Delay/Partial Vaccination questions!

[onthefly]

Yes, thanks for those tips!
I'm starting to remember why I just went with teh schedule first time

[Persephone1]

Re: finding a pro-choice doctor:
I have a really great GP, who works in an holistic clinic. I thought she would be really happy to support whatever decision DH and I made, but the look on her face when I told her that we were considering delaying/not vaccing told me otherwise. She got very snooty and judgmental and then told me that, in all honesty, she'd never thought much about it She was also really negative when I mentioned the word "homebirth" when discussing other things with her.

So, I was resigning myself to having to try and make the decision without any professional support, until I saw a post by a friend on FACEBOOK of all places. She mentioned that she had decided to delay vaccinating her little one after discussing it with her GP. I asked her who her GP was, and she gave me his details. For those in Melbourne, it's Dr Peter Lucas at Wattle Park House, in Box Hill. We've made an appointment with him next week - seemingly he holds long appointments with parents like us and goes through each vaccination with them and helps them decide which ones to say yes/no/delay to. Can't believe it's so hard to find someone who is willing to help parents make informed decisions about their baby's health. (Btw, Dr Lucas shares his practice with a homebirth IMW, and he supports women to homebirth...so he sounds like he's pretty cool).

I'm now leaning toward delaying all the vaccinations, although I'm still open to the idea of the whooping cough vaccine. My little sister had whooping cough as a baby (she had two of the three vaccine doses before getting the illness) and I saw how awful that was. Obviously vaccination wasn't enough to protect her though, and the reasons she hadn't had the third dose is because she had reacted so badly to the previous two doses. Bah, I'm so conflicted!

I'll let you know how I get on with Dr Lucas.

And yes, Marcellus, you can see why so many parents simply go with the Schedule, cause it's really hard trying to research and make an informed decision about this when the government so kindly tells us what to do!

[allycat06]

Oh Peter Lucas was who we were hoping to make an appointment with. Please do tell us how you go. He attended my doula's homebirth...very cool!

[HotI]

Oh Peter Lucas was who we were hoping to make an appointment with. Please do tell us how you go. He attended my doula's homebirth...very cool!

He attended my DHs birth 31 years ago!