i think if you are bfing her and she isnt being exposed to it (put in the trolley at the supermarket) type exposure you are doing the best any way to protect her..iykwim? being so close to you in her sling keeps her so much safer too.
One of my friends doesn't vax and both of hers got whooping cough at 10months and 4 years.
I won't lie and tell you it was a walk in the park, both of them were quite ill for quite a long time BUT niether had to go to hospital, and both survived and got better within a few months. The 4 year old was no longer BF but the baby was and he definitely benefitted from the BM when he couldn't eat (they both lost quite a lot of weight).
When you made the decision not to vax you did so by weighing up the relative risks. I know it's scary when you are faced with the reality of the situation, but with no-vaxing you have to trust your decisions sometime hun! Eventually they are exposed and you deal with it as the generations before vaccines (who were generally in poorer health than you and yours will be, and no doubt got iller and died more often because of it!) did.
The only way to get immunity to a disease is to have the disease (or in some cases the vaccine, though not all vaccines use the actual disease cells to stimulate antibodies). Find a GOOD reliable homeopath to look after you all. My friends have a naturopathic doctor who understands and respects their aversion to western medicine and it makes a huge difference because instead of offering the same thing they don't want again and again they help them find alternatives.
Kitt3n we don't vax ari as her big bro has autism and even the dr said he would risk it with our family history.
As hoobley said - you have to trust your instinct and research not to vax at some time. We recently had a measles outbreak here and I was in the same boat - freaking out about did we do the right thing etc. I changed a lot of my routines so she wasn't in high risk areas - Dr offices, supermarkets, schools, during the outbreak and told all my friends we weren't Vacinated and could they let me know if they or anyone they were close to had come into contact and we would stay away until it passed. Basically I was faced with this equation, measles, whooping cough etc very dangerous diseases but DD is a healthy little girl and we have access to good medical facilities if she did get sick where as autism is forever.
There is homeopathic info I can send you via pm if you like - very interesting.
Most of the vaccs have now been combined into one shot (!?!?!) to make things easier.
However, if you are against this, you CAN have them done seperately, you just need to find doctor who will do it. (IE get of their arse and do the work needed to obtain the vacc from the manufacturer)
You may have to pay for it.
Good luck - dont let them push you around hun, your baby, your choice.
sarah - wow i like the sound of your doc, one who admits it! mine said its all higwash and that we should re-think the vaccinations. He also told me DD no longer has thrush on her tongue (well she DOES!) and to use straight peroxide on her belly buttom. needless to say i am in the market for a new doctor.
ls - i didnt knwo you could break that one up?! yep, need a new doctor.
hoobley - yes i know i have to follow my gut instinct, thankyou for reassuring me of that.
doudou - as you say, i do keep her close. when we do the school drop offs she is in the sling (only twice has she been in the pram) that way kids cant touch her, and DD always washes her hands before touching her face. i'd never put her in a trolley thing eewww! he he
extra special thankyou to sarah for the pm's info.... i have looked at most of that as part of my research, just now to find who is that good homeopath! lol
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Eventually they are exposed and you deal with it as the generations before vaccines (who were generally in poorer health than you and yours will be, and no doubt got iller and died more often because of it!) did.
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