Vaccines

Most of you that know me know that I am pretty much anti-vaccine in infants, and totally stopped vaccinating Aves at 12-14 months.

Well, my recent trip to Alis four month well check was a total disaster. Her first two visits went well, I specifically told them that I did not want to vax Alianna until she at least hit the 6 month mark, but more so until she turned one year of age. The first two doctors had no problem with this and I just signed off on them. I was really happy with her 2 month well check, as the doctor I seen was very much willing to work with me and understood.

Not so much this time. I was already stressed from having a rough morning alone with the kids, and suffering from PPD ..which I haven't talked much about...I was a crying ball of mess by the time I arrived at the doctors office. We get there and get into our room, and Aves decides she was going to howl and whine non stop. Nothing like your  5 1/2 year old shutting out the world by howling and whining and nothing I could do or say would stop. I mind you, this went on the whole hour and half we were there. So the doctor comes in does her thing then asks me about shots...so with Aves howling I explain to her my concerns and of course i get the whole speech, the same one I have gotten since i stopped vaxing Ava..."there is no Autism/Vaccination link, there have been no studies done to confirm a link, getting vaccinated outweighs the benefits...ect...."  So I still say , sorry..I explained at her last well check that I was at the very least waiting until she was six months old, and in the mean time apologizing for my howling child that is cowering in the corner of the room...she starts insisting I get the shot, I break down in tears...and she this baby needs her shots and you as a mother need to give them her. I start questioning my parenting, as with PPD...those of you that have had, it know what im talking about. I have always been confident in my decision to selectively/delay vaccinations..and now I was questioning it. She told me how kids die of  whooping cough, pretty much scared me..she kept leaving the room and coming back saying she was giving me 5 mins to think about it.

So I say ok...I honestly REGRET this with every ounce of my being. They bring the shot in and then inform, just as they were about to poke her that it was a combo of SIX shots. WHAT? I pick up Alianna and tell them NO. I was NOT doing that. A combo if three is bad enough, there was no way I was letting them inject her with 6 shots, my 12 pound, 10th percentile , teeny little 4 month old with 6 shots at once. Plus they wanted to do the flu shot, this would have been 7 in one visit. Can you imagine that???? Anyways, I said I was willing to do the DTaP..mainly for whooping cough concerns..but there was no way I was doing 6. She said well sorry this is how we have to do it. I asked if they had just the DTaP...she said no, and asked me to lay her back down to complete the shot. I said No. sorry, i will not inject her with 6 vaccines. She then said ok, i will go check and see if we have any left over DTaP vaccinations. So suddenly they have one...and the rest is history. She got the shot, and I regret it every day. She cried so hard, and her little leg was bleeding from the shot pretty badly. Which I never even seen happen before.

It is known that vaccinations can indeed cause brain damage. Thats why you sign a consent form. There have been numerous cases of people suing due to vaccination related brain damage. It happens. So if vaccinations can cause brain damage, seizures ect...why cant a vaccination go to a persons brain and in turn cause Autism? When people sue for brain damage they usually settle...when they sue for it causing Autism, they usually lose the case....Autism is certainly a damage to the brain. If a vaccine can come with many warnings and it is and HAS BEEN KNOWN that they DO and HAVE caused brain damage, why can't they cause Autism. Now, I do not believe ONLY vaccines cause Autism..I believe it is a trigger of such, I believe they can go to the brain and cause damage thus leading to Autism. I believe some children do not have the ability to excrete the toxins found in the vaccinations.  Not all children, but for some. I do believe the vaccine schedule is safe, it may be for some children, but not for all ( i will say that often! ) Just like the case for everything, what is good and healthy for your child...may not be for mine.

I also believe there is a DTaP/SIDs connection. No one knows what causes SIDs, but in many SIDs cases, which peak around 2-4 months, is following the DTaP shot....so once again, if a shot...CAN cause brain damage, why can't it do something to a babies brain that makes it forget to breath while sleeping? Some small area of the brain becomes impaired due to toxins in a vaccine?

Even more so...Tetanus...do we all know what that is? You know stepping on a rusty nail and getting tetanus? right now , i dont think my baby girl is going to be stepping on any rusty nails any time soon...here is a statistic...

"Does it sound like I’m playing with fire?  How about this.  From 1980 until today the average number of tetanus cases in the US per year was 40.  Yeah, just 40 – I’m not missing any zeros there.  And most of those were in persons over 40 (and frequently over 60 since nursing homes are a major hotbed for tetanus due to dirty conditions and bedsores) and IV drug users.  Also, cases of tetanus in children under 5 years of age totaled 2 since 1989.  Yeah, 2 in almost 20 years.  All of this information is directly from the horses (CDC’s) mouth."

So no, i dont really think my UNDER 2 year old needs to be vaccinated for Tetanus...


Now pertussis..this has scared me the MOST, I have heard of outbreaks in California and such, but nothing here. Also again...

Pertussis

"As mentioned, this is a normal childhood disease so I’m not going to spend much time on it except to say two things:  (1) the chance of death from whooping cough with medical treatment is .2%, and (2) vaccination is shown to increase, by more than double, the rate of childhood asthma."

While it is very scary, and if you are in a place where there is an outbreak, I would see why some receive it, but it is still very very rare..and it is treatable. Some children do pass away from it, just like some pass from the flu...ect...

Diptheria

Diptheria is also a toxin producing bacterium.  This is all numbers:  In the 1920s 100 people per 100,000 got diptheria in the US, of these 5-10% were fatal cases.  Since 1980 there are .001 cases per 100,000 and no reported deaths.  It is endemic in developing countries (hygiene, clean water, etc. could this be why?) despite vaccination efforts.  A diptheria anti-toxin is available from the CDC.

Enough said, I think?

And then...

“more than two-thirds [of studied SIDS deaths] had been vaccinated with DPT prior to death. Of these, 6.5 percent died within 12 hours of vaccination; 13 percent within 24 hours; 26 percent within three days; and 37, 61, and 70 percent within one, two, and three weeks, respectively.”

I am most def not trying to scare anyone out there, as I have said MANY MANY times on this very blog throughout my trials of vaccinating my oldest, to each their own...but I think its also ok for me to be passionate in my beliefs, and tell how I feel. I am not in any way saying anyone should stop vaccinating their children, I do believe some are needed, and I believe you do whats best for your family, while I will do whats best for mine.