I find that the more I research, the more hesitant I am to vaccinate my children.

I do believe that a lot of the pro-vaccination literature/research available is sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, or that 'independent' bodies such as the CDC, use research/literature that was sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, and it's difficult to find independent, objective studies conducted by people with no personal bias (as we've seen, it's a topic that people feel strongly about!).

From my own personal experience, the 3 times I have had the flu vaccination, within 1-2 days I've come down with a severe cold/flu. The third time, it was accompanied by a seizure. Every Dr I've seen says that it was coincidental, that 'it's not a live virus and you can't catch anything from it' .. maybe so, but frankly after 3 'coincidences' it gives me food for thought. I will never have the flu vax again.

I will be doing a bit of fence-sitting for my children's vaccines, based on my own risk analysis. I won't be giving baby the newborn Hep B injection - I believe we are very low risk, particularly because I know for sure DH and I aren't carriers (we were tested while we went through fertility treatment). I also won't ever be giving them the chicken pox injection, because I believe, in most cases, the disease isn't that serious in children, and I would prefer that they catch it as children, not adults (and yes, I have a friend who actually died from chicken pox when I was younger, so I know that it's not always a harmless disease, and haven't made the decision lightly).

Anyway, after all that waffle, I guess what I'm saying is the same as what everybody else has said - you need to do your own research, and make your own decision