I’ve wanted to write this post for years. At least five. But it’s one of those posts that could really be a dozen posts and I don’t even know where to begin.
I guess I’ll begin with a disclaimer.
I am not a doctor.
I am not a medical professional.
I am not any more of an expert than any other mom who’s spent a large portion of the last decade researching, reading about, studying, asking questions about, thinking about, praying about, and regretting, vaccines.
Everything you’ll read in this post is information and experience that has lead me to the decision to avoid vaccines for my children. The purpose of this post is to serve as a starting point for others who are on a mission to find out as much about vaccines as they can in order to make an informed decision. It is not to be printed off and followed blindly. I expect you to do your own work after reading this.
And here’s my best piece of advice: Just like all important decisions in life, the decision of if and how and when to vaccinate your children should be made prayerfully. No person knows more about what’s best for your children than God does. Ask Him.
I used to take vaccinations for granted. Vaccines were just something parents did for their kids without thinking. Like checkups at the pediatrician and the dentist. All moms buckle their kids into their carseats, and get them on a good napping schedule, and make sure they’re clean when they get tucked in at night, right? I didn’t give it any thought. When my first son was an infant I wasn’t fearful that he would die of some horrendous preventable disease if he didn’t get his shots on time. I wasn’t fearful he would have a reaction to his shots. Mostly, I just didn’t think about it at all. The only real attention I gave to his shots was how awesome I thought he was for never crying when he got them.
Then my eyes were opened.
When my now 9 year-old son Caden was a toddler, I had my first conversation about the safety of vaccines. A friend and I were having a play date with our boys. Caden is about a year older than her son and so she asked me what I had done about Caden’s shots. I told her he was mostly up to date, but that I wasn’t particularly strict about getting them on time. She then told me she was thinking about spacing out some of her son’s shots. I didn’t understand why she would want to do that. I had always been told it was better to get as many as possible during one appointment to make it easier on the child. The nurse at the health department where I took Caden for his shots told me I was doing a good job of “getting them over with so he won’t remember them and be scared of doctors.”
Then my friend explained she had some concerns about the safety of vaccines. She said she’d been doing some reading, thinking, and praying and that she had decided to delay her son receiving some of his shots. I was so naive I didn’t even understand what she meant about the safety. I thought she was afraid they wouldn’t “take” and her son would end up catching one of the diseases he was vaccinated for. My mind was blown when she explained there are chemicals in vaccines and not just harmless versions of the diseases they are supposed to immunize against. Yes, I was that naive.
Fast forward a few weeks and she took her son in for a checkup. She told the doctor which vaccines she wanted her son to receive that day and which she wanted to wait on. But the nurse didn’t read the chart and gave him all the shots she okayed plus all the shots she hadn’t okayed. Within hours her little guy spiked a very high fever, began vomiting violently, and one of his legs became extremely swollen, red, painful and hot. When she called the doctor’s office the nurse asked her which leg was the problem. That’s when she realized he had been given 3 more vaccinations than she had given them permission to give. Within weeks eye contact stopped, talking stopped, sleeping stopped. Screaming started, head banging started, and all kinds of digestive and immune issues began.
A year later he was diagnosed with Autism. Her sweet, curious, happy, smart and peaceful baby retreated into himself and 6 years later he is surrounded by a team of doctors, teachers, therapists, dieticians, friends and family who are all desperately trying to peel back the layers of fog that seem to be between him and the world around him.
His story is so typical of children with regressive Autism. But believe it or not, this post isn’t about vaccines and Autism.
In the months between our discussion about vaccine safety and her son’s Autism diagnosis, I moved across the country and enrolled my son (almost 3 years old at the time) in a Montessori school. When I registered him I was told he would need one more vaccine before he could attend classes (as a side note, I later found out the assistant director who told me that didn’t vaccinate her own children, but had been instructed not to tell parents signing a waiver was an option). So, I took him to the health department and got him a Hepatitis A vaccine. I did what I had always done when he got shots- I gave him a dose of Tylenol beforehand, just in case he got sore afterward. He did “fine”- he didn’t even complain or cry. That night and the next day he seemed totally normal.
But the next few months are a time I won’t forget.
He wouldn’t sleep. He would lie in his bed at night and kick the wall for hours. I would go in his room and tell him to stop, sing to him, give him stories on tape to listen to and stuffed animals to snuggle. He would calm for a little while, then he would start up again. Eventually, he kicked the safety rail on the side of his bed so hard it snapped in half.
Then he became full of rage. He would slap me every chance he got. He refused to nap at school. He threw magnificent temper tantrums all over town. Everyone kept telling me it was because we had moved and he was in a new school. That I wasn’t disciplining him well enough. That it would pass once he settled in and I “took charge”. But it didn’t. It just got worse. He started having nightmares, and night sweats and sleep walking. So, I took him to a child psychologist. She told me to give him a stack of construction paper to shred whenever he got upset.
Then he got pneumonia. Not just once, but 4 times within 3 months. He began to have horrible asthma episodes where he wouldn’t even be able to walk across the living room without wheezing and gasping.
