Things to discuss as new parents before baby arrives

If you’re expecting, it’s important to know that there are tons of of things to talk about before baby arrives. When I was pregnant it was hard to decide whether I’d go back to work right away or not. Or whether I’d take medication during child birth or not. And it was even hard to decide who would be visiting at the hospital when he arrived.

But, there were two decisions that I found the hardest to make. I spent months navigating the internet and filling my head with information, my partner did the same. We talked to different people like doctors, family, and friends yet we couldn’t make up our minds.

This topic is very controversial and there’s so much information online which only makes harder to decide. These things are very important to discuss as new parents so, it’s important that you start your research now. I am sharing with you very useful information to help you expand your knowledge on this matter. It will help you make the best decision before baby arrives.

New Parents Must Discuss This Before Baby Arrives

1. To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate

My partner and I had many fears when it came to vaccinating our newborn. We did research and learned about why we should vaccinate our child, as well as why we shouldn’t. We studied articles and watched documentaries that talked about a possible correlation between vaccinations and autism.

It was hard. Not to mention I personally know people who claim that vaccinations caused their child’s autism. And there are thousands of other parents who claim the same.

There isn’t however any studies today to prove that vaccines are linked to autism, but parents have reported a huge change in their child after their routine inoculation.

No Link Between Vaccinations and Autism Study

Simultaneously, we were reading new studies that show no correlation at all between vaccinations and autism. Dr. Sophia Jan, division chief for general pediatrics at Cohen Medical Center in New York says that this study proves that there is no association between the two.

This study shows that of 657,461 children less than 1% of children who received it were diagnosed with autism. The study also revealed that there were no higher chances of autism in the child after the vaccinations.

In fact, Dr. Sophia Jan also mentions that the the myth that vaccinations have an association with autism is only a rumor. It was started by a former physician named Andrew Wakefield.

Wakefield published a study to the Lancet Journal in 1998. He altered and misrepresented the information. That journal was completely retracted due to false information and he even lost his medical license.

2. How To Vaccinate

After reading information on both sides, we were still conflicted in making a decision so, we extended our research. We then came across other articles that helped. We read that too many vaccinations at once could possibly be overwhelming to the immune system.

You know, babies get up to 5 vaccinations in one visit. So we thought, maybe its not the vaccinations that cause autism, maybe its the amount that they put into the body at once.

We wanted to avoid anything that can possibly go wrong. So we eventually decided that what was best for our baby was to get him vaccinated. However, we followed a different schedule to space out the vaccinations.

We took precaution when making this decision for our baby. We kept him home as much as we could and only allowed immediate family to visit for the first few months.

Some of the vaccinations were chosen to be delayed randomly just to space them. Other vaccinations like the POL-IPV (Polio, Inactivated virus) we decided to delay because we don’t have polio in the US and we were not traveling during that time.

Did it work?

I honestly don’t know if spacing out our kid’s vaccinations prevented anything that could have happened. But everything is great, my baby is healthy and I’m happy with the decisions we made. I hope that with the information above you can make the right decision for your child as well.

Good luck!