tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post562796079477353453..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Swine flu, breastfeeding and the vaccineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-64591554237633974422009-11-12T22:47:47.707-08:002009-11-12T22:47:47.707-08:00I'm a nursing mother and a healthcare worker, ...I'm a nursing mother and a healthcare worker, and I am generally in favor for a well-thought out & preservative-free regimen of vaccines. However, i am perplexed as to whether or not to vaccinate my daughter against H1N1. There is so much conflicting info regarding risks out there that I can't possibly keep up with it all to make a decision. I have two questions after reading the Smak73noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-53529795307769121902009-09-11T08:17:33.443-07:002009-09-11T08:17:33.443-07:00And one thought, those who were not able to breast...And one thought, those who were not able to breastfed their babies, who are now on formula..their babies may have a more significant risk. <br /><br />I think this is one of those situations for everyone at risk. Make common sense decisions. Stay well rested, eat healthy foods, avoid being in risky situations. <br /><br />When you have to be in the public, be sensible and take some hand Indiamommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743441969698588715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-23009806434872826672009-09-11T08:06:00.178-07:002009-09-11T08:06:00.178-07:00We will NOT be getting the vaccine for regular flu...We will NOT be getting the vaccine for regular flu or H1N1. I had H1N1 in May, a fairly severe case, and my children had H1N1 just last week. They had mild cases, although they did have high fevers, body ache, cold symptoms, sore throat ect. I did take them to the doctor and they had Influenza A, which is being considered H1N1, since regular flu is not out yet. They all took <br />Tamiflu and Indiamommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743441969698588715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-12553932692990447652009-09-09T09:43:49.631-07:002009-09-09T09:43:49.631-07:00I am a firm believer in breastfeeding and have an ...I am a firm believer in breastfeeding and have an 11 month old that has been exclusively breastfeed since birth. I have anxiety about the upcoming flu season and am on the fence about the vaccines. At this point, I am considering getting the regular vaccine and skipping the H1N1 vaccine - it's just too new for my liking. They say it hasn't been rushed but I cannot, in good conscience, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-87693073400254187302009-09-04T16:55:39.330-07:002009-09-04T16:55:39.330-07:00“The truth is that vaccines aren’t effective, gene...“The truth is that vaccines aren’t effective, generally carry dangerous side effects, and in many cases actually fuel the spread of pandemics,” said Dr. Leonard Horowitz, a Harvard University trained medical researcher who also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health. “The fact is that most healthcare workers know this, and they don’t trust that any swine flu vaccine will do anything but cause Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842351794208864728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-77125056064395296702009-09-03T17:45:58.330-07:002009-09-03T17:45:58.330-07:00Guess I won't be getting the vaccine seeing as...Guess I won't be getting the vaccine seeing as I already have it. :( Caught it from my 5 year old, who picked it up at kindergarten. Funny, no matter how many times you wash the little buggers, they still bring in every germ on the planet. Biggest worry is that my 3 month old has it now, and yes, i am breast feeding. Since I caught it first, there is some presumed antibodies in my breast milkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-68493309281933730322009-09-03T17:05:56.483-07:002009-09-03T17:05:56.483-07:00Interesting. It look like MNN pulled the article I...Interesting. It look like MNN pulled the article I was just complaining about. Hmm!Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-73953141796828185722009-09-02T17:06:44.181-07:002009-09-02T17:06:44.181-07:00I like Jenn Savedge, but it's this kind of stu...I like Jenn Savedge, but it's this <a href="http://www.mnn.com/family/baby/blogs/swine-flu-vaccine-will-contain-mercury" rel="nofollow">kind of stuff</a> that totally grinds my crackers to no end.Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-73937907758148344412009-08-30T10:04:56.945-07:002009-08-30T10:04:56.945-07:00THis si in response to the comment from Aimee. It...THis si in response to the comment from Aimee. It is offensive to label those who are against vaccine that way. As someone who is a doctor and has done significant research on vaccines I have seen many children suffer, not mild, but severe and debilitating reactions to several vaccines, including one case which will likely result in the death of a 5 month old as he is currently on a ventilator Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84361774010664880752009-08-30T06:18:54.874-07:002009-08-30T06:18:54.874-07:00Three days after school began in our area, my chil...Three days after school began in our area, my children became ill and tested positive for H1N1. For them...otherwise very healthy children..this was mild and responded quickly and well to prescription Tamiflu. Neither my husband nor I became ill, even though we obviously were in close quarters with the virus. Universal precautions were all that was needed. <br /><br />Just wanted to alleviateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-9102630481089636302009-08-29T21:49:50.742-07:002009-08-29T21:49:50.742-07:00My family and I will all get the regular season fl...My family and I will all get the regular season flu vaccination as we do every year. We never used to get flu shots. Then when my oldest dd was about 18mos old my husband got the flu and got very sick. I was fine but dd got it and ended up being hospitalized with respiratory complications. She had just weaned a month or 2 before that and I have always wondered if she wouldn't have gotten Christine F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-9144375585548713182009-08-29T16:30:49.474-07:002009-08-29T16:30:49.474-07:00"He's an ummunologist. Interesting, huh?&..."He's an ummunologist. Interesting, huh?"<br /><br />:-) oh, that's really too good to just let it pass!<br /><br />Actually, I think you have coined a really good new word there!<br /><br />I'm still not quite sure what it means, though.<br /><br />The people who say "um" every other word? The people who nag the people who say "um" every other word?<brGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-30824545880929250522009-08-29T14:30:34.412-07:002009-08-29T14:30:34.412-07:00Nope. Ain't doing it. No way. No how. Of c...Nope. Ain't doing it. No way. No how. Of course, I'm allergic to components of the flu shot - so I've never had one of those - ever. I NEVER get the flu. Just doesn't happen. But I also take a boatload of Dry Vitamin D3.<br /><br />I work in healthcare - remotely, for the most part - so not in acute care situations. One year one of the docs that I work with asked if I'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-76668445032285586472009-08-29T10:40:06.857-07:002009-08-29T10:40:06.857-07:00I work in health care and am on the communications...I work in health care and am on the communications team to educate staff, so I wanted to help clear a few things up:<br /><br />1. There are vaccines w/o the perservatives for children so there is no concern for parents who worry about the risk of autism.<br /><br />2. The seasonal flu vaccine provides protection for one year against what's thought to be the more prevalent strains for that Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915194141694632310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41218218652277203672009-08-29T08:37:10.014-07:002009-08-29T08:37:10.014-07:00Farmer's Daughter said...
