mmr jabs your thoughts

wales · Post by **wales** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:24 pm

just wondering what are your thoughts on the mmr jabs? after all the trouble and heartache we have gone through to get this far to have babys will we / should we put our siblings through the mmr jab? at this moment i really dont feel happy to gohead with the jabs. all the best wales.xx

Lizzy7 · Post by **Lizzy7** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:42 am

Hi Wales, Oh - don't get me started!!! lol I have Crohns Disease, as does DH's brother so i'm really wary about it. I have no problems with immunisation, just can't understand why there is no choice so i'll be looking into single jabs. I think you should just go with your instincts, Take care, Lizzy xxx

rachel r · Post by **rachel r** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:37 pm

This one just confuses me! If there is no associated risk of single jabs and autism, then I would rather do that even though you have to pay privately. Im not keen on the joint MMR at all. The thing that I don't understand and I know I am going to sound incredibly thick about is that both my sister and I had measles and mumps when we were little. I thought they were standard childhood illnesses. As soon as my mum found out that anyone had anything like that or chicken pox or whatever at school, she made sure we were there to catch it, so that it was out of the way before we got older. I remember having a rubella jab anyway when I was young. What is worse, the effects of catching measles, mumps or rubella, or the risk of autism - i guess that's the real issue for me, unless of course, we can give Herbie single jabs. Confused - I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Waffling on and on and on! Love Rachel x

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:10 pm

Hi I've already posted about this on the general noticeboard but I will run through my thoughts again. I have a little boy Max who is 11 mths old now (Wales and I cycled together last time round) so I am giving it a lot of thought at the moment. At the moment there is no proven link between the MMR and autism/bowel disease. However that is not to say that a link will not be found in the future. If you want to base your decision on all of the available facts at this point in time, then there is no reason not to go for the MMR. However there was no reason not to use thalidomide in the 1960's - until the problem was identified. Regarding the single jabs, the 'againsts' are that they are not regulated in this country. Therefore you can not be sure of the source or how they have been stored/transported. Which means that you do not know what you are putting into your child. Also they could not be effective. For me, not getting Max vaccinated is not an option. I just need to decide whether to go for the single jabs or the MMR. As you can probably gather, I am still undecided. My personal belief is (and this is just my feeling) that some children are susceptible and in these cases the MMR acts as a trigger for autism/bowel disease. At the moment I am trying to find a private clinic that can give me some sort of guarantee on the source and storage of the single vaccines. There is one in Eltham (SE London) called DH 2000 which might be able to do this. I need to contact them. I hope this is helpful. I'd appreciate other people's opinions. Love Dee xx.

NickyJ · Post by **NickyJ** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:48 am

We deliberated over this for months and months. We finally gave both ours the MMR jabs two weeks ago, after a lot of reading, talking and asking questions of friends, medical experts and of course our own doctors and health visitors. We had extra fears because our two were born so early (29 weeks). But after weighing up our family history, their non-reactions to previous Immunisations, and all the ratios of risks. Plus the fact we have nowhere offering the single vaccination within a 5 hour return journey of our home!! we went with what we felt was the best choice. I was very scared of the whole mmr thingvat first but have to admit once you really start to read all the info...a lot of it is scaremongering unless you have proven crohn's disease or autism already in your family. And although mumps etc are seen as normal childhood diseases (how many dh's are here on this site as a result and would I want to put my kids through ivf if I could prevent it...???) Well at least it is another view. Take care and good luck with whatever decision you make. Love Nicky

Dawn Blake · Post by **Dawn Blake** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:52 pm

It is a long way off for me yet, as I am only 17 weeks pregnant, but we have already decided (due to people we know having bad effects) that we will go for the single jabs. Our friend's doctor also admitted that is was probably the MMR that caused the autism-like symptoms. Their son was fine one day, and the day after the jab was completely different, not communicating as he had been, and deteriorated from there. He is now 12 and is at a `special' school, still wearing nappies etc, incredibly sad. He is related to my husband, so we don't want to take any risks. Difficult decision, it is only because we have seen him that we know for sure what we are going to do.