So, I took him to an allergist/pulmonologist. He told me to give him inhalers, steroids, nebulizer treatments, and antihistamines. Then he told me he suspected Caden had an autoimmune disorder causing the frequent pneumonia, but said there was nothing I could do about it and he would hopefully outgrow it. When Caden began literally throwing furniture across the room Hulk-style I was told that was a normal reaction to steroids and not to worry.
Oh, and the diarrhea. Multiple times a day, every day. So, I took him to a pediatric gastroenterologist. He did a battery of blood tests, which all came back clear. The doctor wanted to do a colonoscopy, which would require anesthesia. I asked him if he suspected anything life-threatening and when he told me no I opted out.
Then there was the bone pain, and the muscle pain. Headaches, hives, eczema. Trouble concentrating, compulsiveness, anxiety and mood swings. I would look in his eyes and it was if he didn’t even see me. His eyes were glassy like he was drunk or high. Did I mention the rage? He was angry all the time. He was sick, in pain and angry.
He was a mess.
Yet every specialist I took him to seemed to think none of his symptoms were related and that they were all normal for a small child who was developing and catching common illnesses. I was talked down to for being “overly” concerned. Family members either told me he was perfect and to ignore everyone, or told me it was all my fault for being too “soft” with him.
So, I sucked it up and concluded he was simply strong-willed and had allergies. And I moved on.
Until I became pregnant with my second child.
I’d had many dozens of conversations with my friend about her son who was still dealing with significant health and behavioral issues related to his vaccine injury. When I called her and told her I was pregnant she was excited for me. She wished me the best and threw me a baby shower and cheered me along as my belly grew. And she did something that forever changed our lives. With a calmness that almost camouflaged the desperation in her voice, she made me promise I would carefully consider if and how and when I would vaccinate my new baby.
So I did. I found a list of all the vaccines that were offered at that time. Then I went to each manufacture’s website and printed a copy of each vaccine insert. Then, using a medical dictionary, I combed through every single word on those inserts. I looked up each chemical, its uses and known side-effects. I looked up each known vaccine reaction. I looked up the sources of the viruses and the sources of the additives. I read every single medical journal article I could find. I read the articles on the CDC’s website. I read information from the AMA, AAP, FDA, and WHO. I read and read and read. I read all the information from the “trusted and well-documented” sources that doctors encourage.
By the time I was finished reading not only was I fully convinced I could never in good conscious risk my future child’s health with such a concoction of toxins, I was also not at all convinced by the literature supporting the idea that vaccination leads to immunity. I know enough about statistics to understand correlation doesn’t equal causation.
But. The thing that jarred me most about everything I read was that no one seemed to be watching for potential delayed and long-term vaccine injuries. In a nut shell, I realized that only fairly immediate reactions (like fever, vomiting, pain at injection site) are addressed and even then parents are told it’s normal and to give the child Tylenol (which is extremely toxic-another post entirely). I’ve heard doctors say things like “I’ve been vaccinating children for 20 years and I’ve never seen a reaction.” To which I think, “You don’t live with these children. You see them maybe a few times a year, for a few minutes. And you never tell their mothers neurological, behavioral, and auto-immune issues may be related. So it doesn’t occur to them.” Just because a doctor has never seen a vaccine reaction doesn’t mean they don’t exist! I’ve never personally seen God, but I experience Him every day.
Here’s the thing about the medical community: In spite of the many years of education that it requires to become a doctor, many doctors aren’t able to look at the whole elephant. Doctors aren’t trained to look at the whole. One doctor may see a child with bone pain and see growing pains (the elephant’s tail). Another doctor will see asthma and allergies and call it environmental (the elephant’s trunk). The third doctor sees a child with tantrums and rage and will see a need for behavior therapy (the elephant’s ear). There’s a lack of understanding of root causes for illness and a tendency to focus only on treatments. It isn’t a character flaw on the doctor’s part, it is simply a result of the training. The good news is that God does see the whole. He, and He only knows whether your child will have a vaccine reaction or will suffer needlessly from not having been vaccinated or get vaccinated and have no reaction whatsoever.
Over the years, I’ve come to realize that the medical nightmare I thought began when my son was 2 actually started during my pregnancy. I was very poorly nourished during my pregnancy with him and was on bed rest for nearly 5 months. His birth was an induction with Pitocin that went all wrong. I had an epidural. He was given formula before my milk came in. In short, he’d been pumped full of a host of chemicals and drugs before I even took him home from the hospital. He was colicky and fussy and didn’t sleep through the night until he was 16 months old. He nearly died when he was just over a year old from a taste of two foods that he turned out to be violently allergic to. By the time he’d reached the age when he had the Hepatitis A vaccine he’d been vaguely sick for nearly 3 years. Hind sight is 20/20. I can’t say that I fully blame that one shot for stealing years of what could have been a joyful early childhood, but I can say with 100% confidence it was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Here’s where I am now- I am a mom who has become acutely aware of the chemical onslaught that surrounds us all everyday. There are toxins in our food, in our air, in the products we use to clean our homes, in prescription and over the counter medications, and in our toiletries and personal care products. I do not believe it is far-fetched to believe that some children will be tipped over the edge into chronic illness by adding on even more toxins via childhood vaccinations. Over the last nine years I’ve become a mom on a mission to help others understand that there are non-toxic alternatives to almost everything toxic we’re used to using.
