I have had my last 2 babies immunised and will also do so with my daughter (tomorrow actually). The immunisations are there to help protect your child not cause harm and the MMr does not cause autism. The study that went on about that has been disproved and the author of it did a lot of harm as we had nearly eradicated measles in this country but coz of the so called 'link' to autism the uptake of immunisations dropped leaving more children at risk. When i was 11 weeks pregnant a girl in my sons nursery class had german measles (hadnt been immunised!) and i was exposed to her before i knew. I cant help but feel if i had contracted this and my baby died or was deformed because of it i would be really angry as her parents decision had affected MY life. Im not saying u should immunise to suit other people, it has to be your decision but it is something to take into consideration. I decided that as no one has died from being immunised but plenty have died or been left with a lot of problems due to catching diseases that hey cud have been immunised against then that made my mind up pretty quickly. As someone else said the benefits far outweight the risks.

I don't want to cause a debate just point out something....people have and do die from immunizations. Just this year in the US alone 123 people have died from vaccines, that's directly linked to the vaccines. Obviously a pretty small number compared to what is vaccinated but there are tons of adverse reactions to vaccines too. But to say people don't die from vaccines just isn't true. Yes people die from the diseases too. I'm not trying to sway her either way, just offer my opinion and information.

Also the vaccines don't just fail in kids with weak immune systems, they just aren't 100%, they don't work for everyone. You can look up the rates of how effective each vaccine is, but none is 100%.

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I was, fortunately, but I had a real panic for a while until i found out.

had my LO done...for me the risks of getting the illness are not worth it!

he was fine with all his jabs

Its always a difficult one, if i could see into the future and find out what my son would be exposed to and how he sick he would be with them I would choose not to vaccinate, but I cant so I have had them done. Its good like everyone says to do your research and then you can make an informed choice, obviously there are risks and benefits to having them done and not having them done.

I am a Nurse and probably cos I work in health care it was easier for me to make the decision, I have seen kids die and be left with disabling conditions as a result of not being immunised and then contracting some of these conditions. I dont want to take the risk.

Do your research and Good Luck making your decision, its your child dont let anyone bully you into the decision.

i will def be getting my child vaccinated, i feel privileged that we live in a country that provides this. I presume the jag you are talking about is the MMR, like others have said, there is no real proof to back it up that it causes autism. I however took the options of holding off until my daughter was 18 months before i got hers done normal age is 13 months. The primary vaccinations a baby gets done i think are essential. Your health visitor should be able to provide you with good information regarding all vaccinations.

i have chosen not to vaccinate. that may change at some point but it is doubtful because of the ingredients in vaccines.

My aunt it a hv and I talked to her a lot about this. Useful things she said:

You might not die from measles if you catch it, but it can affect you, e.g. eyesight and hearing problems, which will affect you for the rest of your life.

If there was an outbreak in your area and your child wasn't immunised, how near the front of the queue for immunisation would you be then? If you would go pretty quickly, then surely there is no reason not to immunise in the first place?

Also, I have travelled all over the world and would not have been able to do so without the basic immunisations, as well as the extras like Hep A and B. And I wouldn't want to deny my children the opportunity to do this. I know they could decide for themselves when older, but I also believe they are more protected when young.

i will be getting them done - theres a big thing at the moment about children not being able to get into school if they havent had them. which i agree with - but like every body said its persanel preferance.