So, I figured I would bump this blog and make some changes to it.

Why we no longer vaccinate: The short of the long. When the twins were born we were fortunate enough to have an amazing pediatrician who strictly followed the Dr. Sears schedule. He believed in educated consent and FULLY made us aware of the risks and benefits of the vaccinations our children recieved. While I was pregnant, I had a beautifully amazing friend Nikk, who was a God send in teaching me about informed consent. I am forever grateful of the gift of education that she gave me. With Adelyn, I planned on continuing to use the alternative vaccination schedule that we did with the boys. We did one shot at a time, eliminated some vaccinations and waited on others. This plan worked flawlessly the first time and I assumed we would have the same results. Boy was I wrong. Addy and I packed up and got ready for her three month check up. She was petite in size and hadnt had a well child since birth so I figured we may as well go. That morning Addy was cooing, smiling and carrying on as she always did. She was declared perfectly healthy. She was given a vaccination. The fact that we no longer vaccinate should say enough and I care not relive this expereince. This isn't just about my experience as a mother but the overall safaety of myself and my children. I have educated myself extensively over the last five years and have spent countless hours personally and professionally researching these points. I understand this will not be for every one. But, if you gain anything from what I am about to share with you learn to advocate for your own children. You are their champion. Act like it and always remember "know better, do better". I guess I will start with the vaccination schedule which I will include a picture of. Are you aware that America is the most vaccinated country in the world. Sadly, we also have the highest rate of SIDS and other "undiagnosed infant mortalities". Is this a coincidence or does a correlation exist? You can decide for yourself. Vaccine proponents have argued that shockingly high number of infant deaths that occur within days of the DTP vaccination are simply the result of the deaths simply occuring in the time frame that SIDS is likely to occur. The WHO even took it to the extent of stating it was faulty logic. Arguing that it was like saying "Eating bread causes car accidents". However, lets look at some studies that have been discounted by big Pharm. In 1980, Japan, concerned over the high number of infant mortalities seen after recieving the 3 month scheduled vaccination began delaying the first DTP vaccination until 24 months (I will touch on this milestone a little later). Statistically, the delay had a 75% reduction in infant mortality over a five year period. SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT! In 1985, Dr. Schniebner, a primary research physican for the government of Australia took assignment to research the rates of "crib death" that were occurring. Dr. Schniebner flawlessly recorded data that showed a TEN FOLD increase in "crib death" among infants who had recieved routine vaccinations within the past 7 days. This was not what the government was expecting. Thought the majority of the medical community in Australia chose to protect the interest of big Pharm and vaccine manufacturers. Her findings, which can be found under the tag "COT WATCH" were ultimately used as evidentiary research in the NEJoM and was published in the Journal of American Medical Association. She has also since published an amazing book "Vaccinations: 100 years of Orthodox research shows vaccinations are a medical assault on the immune system". Yes, I know...long title. GREAT BOOK. Okay, so back to the schedule. Oh and let's not forget that NUMEROUS vaccine manufacturer pamphlets list SIDS as a side effect. There are numerous graphical illustrations that represent the natural decline of a number of illnesses that vaccinations were created to "combat" along with the naturally declining rates that can be associated to a better understanding of the immune system, proper use of standard precautions and general increase in sanitary living conditions came the increase in a number of childhood ailments. ADD, ADHD and Autism, were unkown ailments in past generations. Pro vax groups simply say: they existed they were just coined as "weird, strange, not normal". I am not buying this argument. Had 1 in 88 individuals been "weird, strange, not normal" in past generations some serious red flags would have been raised. This concept of "it existed but didn't have a name" is flawing the real problem here. There is something environmental CAUSING these conditions. Do I believe vaccinations CAUSE autism. In short: no. However, I feel that vaccinations assault and overwhelm the immune system in such a way that permanent damage may occur.