I don’t allow my kids to eat simple seemingly no big deal things like food dyes, so I’m sure as heck not going to seek out opportunities to inject them with things like formaldehyde, cells from aborted fetuses, genetically modified organisms, MSG, antibiotics, and aluminum. Oh, and, don’t even get me started on the fact that vaccines often contain highly allergenic foods like dairy, eggs, soy, and yeast.
I’m often asked by those who know me personally if I’m afraid my children are going to catch something preventable. The short answer is No, I don’t live in fear. The Reader’s Digest answer is that I have done my research and I’ve been prayerful about my decision. I feel peace. I understand that the instances of children catching something preventable are very rare, and the instances in which those children have a life-threatening reaction to a wild virus are even more rare. I am extremely proactive about our healthy, natural lifestyle. We live everyday to intentionally glorify God through healthy eating and avoiding chemical exposure as much as possible. I believe with everything in me that God created us to thrive and be healthy, and that He gave us all the tools we need in order to do that. I believe that people get sick because it is a fallen, sinful world.
I’ve never actually known a family who has children who haven’t been vaccinated at all. I’ve never known a child who had a severe life-threatening reaction to a preventable disease. I know many families who have children who are fully vaccinated and are completely healthy (and I thank God for that). Unfortunately, I also know many families who have started to vaccinate their children and stopped after seeing a long-term, delayed reaction. These families live with two types of pain- the pain of watching a child suffer, and the pain of being written off by their doctors and friends.
We have a generation full of children who are living examples of the fact that vaccines are not safe and of parents who are desperate for someone who can do something about it to listen. Careening down the highway at 80 miles an hour isn’t “safe”, we just have a false idea of its safety because most of the time we get to our destinations unharmed. But accidents happen.
I guess I’ll end this post by wrapping the whole thing into a tidy little package and telling you that in the end I did indeed choose not to continue to vaccinate. I could tell you that you shouldn’t either. But I won’t. What I will tell you is this: I believe it is every parent’s responsibility to come to an educated and prayerful decision about what is best for their own children. I would never in a million years suggest you take my word for it, or the word of anyone else (including your doctor!).
Just as much as I believe that many children can be vaccinated and show no noticeable side-effects, I’m asking you to hear me when I tell you that I and many other parents have experienced quite the opposite. We aren’t deluded, stupid or lying. We aren’t using our children as political leverage. Talking about this subject publicly is scary and emotionally draining. It leaves me open to ridicule, hostility, and reactions of ignorance.
In My Experience with Childhood Vaccines, Part 2 (coming sometime soon when I recover from writing this post), I’ll address how we’re successfully helping our oldest son recover from his vaccine injuries.
If you suspect your child has been injured by vaccines, I want you to know there are lots and lots of resources for recovering your child’s health and well-being.
Autism is NOT the only risk involved in vaccines. Not even close. Not by a long shot. Regardless of what you’ve read or been told about Autism having no relationship to vaccines know that isn’t true either.
Ask any mother of a vaccine-injured child if she believes vaccines are a real risk.
As part of this week’s Complete Natural Mothering Library sale, there is a book called The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Vaccines. It is an excellent resource to get your started on the road the making a vaccine decision. The book is well-written and unbiased. The author addresses the reasons TO vaccinate and the reasons NOT TO vaccinate. It includes printable worksheets to help you keep track of the information you find on each vaccine- so you can keep them straight and know why you’ve come to your decision. And there are a LOT of resources given to help you in your vaccine decision journey.
I’d love to hear your feedback on this subject. If you decide to comment, please keep in mind that I am a real person with real emotions and real children. Please avoid using infammatory language and/or acting like your mother didn’t teach you manners. If you choose to ignore me and post something nasty, I will delete it. It’s perfectly acceptable to post a comment letting me know why you disagree with me, just do it respectfully. If you have a similar personal story, I’d love to hear that too. And I’d love to give you a virtual hug. I’m praying for you and your family to find peace and healing.
I’m sending you a virtual hug! We did vaccinate our oldest daughter. She had a horrible reaction to the mmr vaccine which landed her in the hospital. It was awful. My husband and I decided not to vaccinate our children after our experience with Alyssa. Our 2nd child is the one that sounds exactly like your oldest. He has not had any vaccines, but I had an awful pregnancy, and before delivery had to have an MRI and was injected with some kind of dye and was then told I couldn’t breast feed. He had horrible reflux, cried all the time, and was allergic to everything. It’s still a daily struggle with him. I’ve told you this before, but your blog and Facebook page have honestly been a huge blessing to me. It’s full of such great information and really does give me hope for Andrew.
Maritza
This was a beautiful and obviously heartfelt post. I shared it with my readers because I believe that whether you choose to vaccinate or not it is good to be aware of both sides. Thank you for your side.
Thank you. Beautifully said. Praying for you and your family. And praying others do as you have done and make educated, prayerful decisions.
Thanks for sharing this story with us. That was very brave of you, and I commend you for that.
I do not have children yet and honestly haven’t put a whole lot of thought (but I have a little) toward vaccinations. However, based on the lifestyle we are already living, I am leaning more towards not vaccinating. When I brought the subject up to my husband, his reaction was passionate and in the opposite direction of what I’m thinking. When the time does come (and hopefully long before) we will be able to readdress the issue and prayerfully consider our options. Thanks again for sharing.
