Which 2-month vaccinations did you get?

[Heaven]

I don't really like the idea of vaccinations. Injecting all these things into my little baby BUT I know there are some that it is wise to get, e.g. whooping cough at the moment I think is a good idea. I need to do some research (and fast, lol) and wanted your opinions too!

So, which vaccinations did you get at 2 months and why?
Which didn't you get and why?
Did you delay any until later? and when?

[Pandora]

I got everything that was on the immunisation schedule.
I did think long and hard about the MMR one though, did lots of research, got the RCH to sined me out some things as well.
This time around I will probably do the same but will very likely get the Hep B injection that they do at birth delayed til 1 or 2 months.

[Pretty Butterfly]

I have done none for Harmony.

She is in no risk group, and in this epidemic, majority of people who have it are immunised, so didn't want all those chemicals in her for no reason. Thats just our choice.
I will consider vac later on, when her tiny body can handle all those poisons better. But for a b'fed koala baby, there was no need.

[Rommy'sMummy]

We got everything done for our DS (plus a few that are not offered to the general population) as he was in hospital with heart and other surgeries for the first four months. He was/is obviously a high risk baby so need all the protection he could get.

I am preg again and this time I am going to look into all the diseases that we are offered vaccinations for and see if I would want my baby to get them or not. Ie chicken pox was too much of a risk to my DS's life but that now means that we have to do boosters later. So if this baby is healthy (please God) then maybe chicken pox will be ok to leave off the list.

But with most of them we will definately be getting bubs immunized. To me its just not worth the risk of the disease.

Its a big decision though and good on you for making the effort to figure out what is important for your bub.

[visitor1]

I got them all....only cos our surgery has all of them in one needle (except 1 which is seperate but one i feel is needed). Roto virus id always have...its oral and i say its helped DD2 avoid the gastro bug alot. DD1 gets it bad but DD2 seems to avoid nasty cases of it.

[Arcadia]

I got them all. Your MCHN should run through the scheduled ones and tell you what the diseases are etc. You can pick and choose which one your DD receives if you like...There are two needles and then the rotavirus orally. My DD was fine...just a little bit sleepy the next day.

Good luck making the decision!

[Floweryfields]

I have done none for Harmony.

She is in no risk group, and in this epidemic, majority of people who have it are immunised, so didn't want all those chemicals in her for no reason. Thats just our choice.
I will consider vac later on, when her tiny body can handle all those poisons better. But for a b'fed koala baby, there was no need.

Hi do you mind if I ask what determines whether a child is in a no risk group?

[Lulu]

Hep B for example ausgirl. There was no way my child would be having sex or using IV drugs as a newborn.

Dee, its one of the reasons I won't bring the kids over all the time, Blue is cosy tucked up at home, but my kids are out in kinder etc all the time and could expose him to things that he wont be vacced for as yet. My choice is my choice but I wont be responsible for passing something on to a tiny baby, and stuffing up your choices - feel me?

ETA - Anna, it was the oral vaccine one. Gawd my brain is busted today....!

[Pretty Butterfly]

Schmickers has a post here somewhere about risk groups, as in unclean living, indigenous groups etc...

As Lulu said, what are the chances of my baby, in this day and age, of catching Hep B as a newborn?? Massively unlikely, so the risk is greater that she will have a reaction, than actually get Hep B. Same with Polio. Much higher chance of something in the vac harming her, than her getting Polio.

Japan has the highest health rate of babies in the world now, since they stopped all vac's till 2 years of age, which is where most sociability and cc kick in over there. So am considering following thier lead.

The US, having the highest Vac rate in the worl, has plummeted to the equivelent of a third world country since starting to mass Vac, with baby deaths. Food for thought.

[Kitt3n]

you sound exactly like me a little while ago

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...vaccs-but.html

we have decided not to go ahead with anything - we will review when she is 2

[Heaven]

Thankyou for your opinions everyone!! It's such a hard decision to make. So far she hasn't had anything. She hasn't had Hep B and won't be getting it, she's not at risk. She just had the vit K orally.

[Heaven]

Well well well... DH was wanting to get DD vaccinated, he didn't really know much about it and he always trusts doctors and doesn't believe there could be anything wrong with vaccinations bc 'everyone does it' 'Drs wouldn't tell you too if it wasn't safe' etc etc. So bc he wouldn't just take it from me that it was a bad idea I told him he had to research it himself and tell me what he'd found. So I just got an email from him saying he doesn't think we should get DD 'immunised' bc he can't see any benefit and there's too many risks!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think we should get her immunised.... I'll talk to you later about it, but there is no point from what I can see. All risk for no pay off.

I can't believe it!! For my DH to say that then there really must be lots of bad points about vaccination.

I have been feeling sick about it all day, thinking I have to make a decision. It's so hard. Esp when you see shows like that stupid Sunday night show last night. I know it was a stupid biased story on vaccination but still the video of that little baby with whooping cough made me cry and I can't get it out of my head

[Pretty Butterfly]

Hon, I cried for those babies too... but I still wont do it.

The part about Sunday night that annoyed me the most was the doctor saying that Vac's are 100% safe. And they ARE NOT. And that is a fact. There is a risk with every single one of them. And the doctors do know that. It is our choice to weigh up those risks, and to not tell the public about these risks is just disgusting.

And there is no point the doctor jumping on the "unvac'd kids are hurting the Vac'd kids"
bandwagon either.That is just stupid. Unless we stop anyone ever leaving or re-entering the country, these dieseases will be bought here, but they aren't here due to my un vac'd daughter!! Its people not staying HOME when they are sick, or taking precautions, that spread disease, vac and unvac alike.

Good luck with your choice, it is a very hard one babe!!

[Heaven]

And also them saying they're 100% effective!! Not true!!

Thanks PB!

[Peach*]

Lulu- Did your kids go into day care at all? Would that affect your decision to vax or not?

Heaven- What would make you choose some vax over others? Im a bit confused about why you would partial vax... DP thinks vaccinating against tetnus is a must do, but where draw the line...?

[Lulu]

Not when they were very little, I used to work from home then.
They went when they were 2 and 4 for a short time. My first decision was not to vax though, so part of that was no cc for the first few years xoxox
hth

[Peach*]

Sorry to hijack your thread Heaven
The thing I dont get is that if vaccinations dont work ie babies who are immunised still catch the disease they are vaccinated against then why take the precautions? There are so many statistics on the whole of vaccinations but I only really care about the affect on one and that is DD if that makes sense? So if I dont vaccinate her does that mean we have to stay at home for the first two years ie no playgroup, shops etc?

[Lulu]

No, not at all. We went to playgroups etc. I didn't take my babies out to the shops much but that's more because people are gross - vac or not they still catch things, I just wanted to lower the chances of catching anything yukky when they were very young.

Working from home meant I didn't have to stress about not vaccing and exposure. It wasn't just things like CP etc for me - just the usual day care green snot, rashes, slap cheek etc I wanted to avoid.