I'm still reaserching vaccinations, and have read many sad stories about vax reactions/complications. I haven't read any stories about people regreting NOT vaccinating. I'm for sure going to delay/selective vax, but have not decided if we should not vax at all. Please share your story. :goodvibes:
kissum
03-03-2008, 05:18 PM
No, I don't regret it.
calideedle
03-03-2008, 05:21 PM
Nope!
You can always GIVE a Vax you cant TAKE it back!
vickieboggs
03-03-2008, 05:22 PM
nope......I do regret vaxing dd though!
BC Mom
03-03-2008, 05:44 PM
I guess what I mean is, has anyones child caught an illness that a vaccine could have "prevented" (I realize that immunization does not equal immunity).
sillygrl
03-03-2008, 05:48 PM
I was hoping that mine would get the chicken pox, there was a recent outbreak in some schools near us, but nothing really spread. I vaxed up until my middle son was put in the hospital after a reaction. I have read up on the VPD's and have decided I'd much rather deal with that than another hosp. stay. And, like a pp mentioned, if I need to, I can always get them vaxed. It seems like even kids who ARE vaxed end up having to get another one everytime something breaks out, anyways, heehee.
Leslieann
03-03-2008, 05:52 PM
nope I HAve not had that problem
Kiddoson
03-03-2008, 06:49 PM
nope, no regrets. In fact I am glad I clued in with DD when I did before it was too late. You can't take them back!
turtle2who
03-03-2008, 06:50 PM
nope- ds is only 2.75 :giggle: so he still has many years to catch all kinds of vaccine preventable illnesses, but I have a friend with an unvaccinated 13 yo who has never had anything serious.
However- another friend's 3 kids all got whooping cough even though they were all vaxxed against it. She was a total basket case for a couple of months- sure that one of her kids would die. They all survived.
journey
03-03-2008, 06:52 PM
I regret vaxing my first two, but I was young and uninformed. You live, you learn. :thumbsup:
iris0110
03-03-2008, 06:58 PM
I regret vaxing more than any other decision I have made as a parent. If I hadn't let them vaccinate my son he would not be autistic. I can't imagine why I would ever regrett not vaxing. BUt then after studying the diseases I am hoping my kids get them while they are young, like they are supposed to. It builds strong immune systems and healthy bodies. I'm not prone to freaking out when my kids are sick though, so I guess that helps.
SativaStarr
03-03-2008, 07:00 PM
My only regret is letting that stupid pushy pediatrician coerce me into giving DS the Hib and Pneumococcal vaccines at his 4 month check up.. its the only vaxs he has ever had and I still beat myself up for it. Who would have thought Id find the worlds most non-vax friendly Dr in the good 'ol itty bitty Birthplace of the Republican Party :giggle:
Grrchurch03
03-03-2008, 07:07 PM
:rolleyes: Nope, I'm good with my decision and dh backs me up 100%. To date, the only thing the kids have gotten, they don't have a vax for (yet) :rolleyes: DD had pneumonia, and so far the sickest person in our house is dh, and he is the only one utd on his vaxes:rofl: He's had bronchitis, twice, pneumonia, and the flu.
Kanga
03-03-2008, 07:08 PM
So far so good, but even if they did catch a VPD, I can't say I'd regret it.
Indianamom*2
03-03-2008, 07:12 PM
I dont regret NOT vaxing at all. I DO regret getting them vaxed before I did the research.
DD and DS have gotten sick from vaxing but never from NOT vaxing.
Tiffer23
03-03-2008, 09:23 PM
I guess what I mean is, has anyones child caught an illness that a vaccine could have "prevented" (I realize that immunization does not equal immunity).
Jack got Chicken Pox and I don't regret not vaxing even remotely. I do regret allowing him to get his 2 month shots (only ones he ever got) very very much.
mom2six
03-03-2008, 09:33 PM
No regrets at all. Just regret getting 1st DD vaxed but I was way uninformed then. She was sick more than all 5 of my other children put together too.
adahsmom
03-03-2008, 10:40 PM
No regrets at all. My DD was diagnosed with an ASD, but thankfully she is very high functioning.
We are very relieved that we had been super slow vaxers, and we are no longer vaccinating DD or DS. I don't know if there is a link between vaccinations and autism but it isn't worth any further damage to find out.
JeDeeLenae
03-03-2008, 10:49 PM
No regrets here.
Mommy2JJ
03-03-2008, 11:23 PM
Nope not at all!!
Zaxmama76
03-03-2008, 11:51 PM
the only regret I have about Vaxing is that I did vax DS1 up till one year then I did the research..:banghead: he was DX'd as Austistic last month.
DS2 has never seen a needle. and he never will as long as I can help it,
apmommatnt
03-03-2008, 11:54 PM
Nope!
You can always GIVE a Vax you cant TAKE it back!
Yes ma'am...I don't regret it one bit! What is to regret??? I would regret it if I had vaxed, that is for sure.:thumbsup:
ce&E
03-04-2008, 12:59 PM
I'm going to present a slightly different prespective (no flames please) I have a very good friend who didn't vax and her two sons (one a newborn) got whooping cough and it was hell. The newborn is 8 now and he has had lots of struggles with his immune system and I know she wishes she could have prevented him from getting whooping cough. However, she didn't do any other vaxs so I'm not sure she would call it a regret.
I, however, responded to her experience by getting the DaTP vaccine even though we delayed or skipped all the others. I just couldn't watch my babies go through that if I could avoid it.
