bexxie

Amelia will have them all including the MMR I am deaf due to measles there is no way I am risking that and I dont belive she will get Autism coz of it
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Caroline

There is such a stronh history of allergy problems i daren't risk the mmr.

Kina

What are you worried about re MMR?

I just had a 2nd appointment through for Alex's first jab, but he's not having them yet.

Caroline

When Gabriel was little, there was a lot in the press regarding mmr, as it was when Blair refused to say if his lo had had mmr. It was stated at the time children with history of allergy, especially boys are more at risk from developing problems, such as autism, and digestive problems.

I get occasional eczema, DH has chronic hayfever and Gabriel had severe eczema as a baby, so i decided to play it safe and have the separate jabs.
I have no regrets doing it this way, especially in view of all his food intolerances/allergies now.

Due to Gabriels allergy problems i decided to have Alisha done separate too, she is know ?asthma so again no regrets.

Kayleigh will have separate vaccines too. Its not particularly cheap at £100 per vaccine although i get discount 'cos have 2nd and 3rd child on register with them.

I would feel so bad if they had had problems after mmr, its bad enough the allery/asthma.

I've always wondered if the incidence of autism here is higher 'cos we used to use thiomersal in our polio etc jabs, and other countries didn't. Now our jabs are thiomersal free i wonder if incidence of autism drops.

Personally i'm not prepared to take the risk. Government says safe but i don't trust them one bit.

We go to a clinic in Plymouth with Dh2. I think there are private companies who do clinics in Exeter now, but as i'm happy with Dh2 and not much difference in distance between 2 from here, we go to plymouth.

Kina

Thanks Caroline, I was interested because my stepmum is sure that the mmr caused my brothers severe epilepsy. He was the only one of her children to have it after careful consideration and shortly afterwards was when she first noticed his eyes rolling.

Caroline

I'm really not convinced on the mmr, the new pnuemo one seems ok mind. Kayleigh was a bit crabby for 24 hours but by following morning was normal happy self.

If you want details of Plymouth clinic let me know.

Kina

Ella has already had the first MMR, DH was really worried about her not having it. I hate the way that we're bullied into having things done that we're not sure about by health professionals. That's why since Alex was born I've realised that these people are only human, that what they advise is not the be all and end all and sometimes they get it wrong and push their opinions onto you. I've probably gone too far the other way but that's it now, it's my duty to find out what's best for my children.

Caroline

its all the reports on the mmr that freak me out. The only independant one ws my Andrew Wakefield and then they shot him down, discredited him and tried to get him struck off. Every otherstudy is drug company backed. GP's surgery's get paid bonuses if they meet targets of children vaccinated with mmr (don't know if it applies to others too), so they are bound to be in favour. Our practice nurse thinks i've done right having sep vaccines, when it comes to final jab when they are supposed to have3 lots our surgery lets you delay having one so as not to overload them, if you prefer, infact my health visitor mentioned doing it when she first came out anf Kayleigh was only a couple of weeks old.