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Delaying Pneumococcal Vaccine
Asked by M.B. from Chicago
on June 15, 2010
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Is it okay if i will delay the first pneumococcal vaccine of my baby? & how long i can delay it?
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- It's okay to delay any vaccine. The schedule is just what the government recommends. I agree with reading the vaccine book by dr. Sears, and also check out the risks o...
- You don't have to give that vaccine (or any at all) if you do not want to. I for one, do not give it to my children because the risks outweigh the benefits in the res...
- Unless you baby is going to a daycare center that requires that vaccine, you don't have to give it at all. I don't think it is one that is required by law. There are ...
Pneumonia Vaccine
Asked by T.B. from San Francisco
on November 4, 2007
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My doctor wants my 6 month old to get the pneumonia vaccine. I am a stay at home mom and he attends 2 playgroups, Gymboree, Church and healthclub daycare. I don't kn...
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- Hi Tara, The best thing you can do about vaccinations is inform yourself and then make YOUR INFORMED DECISION. Some parents vaccinated thier kids with everything, som...
- Hello I encourage you to read Jemmy Mc Carthy's "louder than Word's Book .. and question the Vaccination required I am a mother of 3 my first 2 girls are now ages 1...
- My daughter got pneumonia at nine months. I treated her with accupunture and herbs plus western medicine......I don't know much about the vaccine.....But she was a sic...
Alternative Vaccine Schedule
Asked by V.E. from Chicago
on March 17, 2008
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does anyone have an alternative vaccine schedule they were happy with? i do want to immunize but only 1 or 2 max at a time. my doctor is completely open and i did do s...
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- A great book was written on this and released this past fall. Read the Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears. Bloomington Library has a copy.
- I was so happy that you asked this question! I am 4 months pregnant and have been wondering about the same issue. I have a 4 year old son with autism and feel that the...
- I have done an alternate vaccine schedule, however I have needed to go to the health department to do it. It has saved us a lot of money, but I did need to sign somet...
Alternative Vaccine Schedule
Asked by M.L. from Portland
on March 11, 2011
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hi moms, for those of you who choose to do an alternative or a more spread out vaccine schedule, i was just curiouss what it is you went with.. and what diseases did y...
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- We chose to vaccinate our infants for DPT, Hib and Pc (pneumococcal) but did not more than 2 shots at a time with at least a month in between shots (longer if they wer...
- First, I just want to praise you for investigating-taking an active role in understanding and researching is the most important thing-regardless of what you choose for...
- There is a fascinating, informative, and compassionate discussion of this on the Seattle M. Doc (google seattlemamadoc) blog. A number of threads discuss vaccinations ...
Delayed Vaccine Help
Asked by D.T. from Chicago
on July 22, 2010
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I have 4 children vaccinated 1st 3. Taking more the healthy natural approch to feeding and taking care of my family. I have received no vaccines since my son was 3 m...
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- I very much like the Vaccine Book and I think it has the best information in it...like you said, balanced view, not for or against it. He really did his research and ...
- There are some misconceptions about vaccines. If you look at the data before widespread vaccination, you will see that the diseases they were vaccinating against were ...
- There has been extensive research on vaccines. It is far more dangerous not to vaccinate than to vaccinate, although I think that the idea of having a different schedu...
New Pheumonia Vaccine for Children Under 5
Asked by S.V. from Los Angeles
on March 3, 2011
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My sons pediatrition said that there is a new vaccine to fight against pheumonia that she wants to give him the next visit when we see her. I think they have had way ...
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- Just another way for the pharmaceutical companies to make money and pump the kids with more poison. I am a former NICU Respiratory Therapist and this is completely unn...
- Yes, kids can die of pneumonia. We just had a little girl come into our office today for a hospital follow up visit for pneumonia. She was in the PICU for almost a mon...
- Well it's not really "new" it replaces Pcv7 it is now pcv13 because it helps protect you against 6 more types. It is not just pneumonia this Bacteia is responsible for...
H1N1 Vaccine for 27 Weeks Pregnant First Time Mom ???
Asked by M.W. from Los Angeles
on October 20, 2009
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I have already read all the threads about the vaccine on here but still feel torn with the decision. Actually my husband and I had done a lot of research in August and...
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- My OB/Gyn's website state that people below the age of 2 and over 50, immunocompromised patients and any pregnant women should NOT get the H1N1. If I were you I would ...
- I'm not pregnant, but got the seasonal flu vaccine yesterday and have less soreness than I've ever had with a flu shot. I moved my arm around a lot after the shot, wh...
- I also posted asking for some insight and got a lot of responses. My doctors advice, reading up on it, and with the support of my family, I decided to get the shot a...
Polio Vaccine Side Effects?
Asked by A.B. from Portland
on October 7, 2011
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Just to establish, there are no alarming symptoms and no health changes.
We are, however, experiencing some behavior and sleep changes. We have decided to fully vac...
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- Apparently, the half year marks (2.5, 3.5, 4.5) are when huge developmental pushes happen. That's when we've seen the most issues with ours. And if he managed to m...
- We never really had the terrible 2s in our house - it was always the terrible 3s. I don't even think they give the pink oral polio vaccine anymore. That one con...
- These behaviors, just sound like normal 2 about to be 3 year old developments. He is probably about to go through a growing spurt. Measure him and in a month mea...
Red, Swollen, Hard Circle Around Vaccination Site on Thigh - Normal???
Asked by S.S. from Los Angeles
on March 17, 2010
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My baby got his HIB and pneumococcal vaccination yesterday and now there'S.a red, swollen circular area around the vaccination site on his thigh. It'S.hard to the tou...
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- my children always ended up with hard spots with the red circle as well. As far as my doc always told me, it is normal. If your child starts to run a fever or a rash f...
- Call the doc just to be sure but my son had the same reaction to that shot. It had never happened before and hasn't since. I freaked out but it went away after a few...
- That is not an uncommon reaction. It always made me S. mad when my kids doctors office acted like I should be okay with something that large/hot/painful. I could never...
Vaccinations
Asked by D.P. from New York
on August 5, 2008
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I'm expecting a child in the fall and in my preparations have been reading up on vaccinations. Without getting into the full vaccine debate, I'm interested in hearing...
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- i was and still am a little bit of a vaccine neurotic! my brother is autistic so when we were interviewing pediatricians I asked about vaccines immediately. My son ...
- I love the Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears. It reviews each of the vaccines objectivly. I a mother of a two and 1/2 month old. He has had two vaccines so far, DTAP and HIB...
- A lot of these decisions depend on what makes sense for you and your baby. I do believe in vaccination...but not giving tiny babies tons of shots all at the same time...
