why did you choose not to go ahead with vaccination/immunisation

[halltribe]

Vaccinations - touchy subject!

When I was a young mum I was never aware that I had a choice in vaccinating my child. My first was fully vaccinated till he was 5, after that I got wise. I do not vaccinate any of my children or the family dog!

My oldest fully vaccinated boy got wooping cough so bad it blew the retinas in his eyes, my girls (non immunised) also got whooping cough but not as bad but the doctor tried to tell me it was because they weren't immunized! BULL#@*&!

[Nelle]

My answer to whether I vaccinate is 'not yet'. And it may be never. I think I might think more seriously about some perhaps when the kids are 4 maybe...dunno.

Also thinking about homeopathic vaccination too.

For us, Riv was a snuffly baby, and I figured his immune system was already busy enough, without inflicting an unnecessary assault on it. But I'll never say never, I do see the positives in vaccination, but there is so much we don't know about our vaccines, and I'm not going to vaccinate til my kids are older and bigger, and able to cope better with vaccination.

The BB article's definitely a good start. All the best, it is difficult to find balanced information, although the AVN's not too bad. A lot of info out there either seems to be propaganda or scare-tactics.