In the mid 1900's: there were only 2 vaccines given before the age of 2. TWO vaccinations. Sure, argue that kids were dying all the time from "vaccine preventable illnesses" lets compare those rates with all of the children dying from SIDS or being affected by a life long disorder. Lets jump ahead about 40 years and put ourselves in 1984: I should have recieved a total of 8 shots before the age of two 13 by the age of 12. My mom didn't do so hot keeping up on them (a big hind sight is 20/20 hug momma). Speaking of the 80's...do you know the rate of Autism in the 1980's? 1 in 10,000 roughly. Notice that massively huge difference between now? Looking at my kids vaccination schedule today: they are to recieve 49 vaccinations! FORTY NINE. We are now vaccinating against common child hood illnesses: varicella, hib, rotavirus. The CDC and other organizations with their hands in pharmas pocket books use "worst case scenario" scare tactics to make parents believe that their children NEED "this" vaccination. Those are all pretty big words and heaven forbid my child catch rotavirus (stomach flu) or varicella (chicken pox). Not so scary when you word them for what they are, right? How about haemophilus influenzae? Typically, meaning 93% of the time this is nothing more than an ear infection or flu type illness, an additional 4% will contract bronchitis or cellulitis but look at the CDC webpage and they have a fancy pie chart (I hope you are following the math here) of cases of pneumonia, bactermia, meningitis, and other. However, read further this pie chart is only a statistical analysis of the 3% of people who end up with a "severe form" of the illness. Typically, these severe cases are found in the immunocompromised. So, continuing on with this incredibly flawed vaccine schedule. Not only are we vaccinating our children against relatively harmless conditions we are inundating their body with viruses that their immune systems are not equipped to fight. Children have on average 15 vaccinations before the age of one. BEFORE the age of ONE. When a child is born, it is the biological narrative that a mother breastfeed. By breastfeeding, a mother is able to pass her acquired immunity on to her child. This immunity allows a child to be ballooned in protection. The core of an immune system is the T-Cells, these cells are broken into two categories. T-1 and T-2 cells. Scientifically, it has been proven that T-2 cells, typically do not present until 9 to 12 months of age. This means that we are flooding an immature immune system with viruses they do not only have the inability to fight but have the poor ability to replicate and create the desired immune response. The logic in this process is incredibly flawed.

Sigh, okay now onto the ingredient list. Where do you get your ingredient information? I am going to go out on a limb and say you don't. Unless you have learned to ask for it. It is required by law that the vaccine manufacturers insert be provided at your reuest but many physicians choose not to hand them out and don't make that general information for you to know. That said, the pamplet isnt the only place you can find this information. The CDC does have this information available. The FDA and the manufacturers also will provide this information. If you LOOK for it. It isnt given to you. The toxins in these vaccinations are legitimized with claims of "too small for effect" or better yet the AMOUNT of the actual toxin isn't given and is instead replaced with the words "trace amounts". I for one, would like to know what "trace amounts" means if you think you are going to put it into my child. These ingredients include, but are not limited to: FORMALDEHYDE, MERCURY, ALUMINUM, AMMONIUM, SUCROSE, and GLYCINE. These are just some of the chemicals used, now are you ready for the REALLY gross stuff? How about human dipoloid cells from aborted fetuses, monkey kidney cells, fetal bovine serum, chick embryo, mouse serum protein, monkey kidneys. That is right...you are injecting you amazing little kids with some pretty gross stuff if you ask me. Yes, I know you can all jump off your "We are exposed to heavy metals everyday" soap box. I get that but I am not being exposed to these willingly. Never would I wake up and say "Today, I think I am going to make a mercury aborted fetal cell smoothies", yet when we vaccinate our children we are making the concious decision to put these things into our children. Let's not forget that the route of injecting a child causes a natural immune response in and of itself. When the skin barrier is broken the bodies natural response is to send antibodies to fight the possible infection. The ingredients listed above are just the ingredients that they KNOW are going to be present. Recently, there have been numerous cases of vaccine contamination. In the past three years nearly 15 different vaccinations have been recalled due to contamination. These contaminants have included: unidentified DNA, cellophane, H5N1 avian virus, bacilius cereus and egg protein (when not listed on the ingredient list).

Naturally, I will go into vaccination reactions from here. Yes, I said vaccination reaction. Let's not call them side effects, or possible side effects, that seriously underplays what is going on INSIDE your childs body when these rections occur. When a vaccination is given a childs (often underdeveloped) immune system is stunned. It responds not only to the trauma of the injection but to the presence of a foreign invader. The antigens sound the alarm that sends the lymphocytes to take over. There are two types of lymphocytes T-cells (remember those little guys from earlier?) and B cells. These cells fight the "infection" and ultimately certain T-cells and B-cells will be converted into "memory cells" meaning that they will remember the infection and what they did to fight it the last time it was encountered. However, in an underdeveloped immune system, the body is not only improperly eqipped to deal with the infection itself but often create faulty "memory" of the infection leading to the inability to protect itself upon re exposure. That said, vaccination DOES NOT equal immunity. It is false belief that vaccinations automatically assume immunity. Immunity is created by a healthy, mature immune system not a bunch of crap tossed together in a needle. Just like vaccinations potentially create this immunity, so does naturally built immunity. Your immune system is what is important here. Moving into these vaccine reactions. Some of the reactions commonly seen in children are fever, fussiness and inconsolable crying