Hi Jo, Vaccinating your child is one of the most difficult decisions a parent can make. I can assure you that I am sure that those professionals who make the decisions about what is safe to give and when have would not make recommendations with any intent to harm our future nation. It is their duty to present to us the choice and make available to us these vaccinations to protect our children and to try and irradicate diseases which possibly permanently harm or kill our children. Unfortunately it is our decision as parents and we should never feel pressured or bullied by anyone either way and just make the decision that we feel most comfortable with. If you do not feel happy to have the immunisations yet then perhaps you shouldn`t but that is entirely your decision the choice and I enphasise choice is yours. My own personal opinion I have had my children vaccinated and recently my 4 year old had to play catch up with hers and it seemed cruel to take her back for eight separate visits to have eight needles so therefore we made a decision that she would have them at one visit. There were no ill effects I am sure that there are others out there who feel differently but that is my opinion I`m not sure it helps but there we are.
All the best Pam (midwife New Zealand) ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoFromOz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:27 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Vaccination > Hi All. > > I don't want this to start a war or anything, but I would just like to > hear people's opinions (and why) on vaccinating babies. This is the > week for our first vaccinations (I declined Birth HepB) as William is 2 > months old tomorrow. We do want to get him vaccinated, it's just a > matter of when we start, and whether we get them all done together. > > Here is why I'm hesitant: > > He is only 2 months old, and not going to be going into any childcare in > the near future (at LEAST 12 months if ever). > > It isn't normal for a body to have to produce antibodies to 7 diseases > all at once - or is it? > I was thinking that it would be better to get only one injection at a > time so that if he reacts to something really badly, we will know which > vaccine to avoid next time. > > The diseases such as Hep B and tetanus, and Diptheria, etc aren't all > that likely to find my son just yet - or are they? > > However... > > Should I just do it and not make a fuss? Just follow the government's > schedule? > He is in contact with 3 adults who work in schools - would that be a > reason to vaccinate sooner rather than later? > > We have looked at pros and cons, and still can't come up with a concrete > decision. > Any opinions/info would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > Jo :) > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
