single vaccine doses MMR - private in Wandsworth Post Reply

[MummyLara]

Hello NappyValley,
I'm wondering if anyone has done separate vaccine doses instead of the MMR in Wandsworth? Which clinic would you recommend and what are the costs?
I don't want my baby to have the MMR but would like her to have the vaccination done for measles and rubella anyway.
Apparently the mumps vaccine doesn't exist on its own.

Thank you.

Lara

[mummy_dani]

Hi

I didn't give the MMR to my children and went to BabyJabs on Wimpole St. Both had measles and rubella but mumps wasn't available (I suspect they'll have MMR in due course to get that vaccine). Having looked on the website recently it stated that the rubella vaccine wasn't going to be available after January ... I don't know if that is just at their clinic or nationwide. I suspect it's the governments way of forcing everyone to have the MMR (or not be vaccinated at all, which is obviously not ideal).

Good luck!

MD

[SFMC]

May I ask why you don't want your child to have the MMR?

[mummy_dani]

Why do you need to know?

[5 bed house to rent]

not In wandsworth but CityDoc. As previous poster said Measles is the only one available now

[LouParker]

Please don't skip the mumps vaccination, a dear friend of mine was not vaccinated and caught them leaving him deaf in one ear and as he and his wife have just discovered infertile.

[NYE31]

I took my son to have the single doses privately only to be then told when I took him for pre school boosters last Autumn that the single doses are no longer recognised so he had to have the combined MMR then & there & then a follow up MMR jab a couple of weeks ago.

[MummyLara]

Thank you all for your answers.
The reason why I don't want to give the MMR is the potential link to the authism. I read a lot on this subject and eventually decided to keep her away from this live vaccine.
Honestly I prefer incurring the risk of catching these viruses, I had myself all of these when I was a baby (since there was no vaccination at the time) and thanks God didn't experience nasty consequences.
I'll get in touch with babyjab but found interesting the note on the booster dose...
Than you again for your replies mummies

[Quinns]

It's one thing if you're "fine" for your child to experience what could be a otherwise completely avoidable illness, but what if she were to infect a vulnerable child eg. A baby too young to be vaccinated yet or infected a pregnant mother with rubella. Or what about if your child infected someone with a compromised immune system say undergoing cancer treatment?

There is no scientifically proven link to austism in the MMR vaccine (the original study writer's fictitious claims were disproven and he is also disbarred from practising medicine in the UK). We as a society have a responsibility to protect each other and in my view this includes vaccination. Science has proven that vaccination shouldn't be an opt in treatment, it is a necessity.

[NYE31]

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/30/healt ... index.html

http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i ... ?CMP=fb_gu

[AbbevilleMummy]

Lara, please please please read this..... And then change you mind about vaccinating your baby properly....

http://mobile.news.com.au/lifestyle/par ... 7216324719

[MummyLara]

Thanks for the links, very interesting.
Just so that you know where I'm coming from, the majority of things I'm reading and listening to comes from parents of autistic children.
Just an example below as you'll find tons of articles pro-vaccine, but also tons of articles explaining the cons.

http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/04/i-am ... s-mmr.html

[Vives09]

Hi!

I've got two on the spectrum, and I'm totally convinced there's no link between autism and the MMR (and actually you'll find most parents with autistic kids will say the same - I know quite a few!). Try the Mumsnet SN children boards, this question comes up regularly and they are extremely knowledgeable. They don't mind people asking questions either.

[calliwally]

As a parent we all have to make choices on behalf of our children. It's a massive responsibility to get it right, we are their guardians and they can't make the choices for themselves. We want to keep our children safe. It's hard to take your child to the doctors and watch someone make them scream but injecting them with a needle but we do it because ultimately they will be protected from something far worse.

Since the link between Autism and the MMR was suggested, there has been a lot of work into genetics and Autism and there is evidence that autism is genetic (one article here) http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/auti ... autism.htm
unfortunately people can discover signs of Autism around the time the MMR jabs are given and the link seems stronger.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/program ... mary.shtml

[Vives09]

This is an interesting youtube video which gives some stats on measles and why it's coming back. Might be worth a watch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFPUoIXd80