Jenny McCarthy's new book

[casey's mom]

Anyone reconsidering the typical vaccination schedule? I am after reading Louder than words by Jenny McCarthy whose son has Autism. Her speculation is the vaccines over loaded her sons system when his immune system was low and contributed to his autism diagnosis. Thoughts? I'm considering holding off on the MMR shot until 3 years of age

[casey's mom]

My question was not to vaccinate or not. I am planning on vaccinating my kids. My question was do you think the vaccination schedule should be reconsidered??? Jenny McCarthy is pro-vaccination too. She's questioning the "one size fits all" schedule...as am I. Should preemie babies who are often ill be given the same vaccination schedule as a healthy 10lb baby???? I don't think so ...

Also, the CDC released a statement last week stating they could not disprove the contribution vaccines have in Austism. They simply "don't know".  Until they know I'm going to ask questions and proceed with caution. One thing I know for sure is kids aren't born with it ..... this is something they develop.

[natureluver]

Well I typed a very long entry for you and pressed "Post Comment".  This great website then took me to a log in page and then all of it was lost.  Great design medhelp!  Bottom line, travel down the rabbit hole and you will question conventional beliefs on this to the edge.  Spend many hours researching this.  The best start is an audio CD of the Vaccine Seminar given by someone who travels the world spreading the word.  Here is the link...http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=order_books.php

If you refrain from vaccination you will be debating people for years and you will want to have some good info to back you up.  Make your decision now, which pill do you want to take?

[JuneSunflower]

I decided before I ever got pregnant that my children would not be vacinated, ever...  There is no reason to and every reason to not vacinate., it makes no sense  My daughter is now 2 years old and perfectly healthy. If you do research, most of the children that get pertussis now, actually had the vaccine, so what good did that vaccine do for those children, probably caused them to get it.  Needless to say, I'm glad people are becoming more aware of vacine dangers and educating themselves more, so they can make an inormed decision.

[Kini71]

I think you are wise to consider an alternative schedule for vaccinating.  Thank you for clarifying that Jenny McCarthy stated she was for vaccinating and that ALSO (this to Sandy M) she states that vaccines are not the sole cause for autism.  There are many things to consider, and perhaps one of them is the overload of vaccines at one time.  Maybe spacing them out a little, or delaying isn't a bad idea.  If I was to do the MMR for a boy (or girl for that matter) I would wait until after they are 3 or so.  Let their immune systems build up and also their gastrointestinal tract get up to speed (so to speak) so that things can be detoxified better.

[Kini71]

MMR is at 12 month and 18 or 24 ish month.  But the first round is at 12 months.  I am delaying this for my son based on the odds of autism for boys.  

[casey's mom]

thanks for everyones points of view. I guess it's something we each have to decide for ourselves. Good luck finding out which is best for you and your family. God bless.