Hi, I have a 6 month old son. He is my only boy, I have 3 older girls. I have been doing alot of reading lately regarding shots and the possible link to Autism. I am absolutely terrified! I do not want my son to have any more vaccinations but I'm affraid my pediatrician might turn us away if I refuse. Not to mention schools that want parents to believe you MUST have your child immunized to enroll. For those of you who feel there IS a connection, would you get the shots or not?

Thank you so much
LE

While I do not belive my son got Autism from his vac. (looking back I belive that there was always something wrong). I do belive that in some cases there is a conection. I think some of the people I have talked to say that you can request a thermasal free vac. (I hope I spelled it right), which is soposed to be better.


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Mary Jones
mother of Kyle & Rita

Please base your decision on what YOU think, from your reading, reseacrh, gut instinct and beleifs. Not on what other parents would do or not do. Where will these ppl be if (God forbid) anything goes wrong and your baby ends up damaged from either the disease or the vaccine? Once you have made up your mind, be certain, be staunch, and do not be bullied. I know ppl who decided not to vaccinate and then end up in tears and change their minds because their Dr or mother in law shouted at them.

I have found that those who are committed to their decision usually get less hassled than those who kinds decide half heartedly. I live in New Zealand where my right to choose non vaccination is respected and protected in law. I do however know that EVERY STATE in the US has exemption laws. And if you do not want to, you do not have to - even if you have to fight a bit. I have a good exemption letter you are able to use if you want to email me petex2@xtra.co.nz

My 12 yr old daughter when she was 5 mths old was irriversably damaged by a shot when she was 5 mths old. Today she is autistic, so I am pretty anti vaccines. However, if after weighing up the information and you choose to vaccinate there is a right and a wrong way to go about it. And there are ways to minimise the risk of damage. (Personally I don't think they afford protection against disease, and even drug companies own up to their have failure rates, even if they refuse to own up to the awful damage that is going on in every country thanks to their toxic injections....) But there you go. Personally I can tell you 6 mths is WAY too young to have the onslaught of vaccines on such an immature immune and nervous system. So if you want to do the jabs, I really would wait untill baby is a lot older.

Email me if you like.

All the best with your decision.

sm

Supermama also posted a web site on the MGH fourm www.909shots.com (http://www.909shots.com) I havent looked at it but looked up the address for you. Just remember that you are the Mother no matter what others might say stick with what you belive. You can change a childs Dr. but not his Mother.

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Mary Jones
mother of Kyle & Rita

Thank you MaryEvelyn,

Also have a look at this: http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi

There maybe something helpfull in here for you.

SM

SuperMama

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[This message has been edited by SuperMama (edited 02-27-2001).]

I thank you all for your responses and I will check out the links you posted. I just thought I would clarify my original post. I am not looking for anyone to make the decision for me, but because our government and the majority of our physicians tell parents there's no connection between vaccines and autism and other illnesses it is very hard to find the truth. I was really wanting to know how many of you believed a shot was responsible for your child's health problems because I don't think what stats are available are accurate. I believe there are many parents who believe completely that their child was compromised by receiving a vaccine however their concerns are not being reported to the general public. The media is portraying a parent that refuses vaccinations as neglegant and uneducated. It makes me upset that dr's brush the idea aside as if there is no reason to believe it and yet every day there are hundreds of children having mild to severe reactions to vaccines that are supposed to be protecting them.

Again, I very much appreciate your responses.

LE

When my son was dx this sept my daughter was just turning 1. My "doctor" (nurse practioner) decided that we would wait until Rita was ready to start school before we would decide about having the MMR shot she was very concernd about the link and said that she would rather be safe than sorry. She is also looking up info on other typs of vac. for me.

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Mary Jones
mother of Kyle & Rita