My wife declined the Hepatitis B vaccine for my newborn. We argued about it. I’m scared to death of making the wrong decision. I’m asking for help, what do you guys think is appropriate for newborn vaccines? The nurse came to our house and told us if we didn’t get the vaccines they wouldn’t work with us anymore. I brought up autism and she said that the person who came out with that lost their medical license and there are ZERO negative side effects for the Hep B vax. Exact words.
It was a long and hard pregnancy. My wife has had trauma in her past and refused any meds (which I was conflicted about because it was a nightmare to live through) and now she may be suffering from post-partem depression. She is way more anti-vax than I am, hates hospitals and doctors after what has happened, and I can’t blame her. Any thoughts or advice would be very much appreciated.
We declined all vaxxes. My baby is 17 months old now and THRIVING. I got worried too when at her 6 month appointment the dr started trying to scare me with POLIO and MENANGITIS and even CHICKEN POX (which he insisted was a SERIOUS DISEASE). I asked him if he had any vaxxes without the preservatives and he said he didn't and didn't have time to research that. When he said he didn't have time to research it I lost 90% of my respect for him but what really made my decision was when I told him I thought I would wait till she was a year old to vaccinate because she was doing so well and I didn't want to slow her down. He said vaccines mattered MOST before a year old and at that point I just thought "wow, so if I can just make it to a year it doesn't really matter, even by their standards" I have zero regrets. She's a lot more independent than other children we meet. She also never gets the colds the kids we play with always seem to have.