vaccines

[Angela F]

I am trying to decide the safest way to vaccincate my 4 month old. Do you have any feedback about this topic?

[Jacqueline]

Hi Angela,

You might try reading The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears.

[Kuerstin Fordham-Macedo]

As we all know the topic of vaccination is controversial and sensitive. Ultimately vaccinating your child is a peronal choice after you have taken everything into consideration. I will give you a list of questions you should ask yourself before you have the vaccines administered.
1. Is your child sick at the time of the vaccine?
Teething,allergies, and collic will compromise the immune system.
2. Has your child had a bad reaction to a vaccination before?
3. Does your child have a personal or family history of:
- vaccine reactions;
- convulsions or neurological disorders;
- severe allergies; or
- immune system disorders?
4. Do you know if your child is at high risk of reacting?
5. Do you know how to report a vaccine reaction?
6. Do you know the vaccine manufacturer's name and lot number?
7. Do you know that you have a choice?
8. Is the vaccine thimerosal free ( a mercury derivative)

A great site to look at is www.NVIC.org National Vaccine Information Center.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me at
Arsenault Chiropractic Center at 603-964-1460 or you can e-mail at [e-mail]
Yours In Health
Kuerstin Fordham-Macedo, DC

[Jennifer Copp]

Please look at the website below before deciding against vaccines. It is a mayo clinic website therefore very reputable. I feel very strongly about vaccines and the myths. I am the daughter of a very reputable Pediatrician in Massachusetts.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vaccines/CC00014

[Kuerstin Fordham-Macedo]

I respect your opinion, the point of the information that I had supplied was not to cause a moral conversation. I do not believe that it is the medical professional who causes any possible problems I believe that if there is a problem with a vaccine it is the vaccine. I agree that vaccines served their purpose when they were necassary. I have three children all have had vaccinations all three have had adverse reactions to the vaccinations, and two of my children have had the chicken pox as well as whooping cough. I feel that making an educated choice is always the best route to take.

Yours in Health
Kuerstin

Jennifer Copp said:

Please look at the website below before deciding against vaccines. It is a mayo clinic website therefore very reputable. I feel very strongly about vaccines and the myths. I am the daughter of a very reputable Pediatrician in Massachusetts.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vaccines/CC00014

[Jennifer Copp]

I'm confused......I don't see how my response provoked a moral debate. I didn't even get into any specifics. I simply provided a reputable website for reference and said I felt strongly about vaccinating. Honestly I wasn't even responding to your post I was responding to the original post. I feel people should get both pro's and cons to make an educated decision. I apologize if you were offended although I'm not sure why you would be.

Kuerstin Fordham-Macedo said:

I respect your opinion, the point of the information that I had supplied was not to cause a moral conversation. I do not believe that it is the medical professional who causes any possible problems I believe that if there is a problem with a vaccine it is the vaccine. I agree that vaccines served their purpose when they were necassary. I have three children all have had vaccinations all three have had adverse reactions to the vaccinations, and two of my children have had the chicken pox as well as whooping cough. I feel that making an educated choice is always the best route to take.

Yours in Health
Kuerstin

Jennifer Copp said:

Please look at the website below before deciding against vaccines. It is a mayo clinic website therefore very reputable. I feel very strongly about vaccines and the myths. I am the daughter of a very reputable Pediatrician in Massachusetts.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vaccines/CC00014

[Kuerstin Fordham-Macedo]

I apologize for causing any confusion and I certainly was by no means offended I would have no reason to be. I believe that we were both trying to accomplish the same thing and that was to offer very useful information in order to help a mom make an educated decision. I would like to take this oppurtunity to apologize if there was a thread of discontent in my post I was trying to avoid any problem by stating that I was avoiding a moral conversation, by that I meant I just wanted the information to be factual regardless of our associations. I truly hope that you have a great day and again I apologize if my post was not clear.

[Christine Shedd]

I agree that vaccinations are necessary, at least for MY child, but I am a friend of someone who opted not to vaccinate her son for many of the vaccinations his doctor recommended. My pedi stated when I asked whether I should vaccinate or not, "just imagine the possibility of one of the diseases taking over your child... what could happen if you DID not vaccinate him." That is when I researched more and came to the conclusion that we WOULD vaccinte... just when they called for three or four at a time, we split them up to one or two every couple weeks, so his little bosy wasn't overwhelmed with the different vaccinations at once. That is what I recommend, but remember, YOU are the best advocate for your children!! :-)

[Angela F]

Thank you for all the responses, this is what I decided to do...split them up. So we now go every month and I am putting some off until he is older like, the chicken pox.

Christine Shedd said:

I agree that vaccinations are necessary, at least for MY child, but I am a friend of someone who opted not to vaccinate her son for many of the vaccinations his doctor recommended. My pedi stated when I asked whether I should vaccinate or not, "just imagine the possibility of one of the diseases taking over your child... what could happen if you DID not vaccinate him." That is when I researched more and came to the conclusion that we WOULD vaccinte... just when they called for three or four at a time, we split them up to one or two every couple weeks, so his little bosy wasn't overwhelmed with the different vaccinations at once. That is what I recommend, but remember, YOU are the best advocate for your children!! :-)

[Melissa Cardin]

My daughter, who is now 18, almost 19 months old has been vaccinated on schedule for everything. However, I did a lot of research on each vaccine before deciding she would get it. Ultimately, I felt that was what was right for us and our family, but to each his own.