Natural Health

For us the best decision was not to immunize our children, for now. This decision wasn't taken lightly by any means, months of research (the whole pregnancy of our oldest and more) went into weighing up the pros and cons. It is however a decision that is questioned by many, including ourselves at times.

Many a doctor in Ireland and England gave me the third degree and informed me that I was basically leading our children to an early grave. These words always ring in my ears every time the kids are unwell, keeping me more vigilant than normal. Along with not immunizing we have endeavoured not to start the intervention cycle - where prescribed drugs lead to more illness and hence more drugs. We are trying to strengthen immune systems naturally thereby allowing a fever to run its course rather than mask it with Calpol, encouraging rest, good food, fluids and using natural remedies to assist the body to heal itself.

So far so good and the most we have had to give our kids is Calpol for a fever that stayed longer than I was comfortable with. We are definitely not against Allopathic medicine, often we go to the doctor's for a diagnosis and medication to have on the ready, it has after all cured and saved millions.  It's just that we feel that the human body is so amazing that given the right conditions it can heal itself perfectly, just as Hippocrates believed.  Disease is so often a  product of environmental factors, diet, and living habits that in changing these for the better you can change health for the better too.