I have declined all vaccines for my little girl Eden.. I am just wondering how many other Mommys have done the same...

Tracy And Luis - posted on 07/08/2010

We got all but one of the vaccinations for our daughter, but we spaced them out longer and did not give more than two at one time. The scheduled called for four or five at once and I refused to do that because they are so fragile that young. She is 2 now and fully vaccinated on our schedule and doing just fine.

Jessi - posted on 07/07/2010

can i ask why? i did choose to get my son vaccinated but i know some parents have valid reasons as to why they chose not to.

Tiffany - posted on 07/07/2010

my daughter is 16 months and has had all of her vaccinations. what i dont get is what r all of the parents gonna do if they dont vaccinate and there becomes an epidemic of all these preventable diseases. i can see if the children had an adverse reaction or something, but what happens if the kids get infected?? is that gonna be ok w/ all of the parents who chose not to vaccinate??

HEATHER - posted on 07/06/2010

i don't want to use the chickenpox vaccine. my ex took my older son for it but my youngest will not. i'd rather them get it while young and have a natural immunity.

Brandie - posted on 07/03/2010

Fist of all, autism is NOT caused by vaccinations. Not vaccinating your child is completely irresponsible and you're putting other children at risk who are not old enough yet for certain vaccines. If you choose to not vaccinated your child, what right do you have to expose those children to danger?

Bridgette - posted on 06/11/2010

First of all, vaccines keep them from getting the chicken pops, malaria. and ect... Do you ever plan on sending your child to school? They have to have them for that. When she gets ready to go to school, she is going to have a butt load of shots to get. If she ends up with something, she could die cause this is what vaccines are for..

Judith - posted on 06/11/2010

The development of the first vaccine was a medical breakthrough (Edward Jenner - Smallpox) and since then millions have been saved from lifethreatening and debilitating illnesses - all over the world.
Vaccinating your children protects them from the gamut of illnesses that can get to them.
Not vaccinating is also a limitation to so many opportunities they could have, eg, travel opportunities might be difficult. Think about this.

Melissa - posted on 06/10/2010

I haven't declined them but since I also worry about them and how many they get in such a short time for their tiny bodies, I have decided to slow the process down adding a few extra months between the shots, like he got his 2 month shots when about 5 months and just kept adding time hoping that'll help. Also, if you can get your doctor to do it, they might be able to get single shots instead of the 3 in 1 shots to further stretch things out while still getting vaccinated.

Mylene - posted on 06/08/2010

I started giving vaccines to my son but when the 1 year old shots came about I had done more research and my husband and I decided to stop vaccinations.

Krissy - posted on 06/04/2010

wow thats a tough decision to make! I have vaccinated all three of mine and they have turned out fine!!! However I was under the impression I had to do this! More power to you, in the desions you make with your family just get educated and make sure it is the correct one for you and your family!

Jennifer - posted on 06/04/2010

Leighna, you are not signing a permission form for vax per say.
You are signing a form that you understand the risks. Which you also do for most any medical procedure. And actually in Virginia you do have to sing a decline for vaccines. I had to for myself! I have tried 6 times to vaccinate against MMR (my body does not respond) and they tried to give it again after my first was born. Had to sign. I also had to sign to waive the Heb B and VitK in the hospital. I wanted my Pedi to administer whatever we were doing.

Leighna - posted on 06/04/2010

i have a 13 year old girl who has never recieved any vacc,has been in public school for8 years and has never had any illness other than a cold.I wont get into the why or why nots but it is a personal CHOICE.It seems as if ppl on here are forgeting that if vacc were manditory that you wouldn't have to sign a permission form.just for the record I've not had to sign anything saying why i chose not to.I live in BC,canada

Jennifer - posted on 06/04/2010

Rachel, I pretty much agree with you with the exception of lack of tact, lol. I understand this is a hot button as it is for me.
I wanted to comment on Gardasil which I too am against, but not for moral reasons.
There are over 100 strains of HPV. 4 of which are very bad. Gardasil only protects against 2 of those forms (16-18). So the risk does not seem worth the chemicals your body.

