Vaccine Recourses to Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate Illinois

See if you can find a homeopathic pediatrician who can tell you which vaccines are the most important to get & which ones would be ok to skip. I gave my daughter all her shots, however if I knew then what I know now, I probably would have done it differently. Some doctors reccomend certain vaccines be given separately instead of together & at later in childhood. Google "homepathic pediatricians Geneva, IL".

I am so tired of hearing about this doctor who was discredited. There are other reason beyond his "study" that suggest the link between vaccines and autism. My friend is a public health nurse and they just got an update on a recent study that stated that boys that are vaccinated are exponentially more likely to have autism than those who are unvaccinated. On another subject, autism is a broad diagnoses but the facts are still there....something is happening to damage our kids brains.

I don't have time to write down all my resources, but feel free to go to my profile and see the response that I wrote to another mom just a couple days ago.

Thimerosal is still used in vaccines, particularly the flu shot. Aluminum is in almost every vaccine and it's a harmful neurotoxin just like mercury. NEUROTOXINS! That's what is going into our children's bodies in large amounts. It's science, put harmful things into our bodies and our bodies fight against them- many times, the body is irrevocably harmed in the process. There are many types of vaccine injury and that is why informed parents delay, refuse or space out shots.

I am not saying to NOT vaccinate ever. I just wish all the people who comment would do even a tiny bit of research and be brave enough to look at another side instead of acting out of fear.

My doctor is pro vaccine but realizes that I have done alot of digging on the subject and he says there is no hurry.

Good luck in your search!

Hi there...I'm afraid I can't help you with an answer, but I was actually going to post a very similar question when I logged on today. I'm due with baby #3 and I did a small amount of research with the other two and just went along with the "recommended" vaccines...I'm not sure that I'm going to do that this time. I am reading these 2 articles right now, and will watch the responses you get as I try to make up my mind. It's a hard decision, and one I'm not sure that my pediatrician will fully support...

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/1...

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/pages/the-dang...

Since these articles are from the same site, I need to find more sources, but thought they may be helpful.

Dr Sears has a great book about Vaccines. I think it is called the Vaccine Book. It tells about all the vaccines and why they are necessary or unnecessary. It is one of the most unbiased books I have ever read.
My advice to moms struggling with this question is always go with the mommy gut. It never ceases to amaze me how accurate it is.

Hi!
First I will tell you that we chose not to vaccinate or 8 1/2 year old son.
My husband is a Chiropractor and he and I have done hours and hours of research and definitely came to this conclusion. My husband has given several lectures on the topic and the truth is, the risks, in our opinion, out way the benefits.
I have a niece who was diagnosed with Autism weeks after her 12 month vaccines + a flu shot!! She was perfectly normal until that visit and slipped into the mental capacity of a child 1/2 her age. She has made so much progress with years of occupational therapy and now at 4 she has almost caught up to her piers. Her (10) brother was diagnosed with Aspergers shortly before her and has always struggled socially and emotionally. I agree with you if you are seeing the skyrocketing statistics for these diseases.
We did not want to take this chance with our son. And although he does get chiropractic care whenever needed, he has never had an ear infection or been on antibiotics in his life. Of course we also eat very healthily and take supplements when needed.
Check out this website, it might also help you in this very important decision. www.icpa4kids.org
Hope this helps!! Above all, do your research and do not listen solely to your "pro vaccine" doctor. He is paid to sell vaccines.
E.:-)

