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jcndd
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Spinoff to Dani's shot question...
When I interviewed the pediatrician she told me that some parents choose to spread out the immunizations more than 1x/month because they've heard too many at one time *might* be a factor in autism. Has anyone heard of that or follow that rule? The pedi told me she'll do whatever the parents request.
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Sp4747
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Re: Spinoff to Dani's shot question...
I have heard of that also but only to determine which shot the baby has a reaction too. I also heard that most doctors dont like giving all the shots at the same visit but the insurance companies make them do it.
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| Posted 8/15/05 11:27 AM |
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iffer042373
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Re: Spinoff to Dani's shot question...
my pediatrician only gives 2 shots a month they get 1 well visit a month until I think it was 6 months then it is once every 2 months and they still get 2 shots per visit.
My sister in law's pediatrician gave 3 or 4 sshots in a visit and her daughter always got high fevers and would get sick for a week after that so I am glad mine only does the two.
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| Posted 8/15/05 11:40 AM |
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Calla
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Re: Spinoff to Dani's shot question...
My understanding is that the increase in autism was attributed to thimerosal, which was removed from most vaccines a few years ago. Of course additional studies then indicated that thimerosal isn't a problem. Man, being a parent is hard.
If you trust your pediatrician, I'd ask what he/she would do for his/her own children. Personally, I'm more scared of the chance of the disease to delay the vaccine from the CDC recommendations, but thats my choice...
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| Posted 8/15/05 11:46 AM |
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Re: Spinoff to Dani's shot question...
Posted by iffer042373
my pediatrician only gives 2 shots a month they get 1 well visit a month until I think it was 6 months then it is once every 2 months and they still get 2 shots per visit.
Same here. I will delay his MMR shot until he's 2, everything else will be given at pedi recomendation.
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| Posted 8/15/05 12:13 PM |
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Dani00518
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Re: Spinoff to Dani's shot question...
Posted by jcndd
When I interviewed the pediatrician she told me that some parents choose to spread out the immunizations more than 1x/month because they've heard too many at one time *might* be a factor in autism. Has anyone heard of that or follow that rule? The pedi told me she'll do whatever the parents request.
This was my exact reason for asking the question. I am a special ed teacher and have worked with the autistic population for 3 years in the past. I have been doing a lot of research on this and feel that there is not enough evidence to rule out the fact that thimerosal causes autism. In fact, i feel like there is quite a bit of evidence pointing to the fact that it does have a relation to it. All children with autism show high levels of mercury in their systems...so for me I do not want to take any chances. My child will receive the shots he/she needs but they will be very spread out......i'm refusing the hepatitis B shot because I do not feel it is necessary for an infant. i didn't have that shot until I was in 10th grade. I also read that the levels of mercury in that shot are enough for a 250 pound person. Hey...i don't know...it till hasn't been proven but i've heard enough to be cautious.....this is actually my biggest concern when interviewing pediatricians. I'm going to see if I can find some of the articles I read on it.
ok....here are some articles
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/16/thimerosal/index_np.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8243264
Message edited 8/15/2005 10:20:05 PM.
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| Posted 8/15/05 10:17 PM |
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jcndd
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Re: Spinoff to Dani's shot question...
Dani - since you've done so much research, what do you want your immunization schedule to be like? 1 shot per month? I would spread it out also so let me know
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| Posted 8/16/05 8:27 AM |
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