General Chat

I have just read that there is an outbreak of Measles in South Yorkshire. All children between 3 months and 12 years. Mine all had the MMR vaccination, but two didnt have the Whooping Cough one, because at the time they say they didnt advise it if there was Asthma in the family. They both went on to have Whooping Cough, my Daughter very badly. Jenny.

There is asthma in our family too, but our eldest three were all vaccinated before the scares, so no:4 had all her jabs too, as the others were fine with theirs. Today, with all the publicity, I would be torn too.

Both mine had everything going - touch wood, they are two of the healthiest children I know! Sharon x

I had mine vaccinated against whooping cough in spite of the asthma in the family. The doctors advice was that the risk from whooping cough far outwieghted the risk from any side effects. Both my kids are fine.

I got to ring docs up next week and get laddo done for his pre-school one- dreading it so much think dad is gonna have to take him Yes all mine been done- catherine xx They don't give the chickenpox vaccine anymore do they? Good job I was alergic to it with having excema-

My 3 eldest children were all vaccinated in the late 50's and early 60's. The girls had there Rubella at school in the 70's when a lot of girls were having it done. My youn gest had the tripple in 1972... but I had not realised that was what he had had. I told the doctor that I did not want him having it... fears were already frightening us all about it. BUT the doctor said.... 'he has already had it!' ;-0) All that worry for nothing. My eldest girl 6 at the time, and my baby 10 months, had a bad dose of WHOOPING COUGH! 1964. my eldest had had the jab but the baby had not. Oh boy did we have fun in our house. It is NOT a pretty thing. The poor children cough until they are sick... and they get no sleep. I could go on, but I won't. As for the triple jab...... I cannot understand why the government does not allow parents what they want.... to have three injections. It would ease their fears and more children would be made safe. Deanna X

Yes i did. Shirley Ann.

Hi Jenny, Neither of my 2 had the vaccination on medical advice!! My eldest had meningitis at 8 days old, so as it affects the brain...were told not to let him have it. He's now a strapping 23 year old. My younger one ...now a whopper of a 19 year old, had a blockage in his brain that affected his breathing...so same advice...no jabs. The only thing both mine got was chickenpox....thankfully :0))) If I hadn't been advised not to....I would have had them immunised.

my son who was ashmatic had the vaccine hes now 17 this month but he also had the mmr which gave him autism.we to had chicken pox last year my son got it from the little girl he passed it to my 46 hubby who was ill for nearly 3months they were so worried about him the doctor was out every day there was not a SINGLE mm of skin that didnt have aspot on it it was gross i spent 3 months sleeping in the lounge

Before the MMR my eldest had the whooping cough vaccine he still got whooping cough and gave it to me! He also had most of the childhood illnesses and has mild Asthma. My youngest had the MMR and hasn't had any of the childhood illnesses Susie x

Hi Jenny Yes I did when they were babies. Although, my daughter needed a tetanus injection recently and I rang the doctors to book her in. My daughter who is 19 attended and noticed most of the girls there had babies with them. She just thought that it was the day they did injections. Anyway, when her name was called the nurse said wheres your baby. My daughter replied she hadn't got one, but she was here for her tetanus booster. She said she felt like Vicki Pollard on little Britain and wanted to say she had swopped it for a Westlife CD. The nurse said it was the baby clinic and my daughter said this is when I was told to come. Ok said the Nurses. At this point she had one either side of her and they each injected her in each arm. There you are you have had a MMR booster and Polio and Tetanus booster. Dont worry the dose is ok for you as a booster. Don't think she was too pleased, no affects but she just felt so silly and moaned that she didnt even get a smartie. lol Ria xxx

yes and yes

Hi Jenny, Yes, both my children have had the MMR and whooping cough. At the age of three I nearly died from a combination of Measles and Mumps, I remember the doctor coming to see me every day, mum later told me that they were too scared to move me to hospital because the doctor didn't think I would make it!

Three of mine (born 1971, 1980 & 1984) had the whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria triple but my daughter (born in 1976) didn't have the whooping cough jab because of her eczema. My GP wouldn't advise me one way or the other, but did eventually say that if she was his daughter he wouldn't let her have it - so she didn't. They all had a measles jab at 15 months except for elder daughter who had caught measles by then. Both daughters had rubella injections at 12. When my younger son was 6 I was advised to let him have MMR jab as they had just brought it in, but I refused as he'd already had a measles jab and had had mumps. My eldest grandaughter (14) had all the jabs including the MMR, but the other three haven't had MMR. Youngest grandchild (8 weeks) has his first jabs next Friday :o((( When I was a registered childminder I looked after a little boy who was perfectly normal until he had his MMR jab. He changed overnight. He now has a form of autism, which the ''experts'' won't say officially is a direct result of MMR, but privately.......his mother has been told it is a distinct possibility. My elder daughter, who used to work with me, saw what happened to this little boy and refused to let her daughter have MMR. My younger daughter also refused it for her son, as did my son for his child. The GPs are not happy about it, but have agreed it is the parents decision and have stopped sending reminders now, although grandson was sent an appointment for his pre school booster, including MMR which he hadn't had in the first place! Sue xx

The MMR jab came out when my boys were small, they only had the one jab which was available at the time. One jab, no follow up one, didn't give the right immunity and both boys had Mumps last year, aged 19, they were both very poorly. Tina x

Both mine had MMR and whooping cough vaccine . I had Measles as a kid and was very ill . Had Chicken Pox when I was 32 , ended up with pluerisey ...... xxxxx

My son's having MMR in separate vaccinations. So far he's had the measles and mumps as two shots. He's also a DPT. I think you also need to worry about the mercury or Thiomersal that is used as a preservative in some vaccines. Rose

Hi Jenny Was going to put up a thread to see if anyone had heard from you. Yes both my sons were done for all but that was 40 and 36 years ago---omg now i do feel old!!!

Eldest two 1967/9 had all of there's youngest 1975 did not have whooping cough was very ill with it at 21/2 for 8 weeks. All five gchildren have had there's son's youngest in the top range of autism son always says he was fine till he had the jabs Valxxx

My two daughters (B.1984 & 1986) both had the vaccinations against whooping cough, diptheria, tetanus & polio. The younger one had the MMR jab and I decided the elder one ought to have it too (even though she had already had the measles injection). My 11mth old grandson has had all his vaccinations to date and will have the MMR jab shortly.