Thank you for sharing! I appreciate how respectfully you shared your experience and research. Your passion for educating others is admirable. I agree that whatever parents decide to do should be an informed decision.
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Thanks for this post. You are a brave mama for putting this out there. I have 2 little girls, 3 and 4 months, and while we have questioned vaccinations we have done them with our girls, mostly out of fear of what could happen if we don’t. However, i’m beginning to become more fearful of what could happen if we continue! Each time we go for vaccinations i am full of anxiety because i wonder if it’s the time something awful will happen. It isn’t something i’ve really thought to commit to prayer, so thanks for planting that idea. I won’t take anyone in for the next round until i have peace about it in one way or the other.
Excellent post-thank you so much for sharing your life in all it’s intimacy. I have 3 children and they’ve never received any shots ever. My oldest is almost 14 and playing football this year and tetanus review will be coming up again soon as he gets older. Otherwise, we’ve dealt with dog bites and puncture wounds and illnesses, and came out fine-praise God. Keep up the good work-we need to give EVERY decision to the Lord.
I greatly appreciate your insight! Thank you! Looking forward to the second post. May I also ask a question? How do you handle the forms for the doctor/school? Do you choose not immunize due to medical concern (which the doctor has to sign off on), or religious reasons? Thanks again!
This was so very well written. THANK YOU!! I was JUST like you with my first child. She was fully vaccinated and eventually suffered a Seizure disorder from 15 months to 4.5 years old. 20 minute long Grand Mal Seizures that would also leave her in a status epilepticus state for up to 45 minutes afterwards.
She was allergic to dairy and eggs – ingredients in the vaccines.
She had to take strong/dangerous anti-seizure medications which could cause liver and kidney damage as well as learning disabilities.
After she was 2 years seizure free (b/c of the meds) – she “graduated” and was considered ‘normal’.
At the same time, the vaccines stopped.
She’s been seizure free since her last vaccine 9 years ago.
I do NOT vaccinate my 3 younger children at all. It is an agonizing decision because of all the hostility in the general community. Thank you for including your faith in the process. It is SO true that God sees the whole picture.
Thank you again!!
Excellent, excellent!! Thank you!!! Says everything I’m too scared to say because of the backlash and I feel ill-equipped to back up! Beautifully and honestly written.
J- To answer your question- we live in California, so an exemption is simple to get. No sign off needed. California allows philosophical exemptions (at this point). In other states where we’ve lived we did a religious exemption (which does not need to be signed by any kind of clergy or religious leader- prayer confirmed it, that’s good enough for me!). In one state I did attempt to get a medical exemption, but was instead kicked out of the pediatric practice. I reported the practice.
KNOW YOUR STATE’S LAWS!
Thankyou for coming out and writing your experience. It’s not ok that mothers and fathers – and their children – suffer these experiences and reactions and are written off – because it is inconvenient to the vaccine agenda. How crazy it is that this has become such a hush hush subject – when – what it truly needs is REAL investigation. Applaud your courage to speak out – and perhaps it will inspire others to step forward also – and know they are not alone. This affects ALL parents and ALL children – and our children’s children. I also chose not to vaccinate after my eldest suffered a severe and ongoing reaction to MMR and my second had breathing difficulties after his first DTP vax – like you I researched EVERYTHING – the inserts, Med Journals, Public Health Journals etc. (I have a degree in Health Sc. So had access to the medical library) My daughters are unvaxed – and extremely healthy – and as 20 year olds are already asking questions in preparation for when THEY have children. Keep writing and sharing!!!!
Thank you. That was perfect, my sister-in-Christ. If you ask, He gives wisdom. Thank you for writing and sharing.
Wow – this is a great article. I am sad it is your life. But thank you for the courage and strength to live and write it for others. My oldest son is 31 now and was the only child I birthed in the hospital. I also knew NOTHING at the time about health and followed the immunization schedule strictly – without giving it a thought. When my son was about 18 months, and got whatever shots he was supposed to get then – which included the MMR – he got a small cough. Something he had not done up to that point. I also noticed him sitting in the floor ‘spinning’. Immediately, I took him to a Homeopath I was studying with at the time. It took us several months to figure out what was going on with him. Turned out to be “ill effects due to immunizations”. Praise God, he never got any more symptoms and we did some things with homeopathy – including antidoting all the shots he had gotten. The cough and spinning were caused by the shots and they did go away after the homeopathy. I had 4 more sons (including a set of twins) and a daughter in the next 9 years. They were all born at home with midwives and NONE were ever vaccinated. My middle son even went on a mission trip to India at 17 – withOUT any shots. When I learned what I did with my first son, I became a warrior as you have about the horrors and evils of this practice. I will be 56 this summer and have buried two of my precious children – but not due to immunizations. My heart goes out to the families who have to deal with the tragedies forced on them by this practice. God sees all and there will be a price to pay for all the suffering of innocent people. I do pray that more folks will educate themselves and have CONVICTIONS about this issue. Thank you for carrying this torch for others to see. God’s richest blessings on you and your family.
Brought tears to my eyes. Great post. Beautiful.
