To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate?

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Almost 34 weeks pregnant now and trying to get all of the info that I can on Vaccinating or not, I have 2 aunts that went 100% vaccine free and are strictly against them and I also know of so many families that are 100% for them. 
I’m on the fence, it seems to me like there are some where the benefits outweigh the risks and vise versa, but I’m not educated enough to make an informed decision. 
I would love to hear any moms experiences and why they chose to not vaccinate their kiddos, and would especially love to hear from anyone who chose to do only certain ones or waited until the babies were older before getting them! 
Also, NO ARGUING. If you don’t have anything nice or informative to say, please don’t comment ❤️

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So I’ll start with saying that I used to be pro vaccine like most people. I didn’t really even question vaccine safety until about a year ago when my youngest son had a reaction to his 2 and 4 month shots. He is a very happy and calm baby and after his 2 month vaccines, he was inconsolable for about 3 days. He would scream this high pitched noise and arch his back. He was extremely fussy in between these episodes. The first time I really didn’t think anything of it because my other 2 were teething really bad around the same time and figured he was just grouchy from the shots. But, when it happened again at the 4 month shots, and lasted for a week, I knew something was wrong. His doctor said it was not normal to be fussy from the shots that long and he wasn’t teething or sick. The nurses at the office all assured me it had nothing to do with the shots and he would be fine. He hasn’t received a vaccine since because after researching, I found this to be a very common occurrence with dtap. 
Since this happened I have been reading anything I can, finding doctors that do not think vaccines are safe, watching vaccine debates and have joined multiple groups that I have found so many parents of vaccine injured children. The most concerning thing to date that I have found is the amount of aluminum a child will receive by the age of 2. The cdc recommends that 30mcg of aluminum is “safe” for a 12lb baby daily. There is 250mcg in the hep b vaccine given the day of birth. My son was half that size. So he received almost 17x the recommended aluminum amount the day he was born. By the age of 2, a fully vaccinated child by the recommended schedule now will receive just shy of 5000mcg, some of these visits will be over 1000mcg worth of vaccines. They have linked aluminum exposure to behavioral changes, memory loss, found in the brains of Alzheimer’s and autism patients, and several other health issues.

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There is no “vaccine preventable” illness out there that a healthy, intact immune system cannot defeat.

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Alyssa, you are going to get some VERY biased comments on this board because this is the board specifically for people who don't vaccinate. If you want accurate information PLEASE ask anywhere but here because it will not be an accurate section of the population. Pubmed is a wonderful resource! So is your doctor. And if you *have* to ask an online forum, the parenting or lifestyle might give you a better representation of all responses. Here you will get an extremely biased response.

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Youtube " The Truth About Vaccines"

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I actually love this post as most of people are oblivious to what are actually in these vaccines and the true reason why they want to put all these poison into you’re babies and children

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If you want actual views from both sides,posting in a antivax group you're going to get mainly "do not vaccinate " 
You will also only get screenshots from unreliable websites,and youtube videos made by anti vaxxers. 
Antivaxers get their info from dr.google and they still believe in following Dr.Wakefield who got his license taken away.
In every anti vax group I see post over and over titled "My sons doctor wants to know why I don't want to vaccinate,can yall give me reasons why I am not vaccinating my child"

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VACCINES CAUSE ILLNESS! 
I have life long auto immune disease because of all the toxins in my body from vaccines and bad food. The only thing that can explain why my body functions the way it does is because I’ve been fed doses of toxins throughout my life and my body is now in constant fight mode against antibodies in my cells. 
Until you are victim to the injury. Your view and opinion is irrelevant. You’re lucky it isn’t your child or family member or friend. And would want to cross your fingers it never is.

