Decision to be made

Bismarck

Gemmzie wrote: »

Health is always of the utmost importance, more than money

absolutely!

MrsTinks

Hi there! I'm going to move your thread to the families board as you might get more answers there

Best of luck

Js_Other_Half

We are having single jabs, but I am paying for them out of my money as DH would have gone with the MMR.

I just felt that if I was questioning the MMR now, how would I feel in a couple of years if there had been some new research etc We do have autism in the extended family, but even if there hadn't have been I have spoken to several parents of autistic children who are convinced it played its part in their child's condition.

If you have the money, I would say do it - you have to leave a month or so between each jab - we've left it 6 weeks as the clinic was full before then.

kj*daisy

We've gone for the MMR for both our children.

What I also thought is that - Dr Wakefield's research was based on the idea that the measles part of the vaccine possible causes a leaky gut that he thinks is possibly linked to autism (I think that's what he thinks). But they still get the measles vaccine with the single jabs. I cannot see that having them separately (but still relatively close together) is any different to having them in one go. After all they have a big wodge of combined vaccines as tiny babies!

So I decided it was a waste of money having them separately and had the combined. It was however the hardest thing to decide and if you need to pay for your peace of mind then you should. But I personally think you are wasting your cash. Especially cos the clinic up here that did the separates was found to have a faulty batch of vaccines so people I know had to go back and get them re-done a couple of years later. My freind then went for the MMR as she couldn't be bothered getting the separates re-done!

I feel for you though - it was a horrible decision.

CB1979_2

you've saved the money for a reason, use it for that reason.

can't believe you'd even contemplate putting the kid at "risk" (if that's how you perceive it) for a measly £500.

my cousin is autistic, would i swap his life for another "healthy" kid's life, like hell i would, you can see the desperation in him (he has been getting a lot better since going to specialist school though) and it's also difficult for the family too.

btw not saying it's linked but if you feel it could affect things then don't do it.

Dinah93

My dads best friend is a doctor. He choose to give his son single jabs simply because he felt it was quite rough going on the immune system at once and a lot of children (his elder daughter included) get flu-like for a week or two, and being a doctor he didn't have to pay for them. This was before the whole MMR-autism debate. Around a year after having the single jabs his son was diagnosed with pretty severe autism. He has since done a lot of reading on the subject, and is very strongly of the opinion that the fact that several of the pro-single jab studies have been partly financed by companies who provide the single jabs has led to a result of 'well, MMR could have a link to autism'. The amount of money and time that has gone into these studies and all they can keep saying is could, you might as well say 'eating bananas/wearing synthetic fabrics/listening to rock music during pregnancy could have a link to autism'. He has recently moved into private practice, and even though recommending the private jabs would make the practice he works for more money, if asked his personal opinion he still tells his patients to go to their local GP and get the MMR. That said if you can afford it, and feel sufficiently concerned, no amount of research or advice will put those fears to rest short of getting single jabs.

silvercar

My sister decided to give her children the single jabs. After the first injection she was told that there was a shortage of vaccine for the second (measles) and then two children in her village caught measles and she was petrified that her son would catch measles. She was then caught as, having had the first jab, she couldn't opt for the MMR and just had to wait to see if her son caught measles. Luckily he didn't but it was a big concern.

The second child had the MMR and the first had the MMR booster.

Scarlett1

butterflylady wrote: »

The single jabs will come in at some where between £600 - £700. I have managed to save £500 so far towards them.

Is this for the 6 injections or the first 3 as its a lot of money ? im sure you can get them cheaper than that but you might have to travel a bit further, do what you feel is best for your child, my dd had the single jabs and I thought it was money well spent

emma12345

My child is having the single injections. My personal feeling is that I'd rather believe parents who say their child was affected after having the MMR jab, rather than a government funded study. But plenty of children have had the MMR and have been fine and a friend of ours paid £600 for the single injections and still has an autistic child.

There are no guarantees either way, money doesn't into it, you must do what your feelings tell you is right for you and your child. It's a very worrying time I know.

Emma xx

LilacPixie

We gave toddler pixie the MMR. This was not a decision we came to lightly but several things did influence our choice.

Firstly the single jabs are not licensed for use in this country and that personally made me feel a touch uneasy.

Secondly I have seen what measles can do to a child and didn't want pixie to be unprotected.

Thirdly a member of my antenatal group paid for the single jabs and by 16 months her first son was developing signs of autistic behaviors. She was of the conclusion any link was circumstantial and I respect her opinion.

Fourthly at the time the Dr concerned in raising the possible link between MMR and Autism was up before the GMC and reading about his behaviors quite frankly made me seriously question his credibility.

Ultimately it is a choice only you can make and only you can make a choice that you feel comfortable with.