Jennifer - posted on 06/04/2010

In addition, I have health issues and my body (though tried several times) does not take to immunizations. So to those who DO vaccinate, I thank you. You are protecting those who can't protect themselves.
I subscribe to a delayed schedule and do not do more than one shot at a time. I feel the multiple shots are too much for a small body to handle.

Jennifer - posted on 06/04/2010

"Actually there is a form you can sign in every school that states because of your beliefs that youy child is not vaccinated.. Schools have to except it"
NOT true. I handle all the immunization forms for a school in Maryland. While there is a form you can sign it is for religious objection only. For health reasons it has to come from a doctor. You can sign the waiver for public school but no private school in the state will allow you in unless you are fully vaccinated. Private schools have the right to refuse. Also DC schools do not have any waiver and you HAVE to be vaccinated or you do not go to school, if you do not attend school under the age of 16 your parents are fined heavily. So please know your facts before posting false statements.

Rachael - posted on 06/03/2010

I could refrain from name calling your right...unfortuanatly there are no other words that best describe parents that don't vaccinate their children. The truth isn't what you chose to believe, it just is. And it is proven fact that vaccines protect more than they harm. I really do understand that in some cases vaccines are not the best option and that in a rare case perfectly healthy normal children will have a dangerous reaction to a vaccine, but that doesn't diminsh the millions of lives that they have saved and protected.
You are right, I don't know you, but if you are not vaccinating your children for no other reason than that you chose not to, I don't really want to know you. I already know what kind of mother you are and I pray for your children.

Kim - posted on 06/02/2010

@ Rachael You do not speak the truth. You are simply regurgitating what you have been taught as the truth since you were born. It was not hard for me to hear all of your points, I don't believe any of them to be true. What is hard to hear is someone calling me derogatory names who does not even know me. Perhaps if you want to get your point across more effectively you could refrain from name calling.

Kimberly - posted on 06/01/2010

i know that u dont want nothing to happen to ur little as well as mine but we have to provide them with some type of good immune system there is alot stuff out there that ur child could get it she dose not have a vaccine how are you going to protect her if something happens to ur baby.

Rachael - posted on 06/01/2010

sometimes the truth is hard to hear

Kim - posted on 06/01/2010

Thanks so much for calling me "irresponsible, dangerous and stupid". Have a nice day.

Rachael - posted on 06/01/2010

I have been stewing about this since I read the post and have one more thing to add...



Not vaccinating your children for any reason other than allergies or a health condition that prevents them is bordering on child abuse... it's like not having your child wear a seatbelt in the car, or smoking in the house with your children, its almost guaranteed that they will suffer in some way and if they don't well then they're the lucky few.

Rachael - posted on 06/01/2010

Since I haven't read anyone else willing to say it, I will! Parents that do not vaccinate their children are irresponsible, dangerous and just plain stupid.
Research, research, blah blah blah...you can find research to support anything you want to believe. That doesn't make it any better that you are not vaccinating your children. Yes there are possible side effects to vaccinations but the pure numbers do not lie. The positives outweigh the negatives by millions! Obviously in cases of allergies an exception must be made but stop being ridiculous about healthy, normal children.

"Eden is healthy at 7 months old"...whatever...most children that are not vaccinated won't even be exposed until they are 3 and older and around other people and children for longer periods of time. I'll be looking for your post about a healthy child in a couple years.

PS -- The only vaccination I am against is Gardisol...How about instilling some moral values in our daughters and teaching them to be abstinate instead.

Kim - posted on 05/31/2010

Have two perfectly healthy, happy girls. They are perfect the way they are. The are 100% unvaccinated and extremely healthy. Ages 7 months and 2.5 years. Listen to your heart, you are doing the right thing. There are much better ways to create a healthy immune system, vaccines are not healthy. They are a toxic medicine with lots of "side' effects. They compromise the immune system and lower IQ points. That is just the beginning. Good on ya.

