MMR

[bubbles123]

My son had it, although I delayed until 15 months and he had it on it's own, not with other vaccines. I am generally pro vaccine and my LO had all his eventually but I agree with an earlier poster who said that sometimes the NHS is just too keen to vaccinate everyone and doesn't always give enough thought as to whether it is the most most appropriate course of action for every child. Same with the current drive to vaccinate pregnant women against flu when it says on the manufacturers advice that it should only be given to pregnant women 'when needed' rather than to everyone.

 

[ShanandBoc]

My little girl had her MMR today. So far, so good. Hopefully she doesnt get any reaction at all, apparently it shows up around 10 days after.

Im very happy in my choice to vaccinate, prevention is better than cure.

 

[TeresaG]

My LO had her MMR a few weeks ago. She was a bit grizzly for a couple of days and then came out in rash on her tummy about 10 days later. It didn't bother her and was gone after about 24 hours.

 

[Brookey]

the study that "proved" the link between MMR vaccination and Autism has been discredited so it is slightly worrying to me that people are putting so much faith in it.

im all for pro-choice. for me, the chances of my baby having an adverse reaction to the MMR jab is very low. the chances of him catching measles, mumps or ruebella throughout his life are a lot higher so the obvious choice is to vaccinate him.

im not saying that no babies have ever reacted to a mmr vacine. im just saying that the chances of it happening are so incredibly small that it just isnt worth the risk of not having it done.

also, i saw earlier that someone had said that it was funny that the amount of children with autism has risen since so many babies started having the MMR vaccination. this is not true. the reason more autistic children are being recognised is because more research has gone into autism and recognising it.

a lot of us on baby and bump are on the "autistic spectrum" but we are just so far down the scale that we have no reason to ever suspect we are. my sister, for example, recently had a test carried out on her for autism as part of a university trial. it came back that she has aspergers. without having this random test none of us would ever have thought it.

im rambling now but what im trying to say is that even if there is a link between the two (which has now been proven there isnt) then i would much rather my boy grow up to be on the autistic spectrum (which he may be anyway) than constantly worry about him contracting measles mumps or reubella.

 

[ShanandBoc]

Well the 10 days has passed still no reaction whatsoever.....

 

[Ramen]

Measles was declared eliminated in my country in 2000, and this year unvaccinated American tourists returning from visiting western europe caused the largest measles outbreak we'd seen in 15 years. We're supposed to be protecting those in our community who can't be immunized not inflating their number and further jeopardizing them

 

[anna matronic]

Well the 10 days has passed still no reaction whatsoever.....

Evan didn't have a reaction, no grumpiness, no rash or fever and he had his 17 days ago

 

[summer rain]

My son had it, although I delayed until 15 months and he had it on it's own, not with other vaccines. I am generally pro vaccine and my LO had all his eventually but I agree with an earlier poster who said that sometimes the NHS is just too keen to vaccinate everyone and doesn't always give enough thought as to whether it is the most most appropriate course of action for every child. Same with the current drive to vaccinate pregnant women against flu when it says on the manufacturers advice that it should only be given to pregnant women 'when needed' rather than to everyone.

I completely agree with this not in regard to the MMR particularly but all vaccines; there is information in the current booklet the NHS produces on vaccinating young children that completely contradicts safety advice in the manufacturers own literature/leaflets on their vaccines. One example is the manufacturers saying if your baby develops a rash on certain parts of the body after one dose of a certain vaccine they should not have any further doses of a certain vaccine but this booklet says this is not a serious enough reaction not to give the further doses. It does seem the NHS is keen to have all children vaccinated even if particular vaccines would be unsafe for them.

 

[ShanandBoc]

Well the 10 days has passed still no reaction whatsoever.....

Evan didn't have a reaction, no grumpiness, no rash or fever and he had his 17 days ago

Thats so good. its been 2weeks since Elleahs now. We are so lucky to have vaccines for our children. Some in third world countries are not so lucky and their children are still dying from these diseases. That says it all imo.

 

[krissy1984]

I'm all for it and my LO had his today. The nurse told me that if a child catches measles it can also cause meningitis due to the areas of the body it affects. The throat is a main area. I have given Kellan all his vaccinations, his health is important but so is the health of others, I wouldn't want to give any child an infection, and since some of them are contagious before they become visable a person could expose anyone

 

[x__amour]

My LO had hers last week. No reactions, nothing. She's absolutely fine.