Baby Boy Expected - Do I "Worry" About Autism & Vaccinations?

RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH.

Dr. Sears has a great book out now on vaccinations. Also, What your Doctor May Not Tell You About Vaccinations is great. Also, Raising a Vaccine Free Child and many others. THere is also a book by a Dr. Lauren Feder, Childhood Vaccinations, that you can get via her website. Dr. Jay Gordon has an excellent DVD also available on his website EVERY new parent should watch it.

Autism is not the only reason to think twice about vaccinations

Also, research the CDC website. Look at the numbers. They are coming from the same people pushing the vaccines. Read the Pink Book.

There is no harm in waiting until you KNOW you are making the right choice. Once you put a vaccine in, you can't take it out.

I am not anti vaccine at all. But I DO believe that vaccines are not a one size fits all thing. You can wait. You DON"T need them for school. Don't be bullied. and find a ped that will work with your choice and not push you. The AAP advises peds NOT to kick patients out of their practice for not vaccinating. But a lot of peds do. Find one who respects you as a parent enough to respect your decision. If they don't, RUN.

That's my advice. I wish someone had told me those things. I had a really hard time when my first child was born, getting bullied at 2 month and 4 month appts. I finally found a doctor that wouldn't do that. It's your choice and your right as a mom.

No matter what your choice, the best thing you can do for your child's immunity is to BREASTFEED as long as you possibly can, hopefully up to 2 years or more. Your child gets immunized every time you nurse. Research that, too.

Mothering.com is a great place to learn and they have a vaccinations forum. Check it out! They also have a Finding Your Tribe Forum where you can post looking for a doctor. I have a couple of great ones if you want, PM me.

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It seems as though some moms/babies are lucky and have not experienced any adverse reaction to an immunization, and some are not. Who knows the answer to why this is. I agree with the mom who says research. I just responded to another request from a mom with a 4.5 month old son who had his immunizations a week ago and is now experiencing physical, as well as, behavioral changes. Read her request!!!! I do think that much more research needs to be done regarding the link between autism and immunizations. I did read Jenny McCarthy's book about her son and to be quite honest, it made me feel very fortunate that my boys did not have a similiar experience. After reading the book, I said if I ever had another child, I would definitely do things different....maybe requesting less immunizations, skipping the MMR vaccine, and having them done over a longer period of time or after the age of 1. You do have choices. Just because the CDC has set up the immunization schedule that is currently in place, does not mean that you have to follow it. Many of the things that children are vaccinated for will not necessarily cause death, just illness. The chicken pox vaccine is one of those in my opinion. Do the research, talk to your peds. about options, talk to other expecting moms. Follow your gut instinct. I am sure there are many moms of sons who have had adverse reactions to immunizations out there who regret not doing some research. Trust your gut feelings on all issues about your child.

there is a lot of info out there so be careful to who is saying what- where they get their info from, studies and that the don't gain anything from it. If you are worried about so many imms given at once perhaps ask your dr break up the imms- I work at a peds office and we have a lot of parents who break up the imms- with only one or 3 given at a time. we too follow the cdc guidelines you can go to cdc.gov good luck on your pregnancy- and remember to relax!

I understand your worry.I have met many parents with children with autism and while some believe it was the vaccinations others do not. My friend who has twin boys decided not to vaccinate her boys before they were born and they both have autism go figure. Neither of them had ever had a single vaccination. I personally do not think it is worth the risk not to vaccinate with so many parents choosing not to vaccinate horrible diseases that have been eradicated will start coming back. Although I do not judge anyone who does not vaccinate I really think it is important to vaccinate children. Good Luck with your decision

I too was worried about autism with my pregnancies (I have two boys. As a step parent to a boy with severe autism this was an unexpected stress during both of my pregnancies. I have chosen to vacinate both of my boys but I have been highly selective in when I vacinate and how many I give my children at any one time. I have been following an alternative vaccine schedule that is recommended by Dr. Sears (you can do a google search to find it-- if you can not find it I will send you it) He recommends only two vaccines at any one time, I go back for Nurse visits between the doctor visits. usually only 15 minutes but you have to be prepared for the additional costs.

My pediatrician group also follows the AAP guidelines but as a parent you have a right to delay or refuse immunizations. I will not vaccinate if my child has the sniffles. They are recommendations not requirements. That being said... my three year old has all of his shots with the exception of the Hepatitis shots (all varieties- Not sure when I will administer), Chicken pox (I will give to him later before age 10), MMR( I planned on ordering the shot separately but I have not done so yet).BTW he has developed normally. I plan to follow a similar path with my one year old.

I have enrolled this child into day care and they see that he does have his shots however I as a parent am taking responsibility and risk for not following these guidelines. It is a lot of record keeping for spacing out shots and many appointments, and we all are so busy espcially with a newborn but I think it is worth it.

There are also Peds out there who automatically put your child on an alternative vacination schedule.

I wish you the best of luck..and no you are not alone.