{"id":11941,"date":"2015-10-11T13:38:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T03:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=11941"},"modified":"2024-07-04T00:41:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:41:43","slug":"susan-mccreadie-md-i-rest-easier-not-vaccinating-my-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=11941","title":{"rendered":"Susan McCreadie, MD: I Rest Easier NOT Vaccinating my Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Susan-McCreadie-MD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11942\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Susan-McCreadie-MD-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"Susan McCreadie MD\" width=\"782\" height=\"472\" \/><\/a>But\u2026I am a mother first and a pediatrician second. This I have never forgotten. I cannot parent in ways that make me uncomfortable, to make others comfortable. I made the connection that Kaitlin\u2019s eczema would improve if I stopped stimulating her immune system with the vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to supplementing her with cod liver oil and probiotics daily, I also stopped vaccinations. Her eczema resolved and has never returned. I chose as a mom and a pediatrician to stop vaccinating Kaitlin, and never to vaccinate Elle or Addison.<\/p>\n<p>These are my decisions. Are there risks? Sure there are risks. There are risks with EVERYTHING. That\u2019s life. All three girls had whooping cough \u2013 not fun. Could I have prevented those 2 months of relentless coughing with vaccines? Maybe, maybe not. The family that spread it to our family was fully vaccinated against pertussis.<\/p>\n<p>I am often asked my opinions on vaccinations \u2013 do I recommend them or not? Every time I answer with the story above.<\/p>\n<p>There are pros and cons to vaccinations. As my training in holistic medicine continues, I rest easier NOT vaccinating my children.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vaccineimpact.com\/2015\/susan-mccreadie-md-i-rest-easier-not-vaccinating-my-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/vaccineimpact.com\/2015\/susan-mccreadie-md-i-rest-easier-not-vaccinating-my-children\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But\u2026I am a mother first and a pediatrician second. This I have never forgotten. I cannot parent in ways that make me uncomfortable, to make others comfortable. I made the connection that Kaitlin\u2019s eczema would improve if I stopped stimulating her immune system with the vaccines. In addition to supplementing her with cod liver oil &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=11941\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Susan McCreadie, MD: I Rest Easier NOT Vaccinating my Children&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53367,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11941\/revisions\/53367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}