To vaccinate with chicken pox vaccine?

I didn't get either of my kids that vaccine.

It's a "money maker" in my opinion. If they get the vaccine, they have to get a booster later. What happens if they miss that booster? They'll get the chicken pox as an adult ..... a.k.a. when they're deadly. I didn't want to take that chance, I want my kids to have a life long immunity.

*** see? person above me doesn't understand. Her kid has more of a risk of getting the chicken pox as an adult! and that was her main concern! You need to research people!

Some people say "well if you get the chicken pox, you can get shingles". True. And you can get shingles if you get the vaccine too.

Also, getting the chicken pox is just a good opportunity to build a child's immune system. You can't keep every little germ off of a child, their body needs to learn how to fight. How does it grow and learn how to fight? By getting 'no big deal' illnesses like the chicken pox.

YOU CAN GET AN EXEMPT FORM FOR SCHOOL/DAYCARE. by law, you don't NOT have to get your child vaccinated.

Once again ..... you can still get shingles if you get the vaccination.

Im 16, my parents thought since they had chicken pox and so do many other people and plus you can't catch it twice, they didn't get me the vaccine. I got it as I remember at about 6, not really a big deal just used the good ol' witch hazel and in a couple of weeks, GOOD AS NEW! I have no health problems and never did, it's sometimes good to test the immune system with the chicken pox, its considered by many doctors to be a test run for the child/adult system.

Hope this settles your mind a bit!

I DO AGREE WITH THE VACCINE THOUGH, it does prevent from shingles however that can be remedied by conventional medicine. Make up your own mind though! Speak to other parents aswell perhaps? Thats what my parents' advice is.

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If the governmenet is not going to pay for it (which they don't where I live, and other vaccines are covered), then they have no right to require it for school. I never got my kids the chicken pox vaccine, and my only reason was because of the cost. My kids (twins) both got chicken pox at age 4, at the exact same time. It didn't faze them at all, in fact we went on a pre-planned vacation 2 days after they broke out, and my kids both have weakened immune systems, they were 7 weeks premature and both have mile-long lists of allergies.

My 18 month old son was given the chicken pox vaccine a few days ago, and I have not once thought not to get him vaccinated. The possible side effects are worse than the chicken pox themselves, but all in all, they are only POSSIBLE side effects, not guaranteed. If your baby is healthy, then he shouldn't have any side effects.

Another reason I was adament I wanted him to have the vaccine was on the off chance he never caught chicken pox as a child. I know of several men who didn't catch it as a child, but when they got it when they were adults, it caused many health problems for them then.

I understand that needles are not the most pleasant thing to inflict on a child, and there are some horror stories out there about some vaccines, but in my view, two minutes of crying is better than what could happen if your child doesn't get the vaccine and ends up with chicken pox later.

Ultimately, the choice is your's, but if he's healthy, then his body should be able to work well with the vaccine and there should be no issues with it.

Good luck.

Personally, I don't think it is really necessary in a healthy child. Chicken Pox is a mild childhood disease in most cases. If you child is healthy there is no reason to worry about Chicken Pox. I think "natural" is almost always better than something cooked up in a lab.

My son had Chicken Pox. He was itchy and unhappy for a few days and then he was fine. I feel comfortable with the knowledge that he will not get it as an adult when it really can be dangerous. I wouldn't want my son to suffer consequences like infertility and even death as an adult because he had the vaccine as a child.

I personally am delaying the chicken pox vaccine until school age. If he hasn't naturally caught it then, I will probably go ahead and give it to him, I don't have a reason to pull the religion card, and don't think this is big enough to fight with the school board over.

I agree with you, however that CP was once 'no big deal'. As far as your controversial ingredients - all vaccines carry those. MSG - You have probably fed that to him. The side effects are no different than any other vaccine.

I won't be a parent that screams - "vaccinations cause autism" but I do believe kids get too many vaccinations. My son was not given his Hep B in the hospital - as I felt it was too early. (yeah yeah TD me, you didn't get one for yourself and you are fine).

I'm Just taking it slow on the vaccines, too much meds in such a small time frame cannot be good for the body.

Hi there. I also chose to delay my son's shots because he was a preemie. He starts his first shot in 2 weeks. He is also only getting some shots and one at a time. I chose not to get the chicken pox vaccine for either of my boys. Everyone I know almost has had it and it's no big deal. It can be very bad if you get it as an adult so I recommend if you know of someone that has it while your child is young to get them together so he can get it young.

I have scars all over my body from the chicken pox I got when I was little, I wish the vaccine had been available back then. Because I have had the actual chicken pox virus (it's a herpes virus) it will stay inactive in my spinal cord fluid and can crop up as shingles later in life, a very painful condition. My children are receiving the vaccine for multiple reasons: to prevent the disease, to prevent shingles later in life, to prevent possibly spreading the disease to immunocompromised people and finally, to prevent any potential complications from catching the actual virus- like scarring.

And just as a side note- the chances of having a complication from the disease itself are much higher than the chance of having a reaction to the vaccination.

i totally agree with you and I was wondering the same thing myself why you would bother to vaccinate against chicken pox. It was a common illness when I was a kid, not something to be vaccinated against. I think the vaccination is more harmful than the disease.

And the school thing is hogwash. You can't deny a child education because they haven't had their shots.

you have obviously done your research and it seems like you have already made up your mind. if you look up statistics on how many kids are seriously damaged or worse by chicken pox you will probably find the numbers to be extremely low.

dr mercola has a lot of info on vaccines http://www.mercola.com/