I know what you mean about the debate thing. This is a really touchy subject. Some people can't take it when others disagree with their views. The bottom line is if when you are researching you will find bad statistics if you are looking for negatives, and good if your not.

In the hospital they give the baby the vitamin K shot right after they are born. I wasn't asked if I wanted it done, they just did it. I wasn't mad though. In the pregnancy forum it said it was to protect the baby from gonnorhea. I have never heard of that. I thought it was to clot blood?
Just type in what you are looking for and search, then you will not be swayed by others "literature".

They also give a Hepatitis shot, which I chose not to have done. I do not live in an area that has a high rate of Hepatitis, we are not around needles, and I figured I would wait to have it done when .Jaylon is closer to the teen years.

My sister helped me decide which to do and which not to do (right now).

if i were you, i would be conerened about *all* of the shots. dtap is the most reactive vaccine, and then later, MMR is as well. i witnessed the "dtap scream" after my son received it. i will pm you a load of information. i also regret the hep b shots. i hate myself for not researching this earlier.

what does this mean?

i dont have time to get into a huge thing right now. go to google and type in dtap scream.

if anyone else is interested, visit the vaccination forums. that is a good place to start. i have been researching for months, and still have a lot more to learn.

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i googled.

I can't find anything on the DtaP scream.All I read is that when the site of injection,like in the leg,if the leg is moved they scream,is that it? I will never give tha tto my kids,horrible things will happen.damn,now i'm wondering what is good and not good so when I have kids I know what to do.

ummm...no. i dont see how your google results can be different than mine.

All I could find when I googled was another health forum and what .Melissa found

I got a health forum too.will someone just explain it please.

perhaps you should continue to read through the formus. i believe every parent has to make these decisions themselves, and do their own research. i am more than happy to give a few sources here and there, but its a personal choice. decisions like this can take months and months to research, and i am not going to dictate what anyone should do with their children, because i will never hear the end of it if i do.

Is this the one you are referring to?

http://www.thinktwice.com/sids.htm

that is one mediocre source that has some good points...but when you google it, you should see stuff from the mothering.com forums as well.

in the mothering forum is where I got the whole leg ting,not helping.everything else I found outside of the forums was saying how there really are no side effects on the kids.

"Everything else I found outside of the forums was saying how there really are no side effects on the kids. "

umm...how does the above say that there are no side effects?

how about for once,you stop trying to be b|tchy and actually read what I wrote? I said everything *outside* the forums I found said there were really no side effects.All I did was ask a quoestion.stop being difficult,

for more sources, visit our pediatricians website.

homefirst.com

click on "links"

then click on vaccinations.

there is another section also...if you go to "info", then "vaccine choice" then click on "autism and the homefirst practice".

sorry melissa, i was really confused by the way you worded things. and i am holding a teething screaming baby. i dont know why you arent getting as many results as me. well, visit our pediatricians wesite above for more info.