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post #1 of 8
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I have only ever given my son his first set of vaccines, then after he became really sick, nothing to horrible like ending up in the hospital, but pretty bad high fever, you know the whole shabang that sems to come with them.
I had this sudden jolt of I made him sick like this and why am I doing this, and decided to do more research.
My ex, who does support me in this, and I decided that we would wait until his immune system was more advanced before even attepting vaccination.
I am now a single mother, and for now my child is watched at home by my sister, but eventually she will want to move on with her life, and I will have to find a way to have him watched, and none of the daycares around here will accept a unvaccinated child, not to mention that I have no idea what will happen when he needs to go to school.

I guess before I ramble off onto another subject what I want to ask is, what vaccines out there are really unneccary, dangerous, and so forth.

I refuse to give him the whooping cough vaccine due to the fact taht in most of the research I have done, it dosen't apear to work, and my aunts children all recived the vaccine and all of them contracted it.
But what else should i avoid, it's so hard to research vaccines, you get so much conflicting information, so any info at all would be apprecaited.

Also while I'm on this thread, I will be having another baby here in January and my ex's father has proceded to tell us that if a new born is around a child who is not vaccinated that it could kill my child if he contracts anything.
My son is perfectly healthy with the occasional cold and so forth, breastfed until I became pregnant and even some after he was about fourteen months when I weaned him, and even though I will be working full time, I will breastfeed this second child just as long, if not longer (though I have this weird guilt thing about breastfeeding him past the time I did my first lol)
Any way is this truly a danger? I have a feeling it's not but I would like to know others opinion on the matter.

Sorry this thread was so long but thanks for reading it
post #2 of 8
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I guess before I ramble off onto another subject what I want to ask is, what vaccines out there are really unneccary, dangerous, and so forth.
I really would not give a kid the Hep B vaccine. There are hundreds of cases in the medical literature about autoimmune damage and the vaccine was tested for side effects for five days. The chance of a kid contracting it is basically zero.
post #3 of 8
look into the laws on exemptions in your state. you may be able to use an exemption for daycare and you probably can use an exemption for school. there are only two states where the only exemption available is medical.
post #4 of 8
It is against my ethics to advise you which vaccine to go for and which one not, because there are pro's and con's for every single vaccine. A vaccine schedule different from the official one can only work for you if you do your own risk/benefit assessment. I might consider disease X a risk high enough to vaccinate against it and accept possible vaccine side effects, whereas you might consider the vaccine side effects as unacceptable and the disease harmless.

I would, however, second the previous poster and suggest that you research hepatitis B. People at risk for hep B are in well-defined subgroups and if your baby does not belong to it, then skip this vaccine. Also, you might consider to skip the flu shot since it is very ineffective in itself and especially in children 0-2 years of age.

As for the risk of your newborn being in contact with your unvaxed older child, your ex-father-in-law assumes that a vaxed child can not transmit vaccine-preventable diseases. This assumption is wrong for some diseases. Read this:

http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/...herd/#more-149
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/...dding/#more-96

Even if a person is vaccinated, he/she can still transmit pertussis and diphtheria. In addition, vaccines containing live viruses (for example measles) can shed, meaning being around a freshly vaccinated person may result in catching the disease. Good luck with your decisions, we all know that it's not a piece of cake
post #5 of 8
Unless you're in MS or WV there are exemptions you can easily use.

-Angela
post #6 of 8
all vaccines and all diseases carry risks. Your best bet is to read a book, I'd suggest Aviva Jill Romm's book (check amazon) and make your pro/con list. I have read many books, I like to get as much info as possible!
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My son is perfectly healthy with the occasional cold and so forth, breastfed until I became pregnant and even some after he was about fourteen months when I weaned him, and even though I will be working full time, I will breastfeed this second child just as long, if not longer (though I have this weird guilt thing about breastfeeding him past the time I did my first lol)
Any way is this truly a danger? I have a feeling it's not but I would like to know others opinion on the matter.

Sorry this thread was so long but thanks for reading it
My first is partially vaxed and my second is not vaxed and they are still living. You can use exemptions for daycare and school.

Read my siggy. Start here: Inside Vaccines
post #8 of 8
We don't do Prevnar, Varivax, Flu shots, or Hep B.
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