[blparent] immunizing.

Mon Feb 2 23:56:37 UTC 2009

I don't believe it is pushed here either, but they do recommend it strongly. 
Like they don't say, you have to have this done.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.


> Hi,
>
> You're not confused.  Vitamin k helps blood clotting.  I don't know if 
> this
> is the law here, because I don't remember Colyn getting anything like 
> that,
> but honestly I wouldn't see a problem if he had gotten the injection. 
> It's
> a vitamin, and may stop my baby from having serious blood clotting issues.
> What's the harm in that, or in any other shot for that matter?  I don't 
> know
> how it works in other countries, but here, we're not pushed by doctors to
> have any of the shots that are offered, but it is recommended to us that 
> we
> have them.  Doctors don't get paid for the number of shots they give out,
> and wouldn't it stand to reason that if a doctor didn't give shots they'd
> make more money because the child might be sick more often?  I'm sorry, 
> but
> over the past few months I've studied the pros and cons of getting shots
> verses not, and I still come to the same conclusion.  There's not enough
> evidence to support me not safeguarding my baby from diseases that might
> kill him, and I would prefer my unvaccinated baby not be around other
> children who haven't been vaccinated due to parent's choosing not to do 
> so.
> I think this would be the same for most parents.  You can never be too
> careful!
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 2:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.
>
>
>> Oh, I think she did have the Vitamin K.  I was still kind of in a haze
>> then from having a C-section, but I believe I was told that it was the
>> law, that all babies had to have the Vitamin K injection to prevent blood
>> clotting problems.  I could be confused, but that's what I remember.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds
>> water."--Swedish proverb
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Amber Boggs" <amberboggs at socal.rr.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 8:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.
>>
>>
>>> You mean they did not push the Vit K on you?
>>> Amber Boggs
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 6:04 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi.  When Sarah was born eleven months ago, the only immunization that
>>>> was offered right after her birth was hepatitis B.  Her dad and I 
>>>> waited
>>>> instead of having that injection given right then in the hospital.  The
>>>> regular immunization schedule started at eight weeks of age.
>>>>
>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one
>>>> holds water."--Swedish proverb
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:32 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> HI,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know what it's like in the US, but in Canada babies get their
>>>>> first shots at 2 months of age, not when they're first born.  Also, if
>>>>> a parent waits until the baby's older to give shots, the child has 
>>>>> more
>>>>> of a chance of contracting the disease the shot is trying to prevent.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tammy
>>>>
>>>>
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