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Hi, im 14 weeks pregnant and my friend is telling me the risks of vaccinating my children. She is explaining that the mmr vaccine is linked to Autism. This is putting me in two minds on whether to vaccinate my children or not. I would love advice from both who have and havent vaccinated their children.

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Vaccines do not cause autism. So that reasoning is definitely not good. The only reason I would ever not vaccinate is if my child for some reason was really allergic to something in them. The risk of getting a fever or slightly uncomfortable or sick is waaayy better then getting a deadly disease and then not being able to get better or help because I didn’ get them vaccinated. There are some that I won’t do. Like the hiv vaccine I think is what it is. But the vaccines for like tdap or polio or other things that are almost gone in the world but keep popping back up because people aren’t vaccinated I will definitely do. It’s safer to vaccinate and them never get it the. Then to not do it and them potentially get it and get very sick and maybe die

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Thank you, i was thinking the same but i think being pregnant i take any sort of advice and in just brews on my mind. The more i hear the closer i get to deciding. Thank you again x

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I like to live a little by this rule.
Don't have kids, don't listen to em.
Don't have twins, don't listen to em.
In this context, isn't a doctor/medical professional, don't listen to em.

If I want advice from non experts I will ask them for it.

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Oh dear god. Vaccines do not cause autism that has been disproven. The benefits outweigh all the risks for me. I don't want Polio and Measles and Mumps coming back when we already eradicated them for a reason 🤷‍♀️

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All I will say on this is, my daughter isn’t far off 13 and she had meningococcal meningitis with septicaemia when she was 2 & very nearly died.. all because there wasn’t a vaccine for this previously! She made a full recovery (thank the absolute Lord!!) and since then they brought a vaccine out for it, and you can bet your bottom dollar my twinnies will be having theirs when it’s available to them. The only reason so many deadly illnesses have been pretty well banished from this country is because we have effective prevention!! My advice would be to utilise it!!x

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