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    • formula feeding & not vaxing
    • I know alot of you don't vax since your breastfeeding and your kids have your antibodies. What do you do if your formula feeding? Anyone not vax and ff? The only thing I am still worried about is HIB, although Eliza isn't in daycare and I have no plans to put her in daycare that is the
    • The "your un-vaxed kid poses a threat to my vaxed kid" argument...
    • Can someone here give me the deal with this argument. The best I can come up with is that most adults are walking around un-vaccinated and are not making others sick with deadly illnesses. What are the other realities when it comes to this?
    • Everyday life with an unvaxed child?
    • Ok, since we have decided to hold off on vaxing untill at least 1 year and maybe all together (still researching) we have been told to avoid large crowds, elderly people, people who work in hospitals, malls, and other children. We have been told these things by 2 Ped's. Well, to follow thes
    • The flu shot & high risk of asthma
    • DS is at high risk for asthma and has shown a propensity to it already. He tends to get croupy with nearly every cold, blah, blah (note: the doctor thinks this in addition to me).I *know* that the flu vax is going to be a battle with DS's ped. They are a huge pro-flu vax practice. This is o
    • What causes autism?
    • What's your theory?And what part, if any, does the MMR play?(I couldn't resist being the starter of an impending spinoff thread)
    • Scientists Learn How Adjuvant Makes Vaccines Effective
    • Just the first sentence is shocking enough. .Eighty years after adjuvants were first used to boost the effectiveness of vaccines, researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center have finally begun to understand how they work.Here are a few excerpts....."Adjuvants have been included i
    • Cases of Menengitis where we live, help.
    • DD1 is 2 1/2yo and dd2 is 5mo. DD1 got a couple of vax's at the begining but dd2 has not been vaxed. There has been a menengitis break out down here and we want to avoid getting it (of course). Does anyone know were I can find information on menengitis. How do I protect them better... w
    • Pregnant & flu vaccine
    • Did anyone else go to www.wellbaby.org as mentioned in the letters section of this month's Mothering? There's a very interesting article about schizophrenia and autism and how they related to the immune system. The author has found evidence that an activated immune system (like when pg
    • Fever & Tylenol
    • Did anyone save that wonderful post she wrote, or does anyone know if she has an article on the subject posted anywhere?Thanks :love
    • If you & your kids are unvaxed & going to do missionary work overseas...
    • Before you leave, would you vax yourself and your children against whatever nasty you'd be treating?Pick your nasty and tell me if you would/wouldn't vax for it and why. Please keep in mind that you'll be up to your elbows in whatever funk is going around. Sorry, no herd immunit
    • Crossed toes
    • My big toes cross slightly over my second toes often, but not while I'm standing. This has been the case for 5 years or so, that I can remember (I'm a 47 yr old male). There is no pain, no problems with wearing shoes. I can uncross them when I notice this, no problem. My concern is my mother
    • Why Vaccinate?
    • I know this is going to sound so stupid around here because usually the question is "why not vaccinate." But I here from a lot of people around here and IRL that say "I did the research and we chose to vaccinate." I guess with the research I have done, it has almost become a no-brainer to not
    • Which Diseases Disappeared On Their Own?
    • I'm so knackered me-thinks my brain has gone nite-nites without me. :flowerI'm curious which communicable diseases have run their course without a vaccine campaign and are no longer considered a problem?Scarlet Fever?Bubonic Plague?
    • meningitis in college - scare tactic or real risk?
    • So I'm listening to the radio this morning and they do a short news story on the meningitis vaccine for college students and spout off some stats, etc. I work at a university and attended this same school back in the late-80's and I got to thinking.... I never received a meningitis va
    • Going to Mexico w/ unvaxed kids?
    • We are planning a month long trip to Mexico and at somepoint extended travelling through Mexico and south. My kids aren't vaxed and my DH feels we should vax for somethings before we go. So I begin my research...Any input, info etc would be greatly appreciated. I know as they get older we w
    • POSITION PAPER on THE ROLE OF VACCINES IN SIDS
    • This is a 31 page paper. Not for the faint of heart. You need Adobe Reader to view it. www.nccn.net/~wwithin/Sids.pdf An Excerpt:SUMMARY: This paper looks at medical articles which suggest that vaccines are damaging the immune system of some babies, and that the potentially immunosuppressive n
    • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. article on vaccine damage cover-up
    • This article was published in both Rolling Stone and Salon.com yesterday. He was on ABC World News Tonight last night talking about the article (anddiscussing Thimerosal and neurodevelopmental problems including autism) and is scheduled to be on Good Morning America this morning (for any of ya u
    • Influenza beginning to scare me... thoughts on the vax?
    • I'm beginning to be really scared by the flus going around. They seem to be getting worse, and this year I had one of the worse ones ever--five days of fever 101-105, chills, and so out of it my heating pad gave me a 2nd degree burn and I didn't notice. And I've heard the respit
    • vaccine info by Janine Roberts
    • Redflags is listing this web page: lot's of good info!http://www.vaccines.plus.com/Templates/index-vaccines.dwtNana
    • What do you do when your friends have their children vaccinated?
    • Among our friends, we are the only ones who don't vaccinate. Should we make it a priority to know when their children have had their shots and keep our children away for a few days or weeks? What do you do?
    • A missing Link? First thread on epigenetics
    • Please read this:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051026090636.htm These startling scientific discoveries illuminate the emerging field of epigenetics, in which single nutrients, toxins, behaviors or environmental exposures of any sort can silence or activate a gene without altering
    • Choice- illness or vaccine?
    • I am still finding the whole thing really hard. I can't bear the thought of my precious daughter being so very ill. I have read loads on vaccines and not yet found anything positive about them, but still am unsure about my choice. What I am wondering is: if you choose not to vaccinate, does
    • Non-vaxed, sharing toys ok? beach ok?
    • FTM here of a 5 mo. So we had a home birth, CD & EC, co-sleep, BF, baby wear, and don't vax. I feel pretty confident about every single one of our decisions and in fact, feel our ds is thriving because of it (all 27 inches and 20 lbs of him!). While I don't doubt our decision not to va
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