Ruth - posted on 06/18/2009

This may sound weird but I also think vaccinations are a government conspiracy. They just found a way to make us dumb, (ADD, ADHD, Autism) and control the population (sterilizing us, making us sick: AIDS, cancer, diabetes) There's no way the government would ever say the shots were bad. Could you imagine the uproar if the truth was let out? Take a look at the Amish. They don't do vaccinations! 100% autism free. Strange huh?

Chandrika - posted on 06/18/2009

Well... i am from a country called India and can definately tell u atleast this that Vaccination is really important for children as specified by the doctors. And yes its foolish not follow their advice as i can see around me how it does affect children....here in india we do have poor parents who cannt afford vaccination and yes their children are affected by that and sometimes the effect is non curable..so i will suggest that if u can afford and if ur doctor has advised it...pls do not go against that advice...forget abt anything else just think about ur child.

Ruth - posted on 06/17/2009

Hi I'm a mom of 3 super healthy, smart fully UNVACCINATED children. 6, 4, and 15 months, that's right not a single shot! And proud of it!! If you question why people don't vaccinate, just do some research. Here are some very good websites:



http://www.thinktwice.com/stories2.htm

http://www.nvic.org/

http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/...

http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail....

http://www.bluelotusayurveda.com/vaccina...

http://www.whale.to/v/cantwell.html

http://www.rense.com/general54/Cancer-ca...



Some people say "I would never forgive myself if my child caught a disease because I didn't vaccinate" I think just the opposite, I could never forgive my self if they became Autistic, get cancer, up all night crying, ever sick or even die. Wondering every day, is it because I shot them full of garbage? Would you ever let your child eat the ingredients that are in the vaccines? Why would you inject them into them? These diseases were on the decline even before vaccinations were invented. So what is the reason they were declining? We have much better health care and cleaner lifestyles now! Did you know, even if you are vaccinated you can still catch the disease? It's not 100%. I've done my research, have you done yours?

Ruth - posted on 06/17/2009

Hi I'm a mom of 3 super healthy, smart fully UNVACCINATED children. 6, 4, and 15 months, that's right not a single shot! And proud of it!! If you question why people don't vaccinate, just do some research. Here are some very good websites:



http://www.thinktwice.com/stories2.htm

http://www.nvic.org/

http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/...

http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail....

http://www.bluelotusayurveda.com/vaccina...

http://www.whale.to/v/cantwell.html

http://www.rense.com/general54/Cancer-ca...



Some people say "I would never forgive myself if my child caught a disease because I didn't vaccinate" I think just the opposite, I could never forgive my self if they became Autistic, get cancer, up all night crying, ever sick or even die. Wondering every day, is it because I shot them full of garbage? Would you ever let your child eat the ingredients that are in the vaccines? Why would you inject them into them? These diseases were on the decline even before vaccinations were invented. So what is the reason they were declining? We have much better health care and cleaner lifestyles now! Did you know, even if you are vaccinated you can still catch the disease? It's not 100%. I've done my research, have you done yours?

Katie - posted on 05/11/2009

My little sister died from not being vaccined early enough

Katie - posted on 05/11/2009

My little sister died from not being vaccined early enough

Brandy - posted on 05/11/2009

 My kids toxic level in tin, aluminium, rat poisen, lead, among others (although mercury was one of the lower metals) I had them tested and everything was off the charts. I only feed my kids organic gfcf free non-gmo foods there is no way that they could have gotten these toxic chemicals in their bodies besides the shots.

I just wonder, did you ever have your levels tested?  Some of these things can be deposited in the child while still in-utero... what did you eat while you were growing up, a young woman, and pregnant?  These things can also account for some of the levels.   Also, lead can be injested from multiple sources, paint is the most common in north america.  I do not doubt the severity of your child's disease or the validity of the stress in your life, I thank God every day my twins are healthy.  I just don't see any further research on your side for where the toxins came from, you assumed it was from the vaccines and stopped looking, which does mean that there could be additional sources in the environment that could affect them.  You sound like a very devoted and loving mother, I know you are not just blaming the vaccinations as a way to escape reality.  It is difficult to draw a conclusion from partial testing though and be accurate.