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It is most safer to vaccinate your child from deadly diseases. 
Not vaccinating leaves them vulnerable to catching these diseases.
Mealses and mumps and many other diseases were once eradicated, now theyre coming back due to people not vaccinating their children. 
"A measles outbreak in New York has been called the largest in the state's recent history, and it's occurring at a time when there have been spikes in measles cases globally.
Since the outbreak emerged in September, measles has been diagnosed in at least 112 people across Rockland and Orange counties and at least 55 in New York City, according to numbers provided by the New York state and city health departments on Tuesday."
"Measles Outbreaks
A total of 16 outbreaks (defined as 3 or more linked cases) have been reported so far in 2018.
Outbreaks in countries to which Americans often travel can directly contribute to an increase in measles cases in the U.S.
Reasons for an increase in cases some years:
2017: A 75-case outbreak was reported in Minnesota in a Somali-American community with poor vaccination coverage.
2015: The United States experienced a large (147 cases), multi-state measles outbreak linked to an amusement park in California. The outbreak likely started from a traveler who became infected overseas with measles, then visited the amusement park while infectious; however, no source was identified. Analysis by CDC scientists showed that the measles virus type in this outbreak (B3) was identical to the virus type that caused the large measles outbreak in the Philippines in 2014.
2014: The U.S. experienced 23 measles outbreaks in 2014, including one large outbreak of 383 cases, occurring primarily among unvaccinated Amish communities in Ohio. Many of the cases in the U.S. in 2014 were associated with cases brought in from the Philippines, which experienced a large measles outbreak.
2013: The U.S. experienced 11 outbreaks in 2013, three of which had more than 20 cases, including an outbreak with 58 cases. For more information see Measles — United States, January 1-August 24, 2013.
2011: In 2011, more than 30 countries in the WHO European Region reported an increase in measles, and France was experiencing a large outbreak. Most of the cases that were brought to the U.S. in 2011 came from France. For more information see Measles — United States, January-May 20, 2011.
2008: The increase in cases in 2008 was the result of spread in communities with groups of unvaccinated people. The U.S. experienced several outbreaks in 2008 including three large outbreaks. For more information see Update: Measles — United States, January–July 2008."
"Pockets of unvaccinated children have provided fertile ground for the measles virus to take hold. Although measles was eliminated in the U.S. the virus has been brought back by travelers to Israel, which has been battling an epidemic of measles for months."
Measles is a serious respiratory disease (in the lungs and breathing tubes) that causes a rash and fever. It is very contagious. In rare cases, it can be deadly

"https://www.cdc.gov › mumps
 Mumps is a contagious disease caused by a virus. It typically starts with a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite, followed by swollen salivary glands. You can protect yourself and your family against mumps with vaccination."
Im sure you get the idea (my internet is acting up or I would of went on ).
Vaccines save lives

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Absolutely vaccinations. Pubmed is a wonderful resource for factual scientific journals and research. I have done a lot of research into this from scientific peer reviewed  sources. Here are the numbers for you and why you should choose vaccines. Prior to vaccines 1 in every 100 children died every year from now vaccine preventable illnesses. We don't see those numbers anymore because of herd immunity but herd immunity is failing because of anti vaxxers. That is why you are seeing so many more instances of these diseases today and if herd immunity fails completely we will see the numbers closer to 1 in 100 again. While vaccines are not without risk, the likelihood of severe complications is 11.4 in 100,000 children, most allergic reactions which your doctor is prepared for, and only 2 in 1,000,000 cases involves death. To illustrate the significant difference with rough numbers, in the US there are just under 4,000,000 babies born every year. If 1 in every 100 children died from these diseases that would mean 40,000 children died every year from them. If 2 in every 1,000,000 children died from vaccines then that means 8 children would have died from vaccines. Vaccines are 5,000 TIMES less likely to cause death then the diseases themselves. Talking severe reactions that would mean 456 children a year with severe reactions which is still almost 88 TIMES less likely to have a severe reaction from vaccines then DIE from these diseases. Those are the facts and numbers, numbers don't lie. No link has been found to autism, childhood diabetes, asthma  or anything else claimed by the anti vaxx movement. Your children are far better off getting vaccines then not.

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Watch this video. Dr. Paul Thomas has some great information for before birth and after too❕Good Luck.. 😉

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