LimeSlice......

I have read a few of your posts about vaccines. I have tried to PM you but for the life of me I can't figure out how! So sorry to have to do it this way. Anyway I noticed you know alot about getting vaccines separately, I don't vax my DD but we have decided to do only the whooping cough and the MMR (individually). I have contacted several places and and have been told the only one I can get is the Rubella vaccine. I am in Perth and i noticed you are too, can you please give me any info or contacts that you have. It would be a HUGE help, thanks!

Hi hun!

so sorry I missed this!

I actually just got some great info from my new GP here in Mandurah.

there is an immunisation centre in Perth, Reola St or something? Anyway, I have it written down.
But if you contact your GP or MCHN they should be able to give you their details. The essentially exist to cater for people who need boosters, adults, people form different vax schedules or countries that may not be vax the same way Australia is etc. So they have most combos of vax and certainly have them all separately.

Im not sure what the costs involved are, most likely you will have to for the vax to some extent - this is why the government gives you an immunisation bonus ;)

Anyway, will dig up the info and post it here anyway.

As a side - I have found that your best bet for GPs who will be honest and are not so hard line pro vax are European or English doctors - if you can find one, they are wonderful lol

Hope that helps!
Lex x:)



ETA: this is from the WA Dept of Health Website: Immunisation Clinic

I haven't been able to find anywhere to get a seperate whooping cough vaccine :(

The clinics contact details are on the link page there SJ, give them a call - see if they can tell you if there is a similar clinic where you are...:)

Thanks so much!!! I'm going to contact them asap, I'm not to worried about cost, it's worth it. Thanks again.

Me too!

No luck :( I contacted them and this is the response I got...

Dear Nicole

In Australia, there is no single dose type vaccines for MMR. Manufacturer's have stopped making the single dose vaccines in many other countries as well. Australia only offers the triple vaccine.

Best regards

I asked about a whooping cough vaccine too, but as you can see he didn't mention anything about it. Do you have any other contacts?

MMR has always only been offered as a combined vaccine.
Just now they offer almost everything in the one vaccine as well.

I will ask my doctor about it and see what she says. The last info I had was about 12 months ago and you could get separate vaccines, they had to order them especially for you but they are out there.
I know that in the US the Austism groups were pushing people to request separate vaccines for MMR, was under the impression that they actually produced solo vaccines...

Will get back to you :)

ETA: I have hte schedule that they gave me when Charlotte was born and the petrussis vax (and all the others) are listed as different vax...so I find it very hard to believe that in 18 months they have lost all access to a individual Whooping cough vaccine...

The other thing is have you looking into homeopthic vaccination at all? It is very effective

So you've actually had these vaccines done in single doses on your kids? We have looked into homeopathic and have decided we'll do them if she is exposed for extra protection. But we really want to get whooping cough and MMR, but only in single doses. I really don't want to give her tetnus and whatever else is combined with whooping cough.

Did your doc order the vaccines for you? If so what's her contact details? I'll take my daughter to her.

Thanks again!

No we aren't vaxing Charlotte at all really.
She will be getting tetnus, which can be dont separately - when you go for a tetnus shot, they don't give you a combined vax, no reason your child should have a conmbined ;)

I wont give Charlotte the MMR vax due to their links with MS - my father has severe MS and her risk is already increased by this, and her sex, so no need to up the ante with that one.

Anyway, our doctor just gave me the details for the vax centre. My Hubby's doctor can get them separately - will grab the details form him for you when he returns form work.

Hi,

Just wondering if you have the doctors details yet?

Thanks.