Tiffer23
03-04-2008, 01:14 PM
I'm going to present a slightly different prespective (no flames please) I have a very good friend who didn't vax and her two sons (one a newborn) got whooping cough and it was hell. The newborn is 8 now and he has had lots of struggles with his immune system and I know she wishes she could have prevented him from getting whooping cough. However, she didn't do any other vaxs so I'm not sure she would call it a regret.
I, however, responded to her experience by getting the DaTP vaccine even though we delayed or skipped all the others. I just couldn't watch my babies go through that if I could avoid it.
The newborn would have gotten it anyways (even if she did vax) as vaccine-induced whooping cough "immunity" isn't even there until the series is compete. So 6 months +. And after 6 months, whooping cough isn't scary dangerous anymore. And the Pertussis vaccine is the absolute less effective vaccine on the market anyways.
Just saying. lol.
JackieLyn
03-04-2008, 02:03 PM
nope, not at all!
turtle2who
03-05-2008, 08:01 AM
I'm going to present a slightly different prespective (no flames please) I have a very good friend who didn't vax and her two sons (one a newborn) got whooping cough and it was hell. The newborn is 8 now and he has had lots of struggles with his immune system and I know she wishes she could have prevented him from getting whooping cough. However, she didn't do any other vaxs so I'm not sure she would call it a regret.
I, however, responded to her experience by getting the DaTP vaccine even though we delayed or skipped all the others. I just couldn't watch my babies go through that if I could avoid it.
Knowing someone whose kids had whooping cough and how scared she was for their lives- I felt the same ways at first. That even if I skipped all the rest I would get pertussis. Then I wrote to her and asked her if she regretted not vaxing (she is crunchy and hb'ed all her kids and I thought she hadn't vaxxed.) But she informed me that all but the baby had been fully immunized against pertussis but still got it.
mamoo3
03-05-2008, 10:47 AM
Not a single regret! I am very happy to say that none of my kids has ever had a shot of anything in their lives! My oldest dd got rubella from a child who got it from her vax. I'm very happy she has an immunity to it, it is such a minor illness as a child, but very dangerous for a pregnant mama's unborn child. She also got pertussis, which was not pleasant, but I wouldn't change not getting her vaxed. Both of my dd's got the chickenpox after playing with a boy that had gotten his vaxes that day.
mOmof3
03-05-2008, 10:52 AM
I regret the vax's I did give my kids. I will never vax my kids again.
rachellepowell
03-05-2008, 10:59 AM
I haven't read all the way through, but Thanks so much for asking this! LOL... I have been researching vaxing too and was wondering the same thing!
Great thread!:thumbsup:
Shyla
03-05-2008, 11:08 AM
I wish I had been more informed sooner. I didnt stop vaxing until ds child #4. He is the healthiest out of all of them. He gets sick far less than the rest of us who were vaxed. None of my children get vaxs anymore and I wont ever do it again.
BC Mom
03-05-2008, 05:31 PM
So interesting, thanks for the replies!
titania
03-05-2008, 07:27 PM
not at all. and if i were to someday doubt that decision, i could have them vaxed.
katzmark06
03-05-2008, 07:29 PM
nope....
ocfb16
03-05-2008, 07:32 PM
Not at all!!!!
Bella Catalina
03-05-2008, 07:44 PM
Nope. My only regret is that I had him vaxed up until 6 months, and I wish I'd done the research earlier. But I am thankful I listened to my instincts and didn't let anyone bully me into getting any more. As so many others have said, you can always give one, you can never take it back.
tmfletch
03-06-2008, 11:54 AM
Good question!!
I thought that I would do delayed/selective Vaxs with DD. She is 14 months old and only had a few at this point. The few that she did get I only had them give her a single Vax at one visit- not the multiple Vaxs like they usually do. I have decided since her last Vax which was at her 1 year visit that she will NOT be getting any more. I may change my mind later but at this point- no more. When DS is born- he will not be Vaxed at all.
bfoster2000
03-06-2008, 12:58 PM
Nope! When James was in the hospital, they told us he probably had pertussis (the test later showed that it wasn't. It was some respiratory virus but every one they checked for was negative) Anyway, they kept asking me if he was up to date on his vaxes and I kept telling them he wasn't due for any yet (didn't bother to tell them he wouldn't be getting them anyway). When I thought he had pertussis, it really made me think about my feelings about vaxing. I feel strongly enough that I still opted to not to have any yet. If he gets a VPD, I'll feel sorry for him just the same as if he had a vax and felt crummy afterward. I feel sorry for my children when they're sick. But I wouldn't run out and start him on a catch-up program. If he gets a VPD and happens to be the one in a million that has some rare complication from it, I will probably always wonder how things might have been different...the same way a mother that vaxes wonders how things might have been different for her vaccine-damaged child...the same way that when you start doing the research late, you wonder what crazy changes the vaxes have caused in your "normal" child that will never be attributed to vaccine-damage. Still, I don't think I'd run out and start vaxing for everything out there. I know why I've made the choices I've made and I am confident that they are the right ones. If you're not that confident, you can always give the vax later but you can't take it back.
Sorry that's a little convoluted, but no...no regrets here!
lil'mommakaye
03-06-2008, 01:24 PM
I regret the vax's I did give my kids. I will never vax my kids again.
:yeahthat:!!!
i vaxed DD 9n years ago bc i was compleatly uninformed. i gave DS 1 round of vax for HB and that is ALL he will get!! he got SOOOOO sick after getting it! a rash on his face from the 1st then pnumonia after the 2nd dose. I WILL NEVER VAX AGAIN!!!
Twinklefae
03-07-2008, 10:52 AM
I don't regret it. I really hope DS does catch all the childhood diseases while he's a child. I want him to build a strong immune system!
