Any non immunisers? (not a debate)
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Topic: Any non immunisers? (not a debate)
Posted By: My3Sons
Subject: Any non immunisers? (not a debate)
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:12pm
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I am wondering if any mums here have chosen not to vaccinate their children and if so how you made that decision? Or has anyone delayed the vaccinations? Drew is coming up 8 weeks and I havent been in to get his 6 week ones done yet ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4 
 
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Am not wanting a vaccination debate, just interested in hearing from those who have made this decision. Thanks!!Replies:
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:18pm
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We didn't do the menzb ones (though we did the others) as firstly we thought that 3 jabs in one go to a tiny bubba was far too much and we were glad we didn't as Daniel reacted badly to one of them. We gave him his first menzb one recently as DH suddenly decided he wanted him to have it.
Another person I know (who use to come on ohb just a little) didn't get her son his imms and I'm not sure if she has done them now or not as she was against them at such a young age. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:20pm
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We have not vaccinated. We looked at all the pros and cons and also DH is friends with an ex GP who was involved in research into immunisation in Belgium and after considering all the facts we decided that we would take the risk of him catching one of the illnesses and be armed with dealing with the consequences. My m/w's daughter held off giving the jabs for a while, there is no reason that they need to be started at 6 weeks, it is just the time between the jabs that is important. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:22pm
| Like Stacey, we thought 3 at once was too much. Isla is fully immunised, but we just got one in each leg and then I would take her back a week or 2 later for the menzb one. Also if they have a reaction, with just one in each leg it would be easier to tell which one they reacted to. |
Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:27pm
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No official decsion has been made here (still have a couple of weeks to go) but we have decided not to do the menzb, I'm just not happy with the level of research into it at this stage. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:32pm
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I didn't do the menZb to the schedule, but it was done at a later date. I started Josh's menZb at 6 months and he only needed 3 jabs instead of 4. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:33pm
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I did my research, and chose not to vaccinate. Of course it helped sway my decision in that I haven't been vaxed at all and I was really healthy overall as a kid. -------------  
 
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:35pm
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We did the usual ones, but not menzb.
Like Tiff, we aren't happy with the amount of research done. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 4:03pm
same here... and i certainly dont mind delaying either. i think the main thing if you are going to delay or not immunise at all is to make sure you are more aware of the illnesses and symptoms. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Charly wrote:Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 4:05pm
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I forgot I also delayed Josh's jabs a few weeks too. And he has had no issues with them. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 4:07pm
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and that if you send them to say preschool or any place like that they have to be sent home if there is an outbreak of anything they are not immunised against..
can anyone tell me why australia has different schedule...2,4 ,6 months then a year...when we have 6 weeks 3,5,10 15 months? makes no sense to me?:( and Kiwi.. after much debate i decided on the menz one (and the others) but as the others said its not the time its the time between...good luck in deciding! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 4:18pm
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I'm not sure why the Austrailian schedule is different to ours, but I do know that I got my jabs under the Oz schedule and got the chicken pox jab. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 4:58pm
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thank you all for your feedback!! I think we will probably get them done, but am seriosuly considering delaying them (what am I saying I am already late!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:11pm
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We delayed our first two girls' imms; for the 1st one we couldn't decide whether to imm or not until 10mos. Our dr was great at answering our questions and totally not pushing when we weren't ready.
We have now done all imms except menzB. ------------- |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 3:21pm
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Bumping up for AlianasMummy ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 3:33pm
| Joshua has been fully immunised for menzb, but due to my reluctance regarding the 15mos ones and the correlation between them and autism I've still not had those ones done. I'm looking into possibly having them done as separate jabs rather than all together. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 7:26pm
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I have found my clinic book (I am an Aussie baby) and my jabs were given at 2, 4 and 5 months for Triple Antigen (which is Diptheria, Tetanus and whooping cough), 2, 5 and 7 months I had Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine. 12 months I had Smallpox and Measles. 13 months I has another Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine. 18 months I had the last dose of Triple Antigen and the Chicken Pox Vaccine. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 8:08pm
| I'm wondering if I can forget about the last menzb one. I never felt right about giving them so I am not bothered if he is immune or not, it just seems such a waste of time and it was a very sore one. Any thoughts? |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 8:25pm
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If you dont feel right don't get it done. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 8:28pm
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Im thinking the same thing Nikki and have been ever since we got her 10 month one. It was horrible and she was unsettled and upset for days.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 8:46pm
| I read in the paper recently that the immune time of the menzb was in terms of months rather than years. I was led to believe that menzb and vaccinating againest it meant they would be immune for ages...not merely a few months. am not impressed and would certainly be reconsidering if I had the time again. |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 8:55pm
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i wasnt going to get jetts last menzb jab but the pead at the hosp said, effective or not your best to finish the lot of them. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 10:42pm
It was to deal with the epidemic at the time basically. If enough people got it done, then the epidemic would die down which it has. But yes years rather than months would be better. |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 8:12am
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DS has the last MenzB to get and we have decided not to bother as its such a low effectiveness that its a waste of my time to do it. I was unsure about it in the first place but just did it anyway. Wish i had listened to my gut instinct! -------------  
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 13 October 2010 at 3:22pm
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bumping for muppets mum. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: MuppetsMama
Date Posted: 13 October 2010 at 3:58pm
Thank you. Any ladies from this thread still about, and not immunising? |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 13 October 2010 at 4:00pm
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Good luck with your decision Muppetsmama!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
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Posted By: MuppetsMama
Date Posted: 13 October 2010 at 7:38pm
We have decided to not immunise, after thorough research 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 13 October 2010 at 11:07pm
| Yep, I will send you a PM |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 14 October 2010 at 9:18am
Yep we don't immunise  funnily enough over 50% of the kids we know who have been immunised have come down with the illnesses they're now sposed to be immune to while my kids get winter bugs and thats it! They won't even oblige by getting the chicken pox properly lol and considering one of them has a compromised immune system I figure we're showing the system up abit  -------------   
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