Baby Vaccinations

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Has anyone here refused to give their children any of the vaccinations due to fears of the other risks…such as was the case with the MMR vaccination?

How many people have not got their children vaccinated…which vaccinations did u not get done…and why?

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there was a case with the MMR vaccine? son just got that done yesterday and mashallah he is fine.

i think its safer to go ahead and get the vaccines done (they arent something new in science and have existed for a few decades now)... its easier to deal with the sideeffects than it is with the actual disesases.

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this is the latest that has been in the news recently:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7970315/Man-disabled-by-MMR-vaccine-awarded-90000-after-13-year-fight.html

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this was a particular case.... otherwise there have been numerous studies to show that the MMR is indeed a safe vaccine with not so serious side effects like low grade fever etc.

sad what happened to this boy... but i dont think its enough to put me off of a vaccince that has been proven a safe drug.

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^ agree

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there have been many more cases....hence the reason it has been in the headlines so much....its the combined element of it that is causing the problems.

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ive been reading up on it and from what i can understand.... something has to be already wrong with you somewhere in gentics or genes, which coupled with the drug makes the result not so pleasing. there is a list of ppl who can not have the vaccine administrated to them... i think this needs some more study to get to the root cause as to why some babies react so bad to it whilst others are fine....

definately scary for a parent though...

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A lot of studies blame thimerosal (a preservative in the vaccines) to the issues some kids were developing (like autism), so when you do go to get the vaccines for your babies, ask the doctor for thimerosal-free vaccines (I think most vaccines do not have it as a precuationary measure) but do ask just to be on the safe side.

I got my daughter all the regular vaccines, did not get the H1N1 and will also not get the flu shot thats given every year. I would rather not take a risk with the rest of the diseases, as some can be deadly/crippling for infants/toddlers.

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thanks for the info MIA,

my friend who is the nurse, she recommended me not get the vaccine in the hospital as u know they give vaccine to baby right away. she said to wait at least i think 3-4 months, buts thats upto me. her daughter is 2 1/2 , and she didn't get MMR.

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u cant give an mmr before a baby is atleast a yr old. which vaccine was your friend talking about?

ive done what MIA has vaccination wise... dont give my son flu shots... better to just get them and let them run its course.. nothing dangerous.

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vaccine thats given newborn in the hospital. she said to wait.

she didn't give her daughter MMR and she is 2 1/2.

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As far as I know the only vaccine given to newborns is Hepatitis B and a lot of us (Asians) are carriers, we just don't know it so I just think its safer to get it for your baby (just make sure its thimerosal free). If you don't want to get the vaccine for your baby, just get tested and make sure you don't have Hep B as the only way a baby can get Hep B is through the mother, or a blood transfusion.

FYI, thimerosal has been discontinued in the vaccines in USA, but other countries still get those vaccines so you have to be very careful if you're in Pakistan or any other third-world country.... I'm not sure about UK and the rest of the Europe.