[WAHH & ADVICE] Feeling crap about vaccinating.

[meow]

We partially vaxxed my eldest and he now has autism. So second one we thought "should we??" As we moving overseas and going through international airports we decided to do his 2 month old shots and then keep deciding. We've decided no more till he is AT LEAST 2 years old.

I've since come across a great perspective on vaxxing that says that they are fine for healthy children, but those within a compromised digestive system are unable to detox them properly so shouldn't probably not have them. Good thing is you can test if your child has a healthy gut or not and then decide whether to vax

Fortunately, it is possible to identify GAPS within the first weeks of your baby's life, which can help you make better informed decisions about vaccinations, and about how to proceed to set your child on the path to a healthy life.

One of the KEY issues is to screen all children BEFORE they are immunized, and if they have the metabolic characteristics of GAPS, they should NOT be immunized until that is reversed. This simple measure could prevent unnecessary and tragic trauma in hundreds of thousands of families. In all likelihood there are far more children being harmed by vaccines than being helped at this point. By simply modifying the process one could radically reduce the risk of a child developing an illness on the autism spectrum.

Dr. Campbell describes the entire process in her book.

In her practice, she starts out by collecting a complete health history of the parents, and their gut health is assessed. Then, within the first few days of life, the stool of the child can be analyzed to determine the state of her gut flora, followed by a urine test to check for metabolites, which can give you a picture of the state of your child's immune system.

"Now we have excellent tests that find chemicals produced by various species of microbes in the gut," she says. "… So by analyzing urine, indirectly we can say what kind of species of microbes are sitting in the gut of the child, or what kind of chemicals they are producing."

"… If the child has abnormal gut flora we can assume that the child has a compromised immunity, and these children must not be vaccinated with the standard vaccination protocol because they simply get damaged by it. They should not be vaccinated."

The non-invasive tests described in her book are now available in most laboratories around the world, and typically run around $80-100 each in the US. This is peanuts compared to the incredible expense of treating an autistic child once the damage is done.

"Our children are being used as a market for selling vaccines," Dr. Campbell says. "The children are vaccinated in our Western world, I'm afraid, not for the sake of saving the child but for the sake of making money… It's an extremely sad and worrying situation."

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride on GAPS Nutritional Program

[Harriet]

I feel your pain PZ... I had DD vax'd last night and it was HORRIBLE!
I did immunology as a subject at uni for 6 months a few years back (with a lecturer that didn't vax his kids) plus worked in immunisation session admin for 5+ years.
I decided to go through with it, although 2 weeks later than I was supposed to (they rec first lot to be given at 6 weeks now)
Even with all of this behind me it was still such a horrible experience. I've listened to babies cry for years and thought I would be ok but I ended up crying myself.... Really not looking forward to going back.

You can decide to not proceed with any further vaccinations, all you need to do is fill in a conciencious (sp?) objectors form. You can do it at any GP or Council. Hopefully you can find somebody supportive

[tinkerbelle]

Just in case you are interested.. this was one of the best books I read, the most thoroughly referenced! Dr Sears book pales in comparison to this, I could hardly find any references in his!
http://www.amazon.com/Informed-Vacci...3799987&sr=8-3