Brandy - posted on 05/11/2009

Quoting Abby:

Eden will not and  has not recieved any vaccines and wont until she is 1 years old.. She will never get the flu shot but even when she is 1 the only vaccine I plan on giving her is Hep B and Tentanis shot... She is watched in he comfort of her own home by her Grandma and and Daddy she is not in a daycare nor will she ever be.. She is a BEAUTIFUL healthy 6 1/2 old baby girl and she will not contract any disease bc she will not ever be in contact with little kids in daycare spreading there germs everywhere.. When she is old enough to atten school it will not be a public school it will be a private school and she will always be well watched and well taken care of..  There arae 4 babies in my family who have literally not recieved 1 vaccine and they are 3 and up and they are more then fine!!!!! I have truley seen the light in my question and all of your replys have helped me come to the decision that I am right in doing what I am doing.. Thank you all so much for all your thoughts and concerns....

I have to point out a slight flaw with your thinking, perhaps you have overlooked it?  My father was not vaccinated, and when my 3 siblings and I all came down with the measles at once my dad actually had to move out of our house for 3 months.  He still caught it when he came home and nearly died.  Every cold and flu and germ that we picked up at the playground, school and our friends affected him.  He hadn't been healthy until we all moved out and he didn't have that exposure.  Now that 3 of us have kids, he is going through this all again with the grandkids.  You may be able to control your child's environment while she is young, but once she gets older she is going to have the unfortunte responsibility of strenghtening her immune system on her own without your support.  Parents are supposed to do what they feel is best, but sometimes what is best is not what makes you feel good at the time.  You cannot protect or control their environment forever, so why not prepare them to be able to face as much as possible with success instead of hiding and caging them.

Jayne - posted on 05/11/2009

why ??? i work for the nhs and both my childern have recived all their jabs, i personally think the risk is far less than running the rick of not havng them, we not so long ago had an out break of measels in the area, i was not concerned, but spoke to mothers who were not sleeping at night, over such a simple thing, these life threatening conditions can only be erradicated, by this method, if your child caught one and suffered, died or was left disabled, im sure you would have a lifetime of regret.

Jennifer - posted on 05/09/2009

Well Abby I too have declined the vaccines for my daughter who is almost 4 years old. I based this on how can a parent be ok with putting mercury, aborted fetes cells, human and animal blood, msg, anti freeze and many more. While in small amounts I don't know any adult who is willing to ingest any of these so why would I put them in my child.I am the only person looking out for her not the government, not the CDC not the school board, they are all in it for the money. All you have to do is go down to your local health dept tell them you need the exemption form and the school can not deny your child the right to be there. I just think it is ridiculous that that a child under the age of 5 has to have over 60 vaccines before they go to school. While a lot of people state that having vaccines r beneficial to kids in a way they could be but there are some side effects(autism), and I'm just not willing to take that risk my child. The CDC feel it has to do with the genes in your child and that only a percentage of the population will be effected by these side effects. How do you know what genes your child has and how they will be effected until its too late. To me that is just too risky

Linda - posted on 03/02/2009

I think it is up 2 the parents if you feel you have worries about vaccines fair enough....i have had 3 kids 26,a9 and 8 and gave them all the jabs ....when my son who is 8 was due his it was at the time all this kicked of but i still decided 2 go ahead as my own opinion was if my son took an illness and it could have been prevented by a vaccine i could not live with the guilt i think the jabs are fine 2 be honest but i respect your opinion on the matter !!

Linda - posted on 03/02/2009

I think it is up 2 the parents if you feel you have worries about vaccines fair enough....i have had 3 kids 26,a9 and 8 and gave them all the jabs ....when my son who is 8 was due his it was at the time all this kicked of but i still decided 2 go ahead as my own opinion was if my son took an illness and it could have been prevented by a vaccine i could not live with the guilt i think the jabs are fine 2 be honest but i respect your opinion on the matter !!

