults, and only in certain risk groups?

[caned & able]

NO vaxes = NO reactions.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

My decision to stop vaxing didnt have anything to do with one of mine having a bad reaction. I made the decision because I was never comfy with the risks but like many others I had no idea that I had a choice to vax or not.

My dd did show signs of problems after vax but they were within the "normal" : range (hate that term) but at the time I didnt think much of it. I didnt have the internet and everyone said it was normal.

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

Well, I'm in two camps.

Two unvaccinated kids.

BUT at the age of 17, my son was given the oral typhoid vaccine, to which he reacted very badly.

HOWEVER, because my husband and I both reacted to vaccines, and I have an immunodeficiency, that was a minor factor in the decision to not vaccinate. Minor, because by that time, I'd got my head around the reality risks and benefits, as opposed to the propaganda risks and benefits and didn't see the necessity. I'd also learned a lot more about the immune system and how to support it, courtesy of my own misfiring body...

So I just felt secure in the actual decision not to do it.

[mattemma04]

My kids are not vaccinated.Seeing the lame responses both adults and children get with regards to vaccine related problems is enough to make anyone question them. For some though the benefits of the vaccines will always outweigh the risks .

[sproutbabe]

First child, unvaxed. Don't personally know anybody who has had a reaction.

[schatz]

dd was vaxed through 6 months - she's now 3.5 yrs -- she had no reactions that I noticed.

ds has not been vaxed at all and is 18 months.

Both were premies -- thankfully, my dh had the sense to refuse the hepB shot for dd upon discharge from the NICU (she was still not "term" at that point). I was such a sheeple, I probably would have done it. But

(and I had a gut feeling that a boy was more likely to react to vaccinations)

This was me too. I remember being glad that my first child was a girl because then I could just go ahead and follow the vax recommendations and not worry about autism -- somewhere I had connected in my head that boys were more likely to become autistic. Funny thing is, now that I have researched, I am not anti-vax because of autism but because I don't believe they really work and that they do more long term harm than good.

[jasperab]

I have one fully vaxed and one unvaxed. The oldest had no immediate reactions, however she does have some sensitivity issuses and concentration/focusing problems that my gut says are a result of vax. I researched when I couldn't get answers to simple questions about vax/reactions from the health nurses when my oldest had her last series of shots when she was 6. Based on what I learned I will not vax my littlest (or any future children we may be blessed to have) ever.

[daisymommy]

DS was fully vaxxed up to age 3, without any reactions. But then I found this forum and decided no more for him, and none for the baby once she was born. I just had no idea that there was anything danger in vaccinating until I came here, and read the books everyone suggested. Gosh I sure am glad I stopped before anything bad did happen!