The subject material directly dealing with the obvious problem of the severe and somtimes deadly consequences of vaccines are very informative. The sporadic insertion of religious rantings are delusional. Ask God and he will tell you everything about your son/daughter and tell you what to do is leading people away from seeking the truth on their own. Its like telling people to follow what their dreams tell them instead of using wisdom. Please don,t discredit my opinion because I don,t share your religious belief.
So, you come in here and disparage her beliefs, and then say it wouldn’t be fair if she does the same to you? That is the very definition of hypocritical.
Just what opinion is she not supposed to discredit? It seems you must be talking about you rantings on her religious beliefs.
Get over yourself and realize your disbelief does not make you smarter or more worldly, just different than her.
Thank you. I am a Christian and did not bring this issue to God in prayer. However, he would not give me peace. We did an alternate schedule mostly based on De. Sears book. Then she had a reaction to her final DTAP and first polio shot. Hives all over her arms, legs & face for weeks lasting the longest in the DTAP leg. New food allergies that also caused hives. Horrible behavior and repeated sickness with a reaction of hives to antibiotics. I was amazed and shocked at the Doctors dismissal that it had anything to do with the immunization. She said that because she had gotten it before she couldnt be allergic to it. I was thankful it was the last of DTAP and agreed to a single shot of her second polio on the next visit. She seemed fine however, since that point I have chosen to not vaccinate any further and she has never been healthier. I researched even more than I had before giving her shots and know in my heart it is not the right thing for my daughter. Learning more about MTHFR has been one of my reasons to stop. I am finally at peace. I will remember to bring it to God in prayer in thanks and in my future decisions I will need to make with my daughter. Thanks again for sharing!!
Such an amazing, fantastic post! Thank you so, SO much for articulating your thoughts and opinions, as well as the facts, in a way I have never been able to. I get so angry when I am questioned about my decision to not vaccinate my daughter (she is partially vaccinated, but thanks be to God I began educating myself and she hasn’t received any shots since she was 6 months old). Even my husband doesn’t agree with my decision, but he “allows” it.
Our daughter reacted to every shot with a very high fever, crankiness, sleeplessness and decreased appetite. She also wound up in the ER within a week of both her 3- and 6-month shots with RSV. Doctors of course refused any possible correlation. I knew that the gut-wrenching guilt I was feeling about those shots was God telling me that I need to trust Him, not doctors who don’t know any better than what they are taught to preach to their patients. Doctors absolutely have a place and a purpose, but as parents we have a responsibility to do our own research. That’s just a fact. Your analogy about seeing the “whole elephant” was spot-on!! I am really bad with analogies, so I will most definitely be using that one (to your credit of course!).
I am so sorry that your son is vaccine-injured, and am so very thankful and encouraged to see another sister-in-Christ have come to the same decision as I have, through hours, days and months of reading, self-education and prayer.
God bless you!!
Thank you for this wonderful post. I can’t wait for Part 2, as I am looking for any suggestions on how to heal your child after vaccine-injury.
wow. just wow thanks for sharing your heart today. such good food for thought.
I have one adult son, who has never been vaccinated for anything! He is strong and healthy, and grew up being more strong and healthy than the average (vaccinated) children his age. This is very important information … and people need to know! Especially now that the pharma-machine is planning to assault children with more and more of these toxic cocktails. A healthy child can deal with childhood illness with no lasting effects, other than the good ones! THAT is how we were meant to grow up!
I’m only 18; though I hope to be both, I’m not a mom or a wife yet.
My own Mom never let me get any shots, so I’m completely free of vaccines.
Simply from having read this, I know I would never think of vaccination as harmless again.
More significantly, I know from watching the damage of vaccinations play out into my older sister’s life(and ours)… and I would/could never knowingly do that to anyone.
She’s 24 and still hurting.
I’m sharing this post with my friends.
You are AMAZING! Glory be to God for giving you the strength to write and share your story. I appreciate it. I’m virtually hugging you right now.
Sharing this most common sensed post. Every parent who beLIEves in vaccines should read this.
Thank you so much for taking the time and finding the courage to write this blog. When I read the words “vaccines and ADHD” all I could do is weep. My sons are 23 and 21 years old now. I remember when the oldest one went from seemingly calm to outbursts with destructive/violent behavior and I remember the little one becoming so anxious, the nightmares, him begging me to make “IT” stop in the middle of the night. Like you said, hindsight is 20/20. My girl, my oldest, she got breastfeed for the first 6 weeks of her little life. And she was different than her brothers, better, without any behavioral problems. As a grand mother I will take the time where they can’t to research and provide information because the Hippocratic oath isn’t being kept. God Bless you, dear one!
Thanks so much for sharing your story and your experience. It will help give others pause to consider, as well as encouragement to research and not take the process lightly.
The same goes for animals. I find that treating an illness when obtained from the wild is such an easy process compared to when the bodies are overloaded with chemicals, vax and wormers. We’ve even brought them through dreaded parvo with very little effort if their bodies haven’t been undermined.
Bless you for your courage and I hope that you find great support from those who read your blog.
