Vaccinations

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Latest post on 02 October 2012 - 08:53

Hi ladies , Im my opinion there should be more research on the vaccines ,there are a lot kids who are sensitive to them ,im not against vaccines ,but i believe some of them can exacerbate some disorders like autism . The other thing is we should have the right to schedule the jabs ,as kids are getting now 30 jabs until they are 3 years old ,where 20 years ago they were required 10 jabs.

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kiwispiers15400

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Latest post on 06 September 2012 - 17:42

In Doha they give MMR at 12 months and then a booster at 18 months, the reason you have to give the second shot is that at 12 months there can still be residual maternal antibodies which are basically your antibodies passed over in utero (NB not through breastfeeding) these protect your baby for the first few months to a year (varies baby to baby mother to mother) but also fight against the vaccine meaning the baby doesn't develop as strong an immunity themselves. Giving the vaccine a bit later (in NZ it is given at 15 months) gives more time for the maternal antibodies to wear off, meaning a better immunity response to the vaccine, meaning no need for a second shot at 18 months, downside being your baby is potentially more at risk in the gap between whenever your antibodies wear off and they get vaccinated. Since my baby was with me, not in daycare and a first child not a sibling I felt his risk was low and chose to get his vaccination at around 16/17 months just before we flew back to NZ (measles risk is higher there as we have a poor vaccination rate). NB I did not delay because I was worried about autism or anything like that, I'm quite satisfied that any link has been thoroughly disproven and that the risk of death/brain damage from measles is higher in our population than the risk of vaccine injury. (I did do the maths at the time but don't still have the figures sorry)

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ilovewine

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Latest post on 06 September 2012 - 12:09

personally we also feel the pros outweigh the cons. kiwispiers and starsouthern, when you say you delay(ed) the MMR "a bit/slightly" ... how long exactly?

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starsouthern

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Latest post on 06 September 2012 - 01:13

I think personally the advantages of vaccinations out weigh the disadvantages . Like kiwispiers says research each vaccine one by one. I have followed the schedule pretty much for all 3 too but delayed the MMR a bit. I'm also from a medical family so have seen first hand the devastating affects not vaccinating can have. <em>edited by starsouthern on 06/09/2012</em>

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kiwispiers15400

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Latest post on 05 September 2012 - 21:03

Research it vaccine by vaccine, I can understand why people might weigh the pros and cons and modify the vaccine schedule according to their specific situation but not vaccinating at all seems not to have that much basis to me. We did no vaccines at birth, the normal 2 month vaccines and more or less have followed the schedule aside from delaying MMR slightly so that maternal antibodies wouldn't make it less effective and skipping a couple of others. Rotavirus is one vaccine you can't delay and is the leading cause of hospitalisation for under twos so you might want to make up your mind on that one very soon or it will be too late. A lot of anti vacc websites are full of garbage, which makes it hard to research. Dr Sears is probably the least biased overview you will find.

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