Allison - posted on 03/01/2009

As a pediatric nurse and mom of 3. There are certain vaccines that aren't necessary early on (i/e varicella) But it is your responsibility to protect them from the mass influx of foreigners to our country who work in your grocery stores, stock your food, work in restaurants that aren't vaccinated and can very easily pass Hepatitis, whooping cough, ect to your children. Even child care workers, your babysitters could be carrying Hep A, B, or C and you would never know it ...and they may not know it either. We see a lot of sick kids in the hospital b/c they have not been vaccinated against something like Hep or whooping cough. You would change your mind very quickly if your child came ill with one of those diseases that could have been preventable. There is no reason you can't stagger them and spread them out over 6 years. I have no sympathy for the parents who think they are doing a smart thing and then come to find out they could have prevented there child's pain with diseases that are preventable. My sympathy only lies with the child who is on a vent who didn't have a choice and relied on you to make that decision for them. So, Good Luck with that decision. You really should do more research....Take a walk in a PICU one day and you will change your mind on vaccinations.

Abby - posted on 02/28/2009

I totally agree with you Julie in the end it is between you and God...

Juli - posted on 02/28/2009

Ladies,

I'll mention a vac that nobody else has...Gardasil.

We vaxed our kids according to schedule and never had an adverse reaction.

When my daughter was 17 at her yearly checkup we had her vaxed for meningitis (going to college soon...) and they had to order the Gardasil.

I mean, with a lovely virgin daughter, wouldn't you want her to never have to worry about HPV and cervical cancer? Even going on the assumption that she was a virgin until marriage (so far so good...:) who knows about her husband-to-be?

So she got the vac and the nurse made us stay 30 minutes afterward, in case of an allergic reaction. She has never been allergic to ANYTHING her whole life. But "if there's going to be a reaction, it'll happen within 30 minutes".

No problem. RIGHT!

But 26 hours later, she is itchy and has a few hives.

We live on a farm, and attributed in to a light case of poison ivy, as she had walked across the fields in long grass just before it started. Took benedryl until the weekend was over, but the symptoms went away when she went to school Monday morning (first day of senior year) so we figured it was something environmental on the farm. Tuesday afternoon she came off the bus with swollen hands & feet and hives from toes to scalp and I took her back to the doctor.

He called the Co. that makes Gardasil and discovered that a "small percentage" of girls have this reaction, and that she should not take any more Gardasil vax. (duh!)

But since then I have heard of others. I think there's more than they will admit to.



Just a heads up. Some side affects are extreme. We're blessed she didn't have an anaphylactic reaction.



That being said, we had not problems with any other vaccines, and as you all know, you get to make this decision for your children. It's your decision to make, nobody can make it for you, but as moms we have to also bear the responsibility for the choices we make- no matter how things turn out.



In the end, it's between you and God and nobody else.



God bless you all, and your families!

Be well!

Lesley - posted on 02/25/2009

We vaccinated both of our children. Our dr has children my girl's ages and she said her kids are vaccinated and the risks to not vaccinate is far greater. Hope that helps.

Lesley - posted on 02/25/2009

We vaccinated both of our children. Our dr has children my girl's ages and she said her kids are vaccinated and the risks to not vaccinate is far greater. Hope that helps.

Katherine - posted on 02/25/2009

As a healthcare provider and a mom, I would have to say that the benefit outweigh's the risk of vaccinations. I want the best for my children just as all mothers do, but I would never be able to forgive myself if my child got a disease that could have been prevented with vaccination.

Amy - posted on 02/25/2009

Quoting Janelle:

It saddens me to hear about parents choosing not to vaccinate their kids. Is this really an educated decisions on their parts? Yes, I agree there are some companies who exploit the medical industry and produce drugs for everything, but I believe that vaccines have proven themselves over the years by eradicating numerous diseases. Some of these diseases are now creeping back into our society because of parents who choose not to vaccinate their children. On the news this week it showed a mother who choose not to vaccinate and her child contracted meningitis and almost died. Before the rotavirus vaccine was approved a year ago my son got the rotavirus, it was disheartening to see my child in pain, he missed out on this vaccine and so did my 2 year old but I made sure my baby got it. If diseases such as polio, mumps, meningits, chicken pox, and others were more prevalent today maybe parents would change their mind.

