Ok, so I’m not one of those mommies who doesn’t vaccinate her kids because I am afraid they will get autism or have some other negative side effect. BUT I am having a really hard time deciding whether or not to get the girls vaccinated against the swine flu. I just feel like the vaccine just came out so quickly and there really hasn’t been enough time to study possible long term effects but at the same time, I would rather not risk the girls getting infected with the H1N1 virus and be horribly sick for weeks or even worse, die.
From what I have read, the only children who have died from the virus have had an underlying medical condition. The girls are both very healthy….but I would like to keep them that way. I will probably discuss this further with the girl’s doctor on the 16th when I take Mia in for her 15 month check up. She has a daughter a little older than Addie and if she got her vaccinated, then I will feel more comfortable getting my girls vaccinated. But until then, what are your thoughts?
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AHHHH! I am so glad you posted about this. I am on the fence too. I don't usually questions vaccines either (except the flu shot) but this one has me sceptical. I don't know if the risks of the shot are any better than the risks of the H1N1 itself. I called to talk to the doctors office we take Will to and ther GENERAL reccomendation was to get the shot. I felt like the nurses answer was very programed and that there must be mixed feelings among the doctors because she was avoiding directly answering my questions. I would be curious to hear what your doctor says. I think they are all pretty mixed up on the deal too. I could go on and on about this with my views for both options (to vaccinate or not) but I will save you since I'm sure we have done the same research.
i feel the same way!!! i keep going back and forth, back and forth. Every doctor i know and nurse i know tell me to get it. But they are SUPPOSE to say that. i have a friend who's doctor said he would give it to his kids if he had young ones! that still doesn't make me run to get it, im still on the fence!! Aiden has already had a touch of the flu so i heard if you contract the virus once you can't get it again. so if he did already have it ( i have heard some cases can be really mild) which i wouldn't know because they didn't test him then i would be vaccinating him for no reason. ijust dont know!! i have a friend going to health dept tonight to get her son one and asked if i wanted to go... i def dont want to rush a decision so i still think im going to wait.
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I really enjoy my blog more because I don't feel like 'Friends' I don't even know are forced to be updated on my daily life (referring to the news feeds here). I know it is just as public (since I don't use the private option) but since someone would have to stumble across my blog or know the link directly to get to it I feel a little more private from those 'Friends' that
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its been easy not to just log back in and reactivate my Facebook account when I am bored because I have often thought about it! But now, I have more fun running into people in town and hearing what they are up to .
My sister and other health care workers I know are trying to at least have Derek and I get it. I am terrified taht Dane will be the 1 in a million person to be affected by the vaccine and will never get it. But I am torn as well, because as my sister pointed out, there is a chance of that with all of his vaccinations, why is this one different? I am on the fence still, Dane doesn't come in contact with many people except his parents and so I would rather Derek and I get it and hope that that will be enough to keep Dane safe.
Take it from someone who was just told this morning by her pediatrician's nurse that based on her son's symptoms it sounds like he has H1N1, it's probably better to bite the bullet and just get the shot. I'm wishing now I would have gotten Parker vaccinated for it!
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