Very well written post. Sad to hear of your son’s reaction. It’s great you have done your research and made the discoveries and decisions you have. I just wanted to.suggest a chiropractor (if you don’t already) for your son and the rest of your family for helping in your new healthy lifestyle. The ICPA (International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association) website is a great place to start for research and to find a chiropractor in your area.
I love this entire post. I can’t wait for part two. I understand the emotional drain of letting it all out, but I hope you will post soon. You really rocked this one. Thank you!
Love this post and was agreeing with you the whole way through.
My eldest child has had her shots up until 12 months, but this was 8 to 9 years ago and the UK schedule, which is slightly fewer than the US schedule (no Hep vaccines for a start).
With my second daughter I dodn’t want to vaccinate but gave in to pressure from family and she had most of the shots up to 5 months (not the PCV).
After that I stopped vaxxing and no longer will.
My children are 9 and 6 now and my 6 yr old is much healthier than her older sister, who had the MMR and has shown (and continues to show) emotional development immaturity. It seems to be improving, but slowly.
I am looking forward to having future children who are not vaccinated. I’m not scared, I’m excited to experience a whole child, one which is not altered by vaccines.
Great post!
I think another important combination of keywords to look into is “vaccines and SIDS”. A family friend lost her baby to SIDS a few weeks after his 6 month vaccinations. My sister’s co-worker lost his 1 year old son to “natural causes” within 24 hours of his 12 month vaccinations plus flu shot. “Natural causes”, even though the child was perfectly healthy at the time of the shots, had an immediate, severe reaction, and was dead within 24 hours. Criminal.
Thank you so so much first of all for mustering the courage to share this very intimate situation with the world. I am also glad to see that no one here has even attempted to ridicule your story! You are in my eyes a hero for confronting the situation and researching all of it and then taking the consequences. I am a becoming dad and have sworn to do whatever it takes to NEVER EVER allow my children to get vaccinated.
Lucky for me, I found out about the harmful effects of vaccines years ago from Jim Humble.
He has found an actual and very cheap cure for a host of illnesses. Its called MMS and it also helps heal the effects of vaccinations – many kids have been healed from their autism that was only caused by those harmful vaccines.
More information can be found here: http://genesis2church.org/mms/testimonials/diseases-categorized-mms-testimonials
For support on this whole issue I joined the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing.
The following is written on their membership card:
“This card signifies that this member of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has the God-given, unalienable right to control and maintain their personal health. All members are exempt from any means not chosen, including but not limited to: vaccinations, medications, X-rays, scans, mandatory voting, and health insurance mandated by a human government or authority “Genesis II Church members have the God-given, unalienable right to choose products for their health, including but not limited to: food, plants, vitamins, minerals, herbs, and all remedies in any quantities they consider useful or necessary for their personal health or the health of their families. All members have the right to freely acquire these products for the health of themselves and for other members of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, and to maintain such products at their place of abode or wherever they deem necessary.
“Note: The Genesis II Church will vigorously prosecute any and all persons who violate the religious rights of members of our Church. If any of this member’s rights are violated, he or she will contact the Genesis II Church.”
This is neither a plug to join this church nor anything else. Just a small part of my personal opinion and experiences.
Sending you love
Joachim
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We thank you for sharing your vaccine experience and applaud your gentle compassionate nature. We are sharing your site in hopes of others benefitting from your wisdom. RN from the Indiana Coalition for Vaccination Choice.
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Such a great blog! Thank you for sharing your experience. I am especially with you when it comes to “the thing that jarred me most about everything I read was that no one seemed to be watching for potential delayed and long-term vaccine injuries.”
As a naive mother, I did at first see that my babies got their vaccinations . Then as I began to hear about the problems and a best friend’s 2 year old son changed was diagnosed with autism, I started backing off on getting them. When they started public school for the first time at the ages of 13 and 10, I took them to get the required Hep B vaccination. I’ll never forget the awful gut feeling I had that day. I know it was God warning me.
It took 4 years to kill off their pancreas, but they were diagnosed with Diabetes Type 1 just 3 months apart. There is no other reason for it. Since then I have researched it a great deal and have no doubt!
The statistics are there… OUR CHILDREN IN THE USA ARE THE MOST HIGHLY VACCINATED CHILDREN IN THE WORLD AND THEY ARE AMONG THE MOST CHRONICALLY ILL AND DISABLED.
The book I recommend most is “Jabs, Jenner and Juggernauts” by Jennifer Craig. She goes back to the beginning in the 1700′s. It is a small, but very comprehensive book that, I believe, proves vaccinations are a hoax. It is just all about money.
I have been a Christian most of my life. I strive to do as God requires in Micah 6:8…And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
The great, great harm and injustice, such knowingly wrong doing, by the pharmaceutical companies, politicians, and medical establishment, is something that sickens my heart greatly. I feel a great responsibility to inform parents and the politicians who are mandating these vaccinations when they do not have a clue about the harm.
I have a Facebook page, Vaccinations-Out of Control, which I started in 2009, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vaccinations-Out-of-Control/96889743721.
I look forward to Part 2 of your blog.