I had 2 friends growing up that contracted meningitis, both vaccinated. Have you bothered to do any research as to the incidence rate of meningitis in vaccinated vs nonvaccinate children? How would you ever determine if that child would not have aquired it regardess? I just tend to be swayed by statistical fact rather than stories that others choose to make headlines.

Amy - posted on 02/25/2009

Quoting Kathryn:

I am very against the flu vaccine and maybe a few others, but knowing that one reason we don't see some of the horriffic diseases of the past (polio for example) is because they were erradicated by vaccines... If my decision not to vaccinate caused my child to get the measles, I'd be upset, and the child would probably be fine. But if I helped participate in the rebirth of an epidemic. That would not be as easy to live with.

I've actually read several pieces of literature debating, quite convincingly, that polio was on on the decline prior to the vast marketing of the vaccine...just FYI. I started my son's vaccinations at age 2 on a tapered schedule & am very satisfied with that choice. Bottom line, it's a personal decision each parent makes that they feel is in the best interest of THEIR child.

Abby - posted on 02/25/2009

Nomi.. I just wanted to say that I am doing the same thing and I started this whole disscusion and I am soo happy to finally hear from someone who has and is doing the smae thing I am.. Eden is 7 months old and she is doin great.. She is the healthiest and happiest baby I know... Just thought Iowuld let you know...  : )

Carolyn - posted on 02/25/2009

In the USA, it was recently revealed that 1322 families have been awarded millions because their children's brain damage was caused by vaccines.

See this article in yesterday's Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-k...

Nomi - posted on 02/25/2009

we have also chosen not to vaccinate. there is research that shows people are contracting the illnesses from the vaccine rather than the live virus. also research showed there was a decline in diseases, ie polio prior to the vaccine. most practioners havent been exposed to alternative research. there is big money in vaccines and they have a lot of power and influence on the information that is being made readily available. there are risks either way and this is our choice.

Nomi - posted on 02/25/2009

we have also chosen not to vaccinate. there is research that shows people are contracting the illnesses from the vaccine rather than the live virus. also research showed there was a decline in diseases, ie polio prior to the vaccine. most practioners havent been exposed to alternative research. there is big money in vaccines and they have a lot of power and influence on the information that is being made readily available. there are risks either way and this is our choice.

Karen - posted on 02/25/2009

I too have declined all immunizations for our 11 children. I think it is important to note that if one is going to make this decision that you must be creating and living a healthy lifestyle. You can't expect your immune system to work properly if you feed it garbage, live in a smoking environment, use toxic cleaners...etc. This is a whole lifestyle choice that can not be just one isolated choice. We live in the United States and are able to sign a paper saying we do not vaccinate. I think the two choices are on religious grounds as well as on medical grounds. There is so much info out there on both sides but what it boils down to for me after doing tons of research is that our bodies are made to fight off things and if they are taken proper care of they will. Many of the things we now still get shots for were already on the decline when they started the shots and many people are getting the illness in spite of the shots. I will trust our makers creation and take care of our bodies the way he intended.

Courtney - posted on 02/25/2009

Quoting Stacy:

sadl, even though people want to argue about how unsafe vaccines are, and that the research behind them is skewed....this is not true. What is even more true though, is that the childhood illnesses that little ones can catch if not vaccinated can be deadly, Vaccines are one of the greatest things ever to happen in the medical community.

How are the ingredient list skewed?

Stacy - posted on 02/24/2009

sadl, even though people want to argue about how unsafe vaccines are, and that the research behind them is skewed....this is not true. What is even more true though, is that the childhood illnesses that little ones can catch if not vaccinated can be deadly, Vaccines are one of the greatest things ever to happen in the medical community.