immunisations

We did but we did it out of schedule a bit too. I'm fine giving the imms that have been around for ages like mmr, hip hepb etc but am cautious on newer ones like menzb and whatever that other new one is.

there was a thread on this recently (have bumped it up for you), so won't repeat my ideas....

but for me the biggest thing is that the diseases being immunised against are only at a low level in the community because the majority of the population is vaccinated. If the percentage of non-vaccinated people increases to a certain level, there is the risk that these somewhat 'rare' diseases can become much more prevalent.

The link of MMR with autism has never been scientifically proven, but due to media hype (probably) the debate continues....

the best thing is to do your research, and then you can make a well-informed decision based on how you interperet the data.

ETA: as a GP friend of mine pointed out, how would I feel if my baby were to succumb to a disease that was preventable? (and as MY GP pointed out, the main reason to get the vaccinations is so your baby is protected when you have to go to the doctors or hospital, where all the germy people are!)

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You all know that the immunizations help boost their immunity too eh?? Most of the jabs have the tiniest bit of infection so that their wee bodies can learn to fight it so when and if they get any of the bugs they're immunity is just that wee bit stronger so is able to fight it

Yeah my sister was saying to me this morning that her 2 year old still hasn't got her 15 month jabs but I think shes going to get it.
I'm probably going to give that one a miss but like you Mel still undecided.

Prevenar has been used for years in Aussie. Emma (Maya) went to a press conference on it and got all the guff so she may respond at some point. I prefer it over MenZB as it has been fully researched and used for years.

Well I had our 5 month jabs today. I hate doing it and my girls had all her jabs a couple of weeks late (the important thing is not when they get them but how far apart they are!). I suffer a bit from really wanting to get up and hit the nurse as instinct says that she just hurt my baby - totally irrational I know but I get the urge every time. I've chosen to immunise because I feel that its my job to give my child the best chance against illness. With the 15month jabs, I reckon they're really important if your baby is a girl as rubella can affect fertility later in life. You have to decide what you want to protect your child against, and if you've got a really good GP you should be able to choose what immunisations you want your child to recieve. Don't let anybody else's opinion sway you, follow mothers instinct, and do what you think will benefit your child the most.

Severe negative reactions (causing hospitalisation) only affect 0.04% of children.

I had no problem with the imms until DS had a hypertonic reaction to his 3 month lot, it was standard imms we never did the meNZb.

It was very scary , and required him being rushed to middlemore in an ambulance unconcious. He came around fine without any damage to any of his body.

We then were refered to the infectious disease dept at starship, where he was put on a delayed programme, and given the imms singluarly under the starship dept at the hospital.

he has just turned 14 months and wont be having the hib at 15 months at all and MMR will be delayed until I have decided what I want to do. And if and when he has the MMR it will again be at starship hospital.

We have a baby due in April 09 and that baby will not be getting the 6 week vaccines at 6 weeks they will be delayed, I wont be doing prevanar....and because of my sons reaction and my own hypersensitivity to drugs and vaccines, the imms will be separate.

There is a good guide for delayed imms at Drsears.com, albeit that is a USA website all of our imms are on there. Also there is a lot of info at ias.org.nz

I really does pay to be informed about what we put into our kids bodies, i wouldnt have blinked twice if our son was fine and dandy at 3 months. But there are other options out there like separating the imms into more vaccines so they arent getting so many strains pumped into them all at once.

I hate immunisations - we always have a really hard time for up to a week after them, and it seems to be getting worse with each lot. Thanks for the information above, I might see if I can get them split up next time (which is not for a while, fortunately). It is a shame it feels as if you either get them or you don't, it would be nice if we were offered options (as I have told the nurses about our bad experiences).

Having said that, we are lucky that parents in NZ are entitled to make up their own minds if they choose to vaccinate or not. My sister was saying that in Australia you don't receive a childcare subsidy (up to $140 pw) unless your child is fully vaccinated. So technically you do have a choice, but not if you cannot afford not to...

Could it be because boys tend to be more refluxy than girls? It's Clara's reflux that flares up after immunisations and makes her miserable.

Hi, my daughter had a bit of a hard time when she was born- she was in the NICU or 5 days as she was having seizures. She had an MRI that showed there was a small area of her brain which was a bit damaged. She has a little bit of right sided weakness but no longer has any seizures and is developing very normally.

It is time for her immunisations but I'm struggling to make a decision on whether to give them all to her. I'm fairly happy with all of the components of the vaccine except for the pertussis part- it says possible complications include seizures among other things, and not to administer in children with an unstable neurological condition. I have asked my GP and a paediatrician about whether to give her all of the immunisations and they have said that I should...

Has anyone had a child like mine and wondered about whether to give their child all of these immunisations? I'm just so scared about knowingly putting her at risk with these immunisations even though the risk is probably small. I feel that her brain has coped with enough! But obviously it would be awful for her to get diseases that can be vacinated against.

Sorry for the rambling post!