MMR combined vaccine and risks

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Liquorice

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I am interested in what other mothers have done regarding MMR vaccines.

My son is due to have his soon. The WHO and the CDC both say that there is no link between autism and the combined MMR, and that the risk of febrile seizure is linked to the incidence of fever so is related to that rather than the vaccination.

My husband and I were planning on going ahead with the combined vaccine but I worry that I must be missing something because I know there are still quite a few parents who don't want their children to have it.

Can I ask how other people feel / what they have done?
 
the "dr" who released his "study" saying there was a link has been completely discredited. personally, having dealt with thousands of kids over the years who have had it, i don't believe there is a link either. both of my kids had it. they didn't even get a fever afterwards.
 
we did the combined MMR. spoke with several pediatricians (in HK and the US) and both my husbands and my GPs in HK and our family doctor in the US - they all said that there are no medically verifiable issues, they routinely do the combined and think its safe. 2 of the pediatricians were women that gave the combined to their children.
 
My son is coming up for MMR too. I read up and found that the autism link has been discredited. However, a colleague at work told me her pediatrician in Central was recommending that parents delay giving the vaccine because new research points to a speech delay link. Anyone heard of this?

My question is not about whether to give the MMR or not - I will be giving it - but whether there is any point delaying it from the current schedule of 1 year.
 
We did MMRV-combined with chickenpox, which is not available here The 2nd round was done together with another booster jab of some other vax LO had fever the next day but it was gone quickly the day after A friend's LO developed swelling on the jab spot, saw doc and was fine later
We are alot more concerned about the risks of LO not being protected against these diseases early
 
Liquorice said:
The WHO and the CDC both say that there is no link......
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I'm curious: if world's 2 top medical organisations have not been able to convince you, do you expect the ordinary moms&dads of geobaby to be able to convince you?

My husband and I were planning on going ahead with the combined vaccine but I worry..
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Stop worrying. The link was never there. The self-interested doctor that was pushing it was censured. There is no credible evidence showing any connection whatsoever.

I know there are still quite a few parents who don't want their children to have it.
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There are parents that believe in slippery bananas,
There are people who believe elvis is still alive,
There are people who believe they've seen ghosts and aliens,
There are parents who believe prayer (instead of medicine) will cure their sick kids.
There are no shortage of kooky people out there; put your faith in credible organizations who show good evidence instead of anecdotal messages from a few misguided people.
 
Add on: Our pd back home scheduled MMRV(with chickenpox) at 15 & 18 mo (LO did 2nd round@19 mo when we went back for it)
LO hasn't say his full sentence yet but he's learning stuff pretty well I thought There is a belief that boys are slower in speech compared with girls, but learn to walk earlier-not sure if that's true or not but I believe every child is different He was walking very well and running by 1 yo What matters is he's healthy, happy and seems keen to explore and learn:)
 
We waited til 15 months so she could just have it on its own. At 12 months, she just had the pneumococcal booster. Then at 18 months, we did the big 6 in 1, DTap vaccine with Hib. She was fine afterwards. My family doctor recommended to do it that way since I was concerned with so many at once. We're still holding out on the chickenpox vaccination though.
 
Thanks. Good to hear that everyone is happy with it.

Why holding out on the chickenpox Banane? Don't think it's necessary?

Charade, I haven't heard about the speech delay. Nor has it been mentioned on anything I read.

I know that the original author of the publication on MMR & autism has been discredited but I don't know whether there were other studies. One of the doctors I saw when I just had my baby, still put a lot of store by what he said; he'd met him when he came to Hong Kong apparently, and he was the one who first discussed with us the option of doing separate injections. I don't go to him anymore though, and don't necessarily want to consult him on this as he is a GP with a lot of infant experience rather than a paediatrician, and I think he may have a bit of an evangelist approach as he has spoken with the author about it personally. Or maybe I'm being too harsh.
 
We see Richard Chiu and he recommends doing seperate jabs and for Mmr delaying it a bit if you are concerned about the autism issue.
 
gpjapan said:
We see Richard Chiu and he recommends doing seperate jabs and for Mmr delaying it a bit if you are concerned about the autism issue.
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Next time you see Richard Chiu, ask him why he would recommend something while the CDC says "No published scientific evidence shows any benefit in separating the combination MMR vaccine into three individual shots".
If one doesn't trust the CDC, I can cite many more national and internationally recognized medical authorities with the same recommendation.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/Vaccines/MMR/MMR.html
 
howardcoombs said:
Next time you see Richard Chiu, ask him why he would recommend something while the CDC says "No published scientific evidence shows any benefit in separating the combination MMR vaccine into three individual shots".
If one doesn't trust the CDC, I can cite many more national and internationally recognized medical authorities with the same recommendation.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/Vaccines/MMR/MMR.html
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This was not the advice we got from Dr. Chiu - in fact he recommended the MMR combination to be given (not separated into three jabs). He may have recommended giving the chicken pox or flu shot (can't remember which) at a different time than MMR because giving the 4 immunizations on the same day slightly increases the risk of mild side effects (eg. low grade fever/ nothing serious). We spoke with him at length on our kids vaccination schedule and his advice is very much in line with current practice in the US.
 
Hey licorice,

Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Holding out because thought she would get it before starting school...however she still hasn't so probably going to get the jab this year before she does start school.
 
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