Thank you,
sandi
I appreciate your viewpoint and I think it is important for each parent to decide for themselves what is best for their children. However, I am surprised with all that you read, that you chose not to vaccinate at all. I understand maybe not getting MMR or Hepatitis B, but surely, you must have come across some literature on the rising prevalence of some of the other deadly childhood diseases? I work as a PA-C in the ED and every winter we see more and more children coming to the ED with whooping cough, just one of the diseases that could be prevented by vaccines. Do some of these children die? absolutely. and it is totally. preventable. Here is an article about a child whose parents also decided not to vaccinate. the child developed a small cut on the bottom of his foot, which caused him to develop tetanus, a now rare (because of vaccines) disease caused by bacteria found in soil. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/06/06/3776327.htm
But as a PA, you surely realize the pertussis vaccine is terribly ineffective, a fact even the CDC acknowledges. The CDC has released statements to that effect, as well as admitting that the recent outbreaks cannot be blamed on the unvaccinated.
As far as tetanus goes, there are ways parents can ensure their and their children’s wounds are not conducive to harboring tetanus bacterium. As you are aware, tetanus is an anaerobic bacteria, meaning it can’t proliferate when oxygen is present. Soaking the wound in hydrogen peroxide, followed by a soak in Epsom salts, followed by avoiding covering the wound until healed, will do that.
Everyone should be aware, also, that tetanus, while a terrible disease, is not 100% fatal, as many have been led to believe. Actually, the most recent statistics show the fatality rate to be about 10%. Awful? Yes. But not the death sentence most people think.
Lastly, the tetanus vaccine has never been proven to be effective. The rate of tetanus in wounds decreased 92% between the late 1800′s and the early 1900′s, well before the introduction of the vaccine in the 1940′s. As a matter of fact, many cases of tetanus have been in fully-vaccinated individuals. Most people who contract tetanus are immune compromised, chronically I’ll, and often abusing their bodies (ie: alcoholics or drug addicts).
I am so proud of your strength and courage in posting this opinion. Well done. Your Mom
I definitely congratulate you on your choice not to vaccinate! I only have 1 child (who is almost 6 now). I chose not to vaccinate her. I also had her at home in a natural birth. I can tell you that I have been ridiculed, antagonized, berated and belittled for the choice I made. But, I can also tell you that my daughter is one of the healthiest kids I know. She rarely gets sick (once or twice a year) and it’s usually just with the common cold. However, in her school, I see kids there CONSTANTLY sick, behavior issues and a plethora of issues. Whether it’s a coincidence or not, all of those children have been vaccinated. They also eat very unhealthy as so many parents get caught up in busy lives, they don’t take the time to make healthy meals for their kids. Trust me, I’m a single mother and I know how time consuming it is to take care of kids, work full time, prepare healthy meals and keep on time of home while spending enough time with your child. Parenting is tough, but in the end, I know I want my child to have the best possible life she can have and that starts with giving her health in mind, body and spirit!
as a mom of two kids whom i vaxed completely UNTIL we had an issue with a dtap vax, i will say that i too started off as a full believer in vaxes and now could never do it again. but that is bc we HAD a reaction it took us 6 mos to recover from, which thank God we did. i will however say that the decision is not light in my heart. i do believe some of those diseases can kill, and that if one were so unfortunate as to get one, then the lack of vaccine could be very serious and even regrettable. that said, after tremendous research and personal life experience, i do now believe there are many many instances when the vaxes themselves have done horrific damage and the child would have been much better without in all likelihood. i also believe that many people do not have any outward and perhaps any negative reactions at all. although too much remains unknown about our complex makeup to say for sure. i wish more people could meet in the middle and be honest about the fact that the science is not being done to really learn about who reacts and why. and that brings me sadness. bc until we meet in the middle, then we will always be torn between having to guess which is the larger evil. really there are no guarantees in life and we each must listen to our own inner wisdom in this very very complex situation. may we all receive the guidance we need.
Thank you for writing this!! I’m sorry for your situation and that if your friend. My 2 year old son had (I’m sure) a reaction/ injury to a Dtap vaccine at 5 months old. Doctors all told me it wasn’t the shot, but he completely changed and hasn’t slept a solid night since then. He was a great sleeper in the beginning and he’s now 27 months old and hasn’t slept through the night once in 22 months. I feel so terrible that I was coerced into that shot. I knew I shouldn’t let them do it but there was an “outbreak” in our state. If I’d done any research regarding pertussis before our appointment, I’d have maybe seen that most kids who got it during this outbreak were vaccinated!!!
Anyway, you mention ways to undo the damage from the vaccines, and I’m very very curious about that. We’ve tried everything we can think of, but I know there must be a solution.
Many of the symptoms you describe are common in our home now.. Night wakings with screaming hysterics, nightmares, head banging on the floor, hitting me, anger, rage.. And all from such a sweet boy when he’s not frustrated. I’d say he’s a “0-60″ kiddo. There’s no buffer for his anger.. He’s never just a little bit mad or upset.
Can you share your insights into potential help for reversing this damage??
I’d be so grateful for more wisdoms you can share.
Oh man, what a post! I know what you mean about it being exhausting to write. We lived through a nightmare 3 1/2 years ago and I only wrote it down a few months back. Luckily we figured it out immediately at the 2-month vaccinations but the fallout from that severe reaction is something we live with every day in the form of deadly peanut and tree nut allergies.