Hi D.,
If you would like to talk off line I would be more than happy to talk to you. My husband is a chiropractor as well and we also have done tons of research and to this day, I am very confident of our decision not to vaccinate our kids (ages 2 1/2 and 7 months). It is definitely a hard decision to make and if it wasn't for the support system we've built, I would have caved a bunch of times. We found Homefirst (they have an office in Naperville) to be our anti-vaccine pediatricians. Dr. Mayer Eisenstein founded Homefirst and he also has a website in which he hosts numerous free webinars about vaccines.
"Since 1973, The Homefirst physicians have been offering vaccine choice and awareness
Unlike most doctors, the Physicians of Homefirst are honored to serve your family if you give all some or none of the vaccines.
They have virtually no asthma, allergies, ADHD, ADD or Autism in their more then 35,000 un-vaccinated children."
I also joined the Holistic Moms Network which has a tremendous amount of information (I belong to the Western Suburbs chapter but you also get access to the National forum and that is really where you can find a lot of information). You need to really educate yourself so that you can respond confidently when people start questioning you and think you are nuts, to put it lightly. My parents had a very hard time accepting our choice but the more I could intelligently respond to all their questions and show them their grandkids were doing great, it's pretty much stopped.
Lastly, I'm sending you a link to a website that I think is great source of information. http://www.njvaccinationchoice.org/topten.html I know it's based in New Jersey but it has a lot of just general information.
Again, let me know if you'd like to talk further!
Take care,
D.

There was a study in a very reputable medical journal in 1998 that opened the argument for vaccines being the primary cause of autism. 2 weeks ago, The Lancet (journal that published the article) retracted it saying that it was based on unsound science and author bias.

Someone's bad science made for a world of fear and anxiety.

In our case, we've had all the vaccinations that the pediatrician recommended. Our reason for doing it? Our pediatrician's kids are all a year older than ours, and he had each of his own kids vaccinated for the same reasons.

Personally, just like with Diabetes, I believe that the reason so many more cases of Aspergers/Autism spectrum disorders are being diagnosed is because we understand the diseases better and have better diagnostic tools.

Look at ADD and ADHD - it was almost unheard of when we were growing-up and now just about anyone with problems focusing is diagnosed.

I'd recommend you visit three websites:
1. American Academy of Pediatrics (aap.org)
2. Centers for Disease Control (cdc.gov)
3. Food and Drug Administration (FDA.gov)

I know you can call directly into the CDC and FDA as a consumer and ask for information. You can also do the same with your County/State Departments of Health.

You should also check with your state to see if your children can attend school without their vaccines completed.

Your pediatrician is only recommending them because they believe the benefits of providing the vaccines outweighs the risks. That doesn't mean that there are no risks involved, it just means that for the general population, it is in favor of benefit. I'd also recommend speaking with an expert in the area of the autoimmunie disorder you recommend (perhaps a geneticist) to see what the likelihood of your children having some of the known side effects is.

if you believe you have had your children hurt by vaccines in the past that would, at least to me, make my decision, easier.
you don't have to opt out of all vaccines. you can choose which you think are crucial for your child, which are total BS, and which you can delay. find an open-minded doctor, one that is in tune with parent's anxiety even if he/she does not share same opinions, and work with that doctor. your pro-vaccine doctor will not be of much help. i had a doctor once say to me oh we get moms like you about once a year. this is when i was asked to give a flu shot with mercury (as they had reserved the ones without for infants. mine were three at the time). when i asked him to sign a paper which will hold him responsible if my child has anything come out due to this vaccine, he refused. so, in his mind, it was ok to put my child in danger but not his career. i was shocked how nonchalant he was about the whole thing.
i have never heard of autism until a few years ago. i was not born or raised in this society and this is shocking to me. i don't have a problem doing my research and then deciding what's best for my children. i don't have autistic kids, yet i truly believe autism is related to vaccines, one way or another. i will patiently wait for when we all learn what causes autism. it is a sad situation.

I am no longer poisening my kids and that includes my pets.
It scares me more to put these cocktails in my kids then the probably that they could get sick. The more you vaccinate the more you change the body and make it more of a target for immune disorders.
You can find useful information here http://homefirst.com/
Here is another good link. I love this info page and get my daily emails from them that are very imformative on anything related to health.
http://www.naturalnews.com/GoogleSearchResults.html?q=vac...

Good luck!

Both vaccinated & unvaccinated children develop autism.