Tell me why? The MMR

Quite a few Mummies have been concerned that I am not giving my baby the MMR, others are simply curious at my reasoning. The odd one just thinks I am a bonkers over anxious Mummy. 

Although I am concerned about Autism, and it is more prevalent in boys, I am not convinced that MMR causes it. In my previous profession I had noticed, however, that many more kids were "On the autistic spectrum" in recent years than say, 15 years ago. My theories on this are varied. I do think, however, that we are overloading our tiny babies' bodies with vaccines.

Yesterday we went into Town to give baby the M. Measles comes first. The other M, the dreaded Mumps is not available- it will hopefully be available before Baby is 12 , as if he hasn't caught mumps by then, we would like him immunised. Mumps vaccines are only made by Merk in the USA , now that the government of the USA is insisting on MMR, it is not worth the Merk's while to produce single vaccines!!!! Cheers.

Next year we will take him for Rubella. 

The only reason for giving him Rubella is that he may be in contact with soon-to-be mothers and if he caught rubella, My conscience would haunt me if he passed it on to a pregnant woman in her first trimester. As a boy he does not need the immunisation. (As the likelihood of him getting pregnant is, er, slim to say the least!)

So why wait a year?

That is how long the clinic suggested we wait between M.(M).&R. A year! Because baby has a weakened immune system owing to his eczema and allergies. The point of doing single inoculations for us, is not to overload his tiny body with vaccines, especially as he is fighting the stress of eczema and every time he eats something potentially hazardous his system takes another bashing.

There are several clinics who provide M.M.&R (Though none have Mumps as I said before). We spoke to all of them, and chose Baby Jabs because of Dr Richard Halvorsen's research and his book "The Truth About Vaccines: How Big Pharma Is Creating a Major Health Hazard ".

If any other reader is considering not having the MMR combined jab, then I recommend reading his book, or simply researching the topic on the various clinic's websites. 

One thing I also noticed was on the box, the vaccine cost just over 6 Euros. We had to pay £90 which is fair enough as they have to rent the property in Central London, pay their nurses and taxes, and import the vaccine. 

But 6 Euros. Would that really bankrupt the NHS??? or perhaps the MMR just costs pence?