Who can I talk to to find out if my kids and I can be vaccinated?

[waitwait]

I grew up in a family with a lot of vaccine-related horror stories which involved family members experiencing many adverse reactions (including death). Add in an immunocompromised parent and advice from my childhood doctor to stop immunizing me because I had an adverse reaction myself. I did not vaccinate my kids because I was afraid that my family wasn't healthy enough to get vaccinated. Now I have teenagers on my hands who haven't even ever had so much as a flu shot.

I am starting to realize, though, that my family's passion against vaccines is not all that it seemed, and that I may have put my kids at risk based on false or exaggerated information. I'm not happy about this - I do not take this lightly.

If it's possible, and I think it is, I want to get caught up and I want to get my kids caught up, but I don't know who to go to to talk it out, to make sure this is safe, and to approach it in the best, lowest-risk way possible. What kind of doctor can have this discussion with me?  

I live in the Detroit area, so local recommendations are welcomed, but just a general idea of a type of doctor I would need to see and a type of appointment that would let me explain my situation in more detail, get any testing done (if there is any to be done), and form a plan.

[mkh9]

Yes you can get the mthfr genes tested. It can't hurt but do understand the test well and what you are getting out of it. what the results really mean. But the test is still pretty researchy. My husband works on this.
mkh9

[Super_sally888]

You should also have your kids tested for mthfr genetics.  People who have this have difficulty detoxing from vaccines and are more likely to have adverse reactions.

[mkh9]

I understand your concern. I would probably get them allergy tested if that has been the problem in your family.  So maybe seeing an allergist might be a possibility. Also, just a family practice doctor can guide you as well as to referral and scheduling the vaccines.
mkh9