I was never anti before either. Things definitely change when you have a baby though. I was so terrified my son would have SIDS, due to my husband’s side, that’s a whole story. SIDS is such a strange phenomena because there’s “no cause.” Welp, I started following some ex vaxxers on Twitter and found a community of people sharing their accounts of how their babies died, had seizures, became essentially nonverbal and lost all their eye focus, etc after their scheduled vaccines. It terrified me, but also verified my gut on vaccines, while also making me rethink what causes SIDS.
My advice, because it worked for me. Tell the doctor you’re going to wait to vaccinate until they’re older. And also ask for the vaccine insert. Not the informative sheet the nurse gives out. Ask for the insert with the vaccine ingredients. It’s shocking all the crap they put in there. I lucked out with a cool pediatrician who didn’t pressure me after the first well visit when I declined. But many doctors shame. If you do run into a bully doctor, I guess keep finding a new one until you find one who respects your parenting decisions.
I was never anti before either. Things definitely change when you have a baby though. I was so terrified my son would have SIDS, due to my husband’s side, that’s a whole story. SIDS is such a strange phenomena because there’s “no cause.” Welp, I started following some ex vaxxers on Twitter and found a community of people sharing their accounts of how their babies died, had seizures, became essentially nonverbal and lost all their eye focus, etc after their scheduled vaccines. It terrified me, but also verified my gut on vaccines, while also making me rethink what causes SIDS.
My advice, because it worked for me. Tell the doctor you’re going to wait to vaccinate until they’re older. And also ask for the vaccine insert. Not the informative sheet the nurse gives out. Ask for the insert with the vaccine ingredients. It’s shocking all the crap they put in there. I lucked out with a cool pediatrician who didn’t pressure me after the first well visit when I declined. But many doctors shame. If you do run into a bully doctor, I guess keep finding a new one until you find one who respects your parenting decisions.