MMR - did you get your child vaccinated?

SingleSue

Eldest had both initial and booster MMR jabs - he doesn't have autism but then the jab also failed, he has had mumps several times since.

Middle son had both initial and booster MMR jabs - he has Aspergers (an ASD) which deteriorated after his booster.

Youngest had the initial MMR - he has complex autism and became completely mute within days of having the initial MMR, due to the experience with middle son, he did not have the booster. We just couldn't take the risk after only just getting some progress with him verbally and mentally.

Both middle and youngest also have bowel problems which got worse after their MMR's, middle son more so.

Personally though, I don't believe the MMR causes autism on its own, I think it is more along the lines of triggering something already in the genes or making worse an almost un noticable case of autism so that it becomes more visible.

I must admit to being in a quandry with youngest and the latest measles outbreak due to him not having the booster, I simply cannot risk the triple jab and possibly wipe out the last 15 years of work but then, I also don't want him to get measles.

For the record, we hadn't heard of the research or the possible link until later, we made our decision solely on what we had experienced.

Person_one

SingleSue wrote: »

Personally though, I don't believe the MMR causes autism on its own, I think it is more along the lines of triggering something already in the genes or making worse an almost un noticable case of autism so that it becomes more visible.

I must admit to being in a quandry with youngest and the latest measles outbreak due to him not having the booster, I simply cannot risk the triple jab and possibly wipe out the last 15 years of work but then, I also don't want him to get measles.

It doesn't do either of the things you think it does, please take your youngest for his MMR.

cootuk

We thought long and hard as DD was to be vaccinated before Wakefield had been discredited. The one thing you have to be aware of is that MMR diseases can have lifelong consequences for health - but we mainly don't see the effect as so many people are vaccinated.
We also thought about the 'herd' theory -that if the majority of a population is vaccinated, then the disease can't get hold and become a contagion - as has happened in Wales recently.
overall, we were worried, but DD did have MMR jabs and is fine.

Regarding single jabs, we did see a program that intimated that single jabs may not always have the most effective strains for immunisation as well as being more difficult to get hold of.

Overall society as a whole tends to forget just how nasty some disease can be simply because we have almost eradicated them by vaccination.

SingleSue

Person_one wrote: »

It doesn't do either of the things you think it does, please take your youngest for his MMR.

I cannot just dismiss my concerns in that way, it may seem silly to you but believe me after the experiences we have had, we cannot just push it all aside so casually.

As I said, our personal experience (as in not a view created by the newspapers) was so stark, that him having the booster is a risk, so we will probably go down the route of single jabs to get his measles immunity. We know what we experienced, we know what the boys were like pre jabs and what we were left after, it may be coincidental but the risk is just too great.

Plus my mum would probably never speak to me again if I went ahead with the combined jab..she blames it completely.

Aimless

Person_one wrote: »

It doesn't do either of the things you think it does, please take your youngest for his MMR.

This is the problem with the 'MMR is fine' brigade. Someone posts their experience that two of their children have had problems, and you, never having met them or knowing the timescales involved, tell them they're wrong.

It is obvious that the MMR is fine for an awful lot of people. That doesn't mean it is fine for everyone. After all, I can eat peanuts, doesn't mean I should make a nut allergy sufferer eat them.

RazWaz

I don't have any children but was never vaccinated as a child, I actually went and asked my doctor if I could do a caught up program. Had 7 vaccinations in total and was fine a few in each arm including the MMR and tetanus jabs.

I will be making sure when I have kids that they will be getting all jabs offered.

annie_d

Nope...None of my 3 children were vaccinated. The youngest decided to become a nurse and has had to have all the vaccinations.

My son was born at 42 weeks and my 2 girls at 32 weeks. They struggled as it was and i didn't feel they needed further "stuff" to process.

Person_one

annie_d wrote: »

My son was born at 42 weeks and my 2 girls at 32 weeks. They struggled as it was and i didn't feel they needed further "stuff" to process.

But...the diseases are a lot harder to 'process' than the vaccines! Were you not at all worried about them catching them?

Tiddlywinks

TopQuark wrote: »

Anyone who believes his nonsense science and is too lazy to spend 30 seconds informing themself of the actual situation, gets what they deserve....which could mean their kid dies of measles.

What a nasty thing to post... even the "lazy" don't "deserve" to lose a child!

BugglyB

Aimless wrote: »

This is the problem with the 'MMR is fine' brigade. Someone posts their experience that two of their children have had problems, and you, never having met them or knowing the timescales involved, tell them they're wrong.

It is obvious that the MMR is fine for an awful lot of people. That doesn't mean it is fine for everyone. After all, I can eat peanuts, doesn't mean I should make a nut allergy sufferer eat them.

Thats a terrible analogy, just saying.