Postpartum vaccinations and breastmilk

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If the reactions occurs because the child is vaxed with MMR then I would just totally avoid that vaccine for him in the future even if u decide to do others that way the reaction cannot happen if I understand what u said above.

Whatever is going to go across to him thru the milk has already done so. To stop bfing now wouldnt solve a thing. All it would do is take away your babies perfect food and compromise his immune system even more because he will no longer be getting the maternal antibodies.

MMR is the vax that finally decided me totaly against vax because of the fact it has aborted fetal tissue in it. uke

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If you do some research in the Vaccinations forum, you will find that vaccines have a history of causing autoimmune diseases.

You are injecting 3-6 diseases along with chemicals into the human body and expecting it to be able to fight it all off.

In real life, people get one disease at a time. A healthy body will have little or no symptoms and be just fine.

It is impossible to have a disease-free world. It has been proven again and again, that diseases are alive and will do whatever it takes to survive.

That means they will evolve and change into new diseases. Meanwhile, your body now has all sorts of chemicals inside of it, along with 3-6 different diseases.

Vaccines cause permanant damage to the body. If you are healthy, your body will fight off the disease and protect itself, therefore you never have to worry about any long-term damage from getting an illness.

I'm totally committed to letting everyone make their own decisions regarding questions of vax, and think it is crucial that all available information be given to parents so they can make the choices that they feel are best for their families. In that spirit-

I would continue breastfeeding your little one. Any possible transmission of rubella would have occured shortly after you received the vax. Your immune response would have been quick, any levels in your breastmilk would have peaked within a very short time, and your little one needs your milk!

In the spirit of more information...Dr. Yazbak's research is often more complex than is reported. Portions of his research are often taken out of context and used as "proof" for things that his experiments do not support or did not address. You can learn more about the study you've mentioned at

http://vaccinationnews.com/dailynews...AutLinkHyp.htm

Dr. Yazbak himself has said that this study is:

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And his research in this case looked primarily at mothers who recieved the MMR while pregnant. In addition, his complete findings in this specific instance were that mothers who failed to display an immune reaction to the MMR (and so "needed" to be re-vaccinated at a later date) might pass a genetic predisposition to autism on to their children. This genetic predisposition, combined with exposure to the MMR vax before birth, might then result in a child reacting badly to a future MMR vax.

Dr. Yazbak said that the live virus might be passed through breastmilk, but also mentioned that this study did not address that possibility specifically.

So please, don't worry about breastfeeding your little one! And while the decision to vax is a very personal one, at least in this case Dr. Yazbak's research is focused on the children of women with a history of "failed" vax who are then vaxxed with a live virus MMR during pregnancy and the possible impact of a future MMR vax on that child.

Thanks to all for the fantastic input. While I am not glad to hear the damage is done as far as what was p[assed on, I am glad to hear that no one things I should stop BF because I don't want to. And it didn't make sense to me but it was suggested by someone who I consider very educated in matters related to vaxes...

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How can I determine if I am a woman with a "failed" history of vax? while pregnant, my OB said i tested as "equivocal". I saw on another very recent thread about Rubella (http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=427507) that one person was given a number with respect to her level of immunity. I was interedted in that because when i asked my OB that question 3 weeks ago, she said that my lab work would not show a similar number, it just would show "immune" "or unequivocal" or "immune". At least that is what I think she said but maybe I misunderstood. because when i tried to follow up, she responded by telling me how important vaxes are and blah blah blah. Anway, would getting my titers checked tell me if I have a history of "failed" vax? Can I just walk into a lab on my own and pay for that? Do I need a doctor's permission or rx?

Also you make good points about Yazbak - I did not mean to misstate his findings... I did know he basically just pointed out an area where there should be future research and did not really say he "proved" anything... But no one has of yet done that further research, have they?