So...if you know me you know I AM PRO VACCINE!!!! I think people who do not vaccinate there child ARE CRAZY! And that they should not attend the same schools as my child. I think this because our generation has become complacent (much like the American people, but that is a Blonde is Write Blog)and we do not know what it is to watch kids die from the mumps, OR be crippled by polio. We take for granted the medical advancements that have been afforded to us. There has been NO MEDICAL PROOF that vaccines and Autism are linked. Most people believe that the additive in Vaccines that causes Autism is Thermosil, which FYI is NO LONGER IN VACCINES! I support Alternative Vaccines schedules. It isn't something I did with my child, however there are really no real test out there to say that the issue with vaccines is how many our kids get. So I do think more Dr's should allow parents to use an alternative vaccination schedule where that child received one shot at a time. That is your decision, I would rather you vaccinate your child on an alternative schedule then not at all, and I think a lot of people would feel the same way.
But I am at a crossroads with H1N1...
We have never vaccinated Kaje for the flu. Hell I have never received a flu vaccine. My hubby and I are hoping to expand our family sooner then later and I do not want to get the vaccine because they do not know that effects on an unborn fetus. SO then I have to ask myself if I would not expose my unborn (I am not even preggo) child with the vaccine why would I expose my child that I do have now?
I just don't know.
Many people say, well the flu vac is "new" every year and it is based on the same principle as that....well I don't vaccinate my child for the flu...never have. It is the Flu. people do die from the flu but most people have other conditions that contribute to that. I am not saying it doesn't happen, just that it is something we have chosen not to do. then again the highest % of people to die from H1N1 is preggo woman, so maybe i am making the wrong decision....
I just don't know. I think vaccines are good. That more people WIN from getting a vaccination than lose. I think that parents not vaccinating their children with the MMR and POLO is going to start some ill effects...it already has. I believe that overall vaccination is good...so why am I so hesitant to get this vaccination?
A month ago if you had asked, I would have told you we would have all be in line that day! But now, now I don't know. I have watched kids have it and been a ok, I have known Preggo woman who have been exposed and not flinched. It is a tough decision for any family.
One I never thought would be tough for me.
The hubby and I are still talking....he says lets get it...but then again he says maybe we shouldn't. What ever we decide we have to believe we made the right decision...that we are 100% behind what we did. Because if something goes the other way what will we do then?
Life is greater with a child, but at the same time you make the choices for their future...there is no greater pressure then that.