for up to three days. Can you imagine the absolute storm must be happening inside their small little bodies to CRY for THREE DAYS? You are made to believe that this is a "normal" reaction. I am going to tell you that this is NOT normal. Unfortunately, my family learned this the hard way. Typically, these cries are associated with cerebral inflammation (brain inflammation). This condition is called Rapid Onset Encephalitis. This is a real condition and happens more often than people think and is written off as a "common side effect". However, this reaction, though frequently overlooked are associated with serious and often permanent neurological damage. This stand alone fact is the reason why the argument "My child has all of his shots and is just fine" blows my mind. Maybe your child is "fine" now but maybe the long term effects of the "common side effects" haven't presented their ugly head not to mention it negates the experiences of those, like my family, with a vaccine injured child. If your child is "just fine" consider yourself fortunate. Because while I had two children who fared well through shots, I have one who didn't. 1 in 3 aren't awesome odds in my opion. Some of the other possible side effects listed on vaccine inserts include: SIDS (there it is again), seizures, autism, permanent brain damage, rash, fainting, loss of appetite, fever, swelling, abdominal pain, coma, death. For those of you that are undoubtedly saying "You pulled those off some crazy anti vaccination website". No I didnt. I went to the CDC website and typed in the words "Vaccination side effects" they are listed for every vaccine approved for use in the US. Don't believe me? Look for yourself. Now, for those of you who will argue those are rare. No, they are not. See for youself: http://vaers.hhs.gov/data/index Although, VAERS claims that "coincidences" make it difficult to determine whether these reactions are due to a medical condition or the vaccination themselves. More than $1.5 BILLION dollars have been paid to families who have been affected by these possibly "coincidental" events. My guess is that they are very aware these events are much more than mere coincidental events. Speaking of this money, are you aware that vaccine manufacturers cannot be sued? And instead a percentage of cost for every vaccination given in the US since 1986 goes to a vaccine injury fund. This is where the "hush money" goes to pay off families who have loved ones injured by a vaccination. If vaccine reactions were purely "coincidental occurances" this fund would not exist. Okay, now moving into the testing of vaccinations. Are you aware the it was only recently that many of the combined dose vaccinations were available? When these vaccinations were created they had been tested as safe in their single form. However, vaccine manufacturers were not required to test the combined dosing because the efficacy and safety of the single dose had been previously tested. As long as the formulation when combined did not change no further testing was required. This means that the actually effect of combining these vaccinations has never been tested to prove safety. Yet, they have been declared safe. Not really a risk I am willing to take. Many vaccinations also skirt the testing guidelines for quick release. The H1N1 is a prime example of this. The flu vaccination changes every year due to the circular pattern of viruses (I am not even going to go into the flu vaccine craziness, maybe in a later blog). H1N1 was identified as a healthcare crisis by the CDC, within weeks the vaccination was available and was being pushed on pregnant woman, children, elderly and other immune compromised individuals though testing and possible outcomes had NOT and WOULD not be tested on those groups. In fact, the H1N1 vaccination was given to pregnant women and the outcome and results were tracked over the next 9 months. You know what they found? A significant increase of miscarriage and still birth in women who recieved the vaccination. I am sure ANY of those women would have risked battling the virus if they would have known the life of their unborn child was on the line. I have frequently been asked how my children go to school with such limited vaccinations. Very easily. All 50 states have some sort of exemption program in place. Schools and school districts will often MAKE you believe that "No shots, no School" this is a completely false belief and perpetuates parents to the cyle of bullying that already exists in an attempt at a vaccination nation. It is a complete injustice that so many parents are misinformed and their PARENTAL RIGHT not to vaccinate their child is not only being misrepresented but they are made to thought it is MANDATORY. When this was originally written my children attended day care four days a week and we had NO problem with the vaccination schedule the boys were using. We simply had a letter from our physcian explaining the alternative schedule we were following. Current day, I am able to write a letter to the childrens school explaining that we don't vaccinate. The letter was short and explained our reason, however on silly forms that ask about vaccinations, I frequently come up with creative answers such as "Vaccinations are the devils blood" or "I am scared that they will get purple polka dots and turn into a flying giraffe". My reasoning for choosing to no longer vaccinate does not need to be public record but then again, I am in California. Now, I know by the end of the monsrocity of a blog post you are rolling your eyes and assuming that I am a complete granola crunching hippy. I assure you I am not. I encourage you to research all of the above points for yourself and am happily going to share some fo the sources with you. If you have any questions feel free to ask and remember YOU are the only advocate your child has. I don't care what side of the fence you stand on in the vaccination debate but I encourage you to KNOW why you stand there. www.fda.gov www.cdc.gov http://www.nvic.org/injury-compensation.aspx www.mercola.com www.drtenpenny.com “The Vaccine Book” By Robert Sears, MD www.vaccinenation.net "The sanctity of human blood: vaccination is not immunization" by Dr. Tim Oshea "Vaccinations: 100 years of Orthodox research shows vaccinations are a medical assault on the immune system" By Dr. Viera Scheibner Another great tool is to go to google type in "scholar" it will take you to a google link that will include NOTHING but PEER REVIEWED mmedically documented vaccine studies that will second many of the points I have made. Happy researching. -