Shots & Vaccines
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Immunizations
Asked by H.D. from Sacramento
on August 22, 2008
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Our son is approaching his 7 month check up, which includes another round of immunizations. He's had all of them up to this point but i'm hearing more and more about ...
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- As you probably know by now, this topic carries a lot of emotion either way. I also felt the same as you and decided to spend countless hours researching pros and con...
- Let me say that as the person before me mentioned the rates of autism have increased. I know this can be very scary. However, keep in mind also that the immunizations ...
- I would still immunize him, just space out the immunizations. The big one is the mmr. I waited til my son was almost 2 and then had him get it, and by itself. The theo...
Immunizations
Asked by D.C. from Atlanta
on April 6, 2008
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Hey moms, am I the only one, or are there moms out there scared to immunize b/c of autism. I never use to think about the # of shots my children received as long as th...
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- I feel your pain. I haven't gotten any shots at all for my 3 month old yet, and my 23 month old still hasn't gotten her 12month old shots either. I hear reports of c...
- After much research we decided not to immunize our son who is now almost 16. He is extremely intelligent, hardly ever sick and we feel we did the right thing. Do som...
- Wow, this is a big topic. Both of my boys were given their immunizations when they were babies up until 15 months. One child has learning disabilities and other has al...
Immunizations
Asked by K.A. from Corpus Christi
on November 3, 2008
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I have been debating the whole immunization for several months. I have read as much as I can but all I seem to find is either the vaccine manufacturers public relation...
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- Read Vaccine Safety Manual. I stopped vaccines for my three children and have no regrets! They are all extremely healthy.
- Have you gone to www.mothering.com? They have a message board about vaccines. You click on discuss at the top and then scroll down until you see vaccinations. They hav...
- Of course it's a personal decision but I am a big believer in vaccines. If you look at the amount of children that are not being vaccinated (either due to choice or ...
Immunizations
Asked by B.R. from Seattle
on May 27, 2007
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Hello,
My son has his 2 month well baby visit next week and I am reading up on the immunizations controversies and have become very confused. I want to get my chil...
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- Hi B.. First off, I applaud you for even taking the step of investigating this yourself, as so many parents make these decisions w/o educating themselves at all! My h...
- Hi B., this is a hot topic for lots of parents. From everything I've read there is a lot of scientific data pointing out that vaccines are not necessary and that t...
- Dear B. Just wanted to let you know I was in the same boat, my son is now 14 months old and I myself had a lot of questions. So I did my research and chose to selec...
Vaccinations
Asked by J.B. from Milwaukee
on January 31, 2008
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What do other mom think about vaccinations? Are they safe? What about the correlation with autism? Should you only get some and not all the vaccinations? What are ...
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- I respect everyone's choice and hope they respect mine. I used to just read what the press releases sent out that local newpapers, television and parenting magazines p...
- They have done a lot of rigorous testing on the relationship between autism and vaccinations and they have never been able to find a link. The evidence that shows ther...
- I'm probably in the minority, but after researching this subject I personally feel that there is more than enough evidence that vaccines actually do more harm than goo...
Immunizations
Asked by C.B. from Tyler
on December 6, 2010
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My question is about immunizations. I am a new mother of an almost 2 month little boy. He has to start DayCare in a week and therefore has to be immunized. My questi...
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- If your child is going to daycare, I would certainly vaccinize my child. All you need is for a child in the group not to be and for them to bring whooping cough or a ...
- Obviously, you will have to choose for yourself what to do; however, I don't see why people even question vaccines. Were you vaccinated as a child? I was, all my fri...
- Hi C., There are many ways to get exemptions from vaccines. This is still a free country. I chose religious reasons and I can explain them in detail if your interes...
Immunizations
Asked by J.K. from Cleveland
on March 8, 2009
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I was wondering if anyone had any opinions about immunizations and the possible links to neurological disorders, such as Autism, etc. Does anyone feel strongly, one w...
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- Ok, I didn't read any of the other responses so I may offend someone, but I feel very strongly on this issue. If you dig into a topic and research it enough, you ar...
- Check out the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) and the CDC (Center for Disease Control) to get information as to why it is so important to get your child immunized...
- Hi J., I have to agree with the moms on here that you should space the shots out. You don't need to be a genius or even do research to realize that being injected wi...
Vaccinations
Asked by J.K. from Washington DC
on March 6, 2008
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Hello,
I have a question about vaccinations and autism. I have a 9 month old son who is soon to receive his MMR shot. So far, he has received all his shots to date ...
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- Hi J.. I was in the same position as you a couple of months ago. I chose not to get the MMR. He will get it later on. My advice to you is to go with your gut. We have ...
- it sure is hard to talk to your doctor about it..i know that from experience...i have three kids 3 yrs 19 mo and a newborn.... i have not vaccinated any of them and...
- As the mother of two kids who are mostly recovered from autism, I would say space out the MMR. You can get the shots separately although your doctor may tell you it i...
Immunizations
Asked by E.C. from Minneapolis
on April 24, 2008
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I am taking my girls in for thier 2 yr and 6 mo check ups next week. They are both due for shots. For about a year now I have been very uneasy about having them vacc...
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- E., Immunize your children! Protect them. I used to be an insurance agent one of my insured client's had a child that died from a common childhood illness because she...
- Do not do this. Immunize your children. This is riduculous. More data supports the decision to do this than not (you can always find data to support any ridiculous ...
- I don't know A LOT about this when it comes to science, but I have been a preschool teacher for the last 18 years and as the reports suggest there has been a tremendou...
Immunizations
Asked by E.S. from Denver
on January 3, 2008
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So this may be a touchy subject, but I am wondering what other people have done in terms of immunizations. We are current on ours, but are due for the first MMR, which...
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- Cancel your appointments with the doctors. Read the book, "How to have Healthy Children in Spite of your doctor" by Robert S. Mendelsohn ISBN number ###-###-#### or ##...
- have you checked out the new book by the Sears family? It's really interesting--goes into what the immunization does, the disease it fights, what's controversial about...
- I am a firm believer they had these vaccinations created due to prevention of awful diseases that killed thousands of children over the years. Mumps coming back in Mi...