"Greenpa- I'...Farmer's Daughter said...<br />"Greenpa- I'm not convinced that the CDC knows this protein/antibody exchange mechanism... They recommend expressing breast milk and having someone else bottle feed, according to the post."<br /><br />I had the same reaction when you pointed that out- "jeez, that's dumb." But- thinking it over, there IS a way this could be beneficialGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-24184247747501706762009-08-29T08:29:25.975-07:002009-08-29T08:29:25.975-07:00atclosetohome said...
So Greenpa- I'm not nurs...atclosetohome said...<br />So Greenpa- I'm not nursing...can I have my husband perform the same function for me if he's sick? :)<br /><br />Hm. I'm not sure exactly how you want this to work- but I'm getting some very interesting images in my head...<br /><br />:-)Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-50039287580128646662009-08-29T07:42:04.435-07:002009-08-29T07:42:04.435-07:00I've gotten more vaccines than the average per...I've gotten more vaccines than the average person, probably, because of foreign travel, and I've gotten the flu shot the last two years. I know there are concerns about the H1N1 flu vaccine (as there are with all vaccines) and I plan to research it carefully and try to read the studies. As a member of a risk group living in a college dorm, though, which is essentially a hothouse for College Studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-87362388357924222942009-08-29T06:01:03.429-07:002009-08-29T06:01:03.429-07:00I would never get any flu shot or allow my family ...I would never get any flu shot or allow my family to get one. <br /><br />Medicines do so much harm to our bodies and there are holistic ways to avoid taking them. <br /><br />I know there are times that they save lives but I don't believe the flu shot counts.<br /><br />Please look at the article I'm attaching from the vitamin D council. <br /><br />http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166795611528421347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-21029508122542520672009-08-29T00:51:44.833-07:002009-08-29T00:51:44.833-07:00We're of the "over 60" crowd and won...We're of the "over 60" crowd and won't be getting any vaccinations. I like to think that all those years I spent crawling across the bathroom floor to hug the commode, wishing I were dead provided some antibodies. Hard to tell, though, as at 62 I just finished with chickenpox. My 3 kids had chickenpox in the 1980s and I didn't catch it from them, but 2009 knowing NO ONE Oldnovicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714134603537886606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-10618494236622241492009-08-28T17:51:28.130-07:002009-08-28T17:51:28.130-07:00nope, will stay at home instead. we will be able t...nope, will stay at home instead. we will be able to stay out of touch with others for weeks, perhaps months if really necessary. good food storage, work from home.<br /><br />would not trust school supervisor or other boss to make medical decisions, either.<br />EJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-80720363659524310942009-08-28T13:55:48.816-07:002009-08-28T13:55:48.816-07:00So Greenpa- I'm not nursing...can I have my hu...So Greenpa- I'm not nursing...can I have my husband perform the same function for me if he's sick? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-10142282378884289202009-08-28T13:49:57.627-07:002009-08-28T13:49:57.627-07:00I am sitting here nursing Smallest as I read. I c...I am sitting here nursing Smallest as I read. I can't see not nursing him when sick, unless I was on some medicine that wasn't safe for him.<br />I am not sure about the H1N1 vaccine. Grandfather, who was a pharmacologist, highly frowned on unneeded medications and vaccines. I grew up hearing that one should not take anything, not even a vitamin pill, without a good reason and BoysMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474788412440788887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-87890250598362338822009-08-28T13:30:43.907-07:002009-08-28T13:30:43.907-07:00I find the idea of pumping milk and having someone...I find the idea of pumping milk and having someone else feed the baby truly ridiculous. Really. I'm currently nursing my one-year-old. This means that by the time I'm showing symptoms it's probably already too late to avoid exposing him since we're in constant close physical contact. Also, as a one-year-old he's not interested in drinking expressed milk, but he's still Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-44955807174097110842009-08-28T13:10:15.413-07:002009-08-28T13:10:15.413-07:00We've never gotten a flu shot and don't pl...We've never gotten a flu shot and don't plan on starting this year. <br /><br />The flu shot contains mercury (last vaccine to still have it as far as I know) so I'm really surprised they're advising pregnant women and little kids to get it.Malvanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-89550659719442737102009-08-28T13:09:53.271-07:002009-08-28T13:09:53.271-07:00Greenpa- I'm not convinced that the CDC knows ...Greenpa- I'm not convinced that the CDC knows this protein/antibody exchange mechanism... They recommend expressing breast milk and having someone else bottle feed, according to the post.Farmer's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993260095409544097noreply@blogger.com