[Flimsy*But*Fun]

Your primary job as a parent is to protect your child.

It seems our job, as parents, is to protect YOUR children as well as our own.

[Goldenblack]

Yes, you did. It's the nerve that reacts to inane dribble.

Unfortunately, some people seem to think they've 'won' an argument factually if they post something inflammatory and idiotic. Maybe it's how they can compensate for lacking scientific evidence?

I can't even begin to understand the argument - even if vaccines DID cause autism which there is zero proof of, there is absolutely no comparison between 'autistic' and 'dead'. Give me a happy, healthy autistic child any day, over one dead of whooping cough, for the love of dog.

If vaccines cause some level of illness, I will rather take that over dead.

If vaccines very rarely cause death, I will take that over 'very commonly causes death'.

This post has been edited by Goldenblack: 19/04/2012, 06:47 PM

[zande]

What a terribly sad story.

I wonder why the mother wasn't vaccinated though?

I was wondering this too. I was expecting to read that the baby had caught WC from a visitor or something, who hadn't been vaccinated.

[Mamabug]

You can still get whooping cough if you are vaccinated. It is usually a milder impact. She may not have been aware that her level of vaccination was compromised whe she was ttc.

I wasn't aware that my rubella status was dodgy until I conceived my first. I was fully immunised and thought I was fine. I had a booster after she was born..and after my next three were born as blood tests when pg with each showed the vaccination was no longer effective. I have had four booster shots in six years.

[Jane Jetson]

Your primary job as a parent is to protect your child.

Yep. From measles, mumps, diphtheria, whooping cough, ending up in an iron lung and from people like you who delight in spreading misinformation with either malicious intent, or with a completely incompetent grasp of the issues involved.

[namie]

Such a sad story, I really feel for Chelsey and any other parents who lose a child to a preventable illness.

DP got his whooping cough vaccine a few weeks before DS2 arrived. I had the booster in hospital and everyone who came in contact with him in the first few weeks (not many people as we live interstate from all family) got their booster before coming to see us. They were all happy to do so. My mum had already booked an appointment with her GP when I mentioned it to her, she said she wouldn't have dreamed of visiting without it!

Can anyone tell me how long the adult booster lasts for please? I had mine a few years ago when friends of ours were having babies and was wondering if I would need to get it again yet?

You can have your immunity checked which is the best thing to do. I think the time it lasts for varies depending on the person.

[Angelic80]

Ladies, would really appreciate a response. I am due for an Embryo Transfer this Sunday.

Not sure if I am vaccinated against this. Is it possible to get the shot during pregnancy or will I have to do it before?

Thanks heaps.

[soontobegran]

Hmm. A lot of very emotional responses to a not unreasonable post. I seem to have touched a nerve.


Suffice to say that my research suggested my nagging suspicion was correct: there is a bit of a credibility problem with the whole vaccine industry. And make no mistake, it is an industry. After 20 years as a medical professional, a part of the system, and 10 years developing medical immunoassays, culminating in owning a company in that field, this was all a bit of a shock to me. I am glad that I learned very early in life to Question Authority.

Yes, you touched my raw nerve. Whilst I think there is a distinct possibility that you are an old member who is trying to disguise this fact by opening a new account, the fact that you did it to post anti vacc propaganda in a thread that was started to discuss the needless loss of a precious baby to a preventable disease was all sorts of disgraceful to me.


Aside from that I think you need to rethink these research skills you talk about.
Any research from any reputable source will tell you that the risk of vaccinating are overwhelmingly less than the risks of not and you can argue this until the cows come home but you'll be wrong.
Shame on you.

[Eternally]

Socratic dog, the reason hep b vaccine is given immediately after birth is to reduce the risk of vertical transmission.


This post has been edited by Eternally: 19/04/2012, 09:15 PM

[Zeppelina]

Ladies, would really appreciate a response. I am due for an Embryo Transfer this Sunday.

Not sure if I am vaccinated against this. Is it possible to get the shot during pregnancy or will I have to do it before?

Thanks heaps.

Angelic, from what I've read and understand, most GPs will avoid doing the vax during pregnancy unless it's a high risk situation, as there is no evidence that it will not negatively impact the foetus - however, there is also no evidence that it could negatively impact the foetus in any way. There just haven't been enough studies done on it either way.

My GP was happy to give me the vax during pregnancy (end of second trimester, I think it was, or beginning of third) because there was an outbreak in my local community at the time. We've had no problems at all in terms of the pregnancy and my little boy, luckily, but that's just my experience :-)


edited to make more sense.

This post has been edited by strawberrymojo: 19/04/2012, 09:26 PM