My story of my son can be found here:
http://therobynnest.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/this-is-why/
What a great post, I hope this spreads around the internet like wildfire! My eldest was vaccine damaged and we’re currently going through homeopathy and dietary changes to get him to a place of wellness. God Bless you all, in your journey to be whole again.
This was very well written and I’ve shared it in hopes others will read it. My husband and his brother are 100% vaccine-free and two of the healthiest guys I know. Until him, I hadn’t really given vaccines much thought, but after doing some digging and putting it in God’s hands, we opted out of vaccinating our twins. A year and a half later, the most they’ve had is a minor cold and small stomach bug. I pray that they continue to remain healthy and that we do our best as parents to help them stay that way. Thanks for writing this!
Thank you for taking the time and emotional effort to write this out! We have a similar story. I have five children. My oldest is on the autism spectrum, has suffered through extreme constipation his whole life, and has had chronic ear infections and multiple tube surgeries. My second child has had chronic strep infections, heart burn, stomach aches, eczema, and she has a dairy intolerance. My third child had a chronic cough which started at 11mos and grew to be recurrent croup, which led to years of breathing treatments and steroids. My fourth child was following the same path as his sister with breathing treatments and steroids, when I decided to delay his shots until his immune system seemed healthier. He recovered, but when we caught him up on his shots, he began to have severe mood swings and was becoming violent and angry all the time. During the first 7 years of parenting, my children were constantly ill. We caught whatever was going around every time and we always had it worse than anyone else. I often wondered if God had forgotten about us. When I was pregnant with my fifth child, I visited a chiropractor for the first time in my adult life and she opened my eyes to the possibility that vaccines could make my children sick. I didn’t believe her, but she was so sure that I decided to read on the subject more before I vaccinated our new baby. That began a journey of reading and researching that changed our lives. Our fifth child had one shot, before I decided that we were not going to vaccinate. She is our healthiest child by far. No ear infections, constipation, strep, breathing difficulties, or chronic illness. We are on the road to healing with our older children too and I’m very thankful. I can relate to the feelings of vulnerability in sharing our story with friends and family. There are a few who understand, but most people feel defensive and angry, or they think we’re paranoid and easily duped, or they think we’re irresponsible parents who are neglecting our children. Ironically, most of these friends have never bothered to research the subject. I can’t blame them. I didn’t even see the need to read about this until our family was very sick. As much as it hurts to be criticized by others, I keep sharing my story in an effort to get people to think about this and to share another side to the story on vaccinations. I am extremely grateful that you are posting this and making yourself vulnerable for the sake of other children. God bless you and yours.
Well written article. I’m sorry for the journey your family has been on. My own daughter struggles with the giving of vaccines to her five sons. My three children are all grown with children of their own but they were all vaccinated. So was I. Something that I don’t hear puzzles me. Can the vaccines be altered so they only help and don’t cause ‘side effects’? I grew up in the 50s and 60s I went to school with other children crippled by polio. These vaccines were created to help a damaged world ~ not to hurt. Can’t some wise researcher somehow reconstruct the vaccine to make it useful without also being harmful? It seems the only options I’ve heard are give or don’t give vaccines…maybe there is another third viable option. Your son is blessed to have such a caring and wise mother. Keep up the good fight for your children whether others agree with you or not.
Cindy, in some places in Europe, homeopathic “vaccines” are used to accomplish the same goal, preventing dangerous illnesses. I suspect that they do less of them and I know that there are no known side effects to these homeopathic “vaccines”. A good homeopath may be able to do the same thing here. The best alternative to vaccines is always good nutrition, breastfeeding, clean water and a pollutant-free home environment.
I had the same attitude about vaccines with my first 3 kids as you did with your first. But when pregnant with my 4th, I started researching and decided to wait and perhaps avoid the recommended vaccines. And I am so glad I trusted my instincts on that. My 4th child is highly allergic to many foods and I can only thank God that I didn’t have to find out what a vaccine would have done to his little body. I shudder to think I was very close to allowing him to be vaccinated.
Thank you for telling your story. It’s not popular to be anti-vaccine or to tell the truth, but people need to hear it.
Hi. Just sharing this brilliant youtube clip about the polio vaccine history. I knew about the SV40 but didn’t know about the political history side of it. If you bear with Dr Tent’s mannerisms, he goes through some pretty important stuff. IE what foods to avoid if you have a virus in your system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aHRMjVHggI&feature=c4-overview&playnext=1&list=TLmZ_2Xf0cKLU
So glad I found this great information, thanks
great post, thanks for taking the time to write it
I wish I had read this information before we took our infant willingly to the doc to get his shots. (We all just want to do the best thing for our children, don’t we?) We thought we were being responsible and honoring our extended family but we paid dearly for that choice for many years. The nurse “FORGOT” that our son had dealt with seizures from different allergy reactions and served his vaccines in a bundle.
By the grace of God, our son is turning 18 next month and has been overcoming all kinds of health issues directly related to these vaccines, as proven via electrodermal screening. So thankful that we have a great network of folks in our town who have helped him recover using homeopathic remedies, chiropractic and nutrition counseling. My prayers go out to all those suffering from this insidious crime. I don’t even hold anything against the docs – they’re just not taught the truth.
Thank you for speaking to my heart and connecting all of us parents. We are not alone.
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