Janice's Story

Mrs Janice Everitt, mother of Dulcie and Honor:
"The issue of whether to vaccinate or not was raised in 1997 whilst I was pregnant with Dulcie. I had been visiting Tina for a short while before I conceived and had been impressed with the homoeopathic alternative to conventional medicine.

As is usual with a first pregnancy, I read avidly about what I could expect to happen during the various stages of pregnancy, labour and delivery and also about the first 6 months with a new baby. I began to feel uneasy about the vaccination programme prescribed for babies and started to read more about this also. There had been some adverse publicity about the MMR and DPT vaccines but it was not as high profile then as it is now. My husband and I discussed whether we should let our baby be vaccinated and felt strongly that we didn't really want to but were unaware of any alternatives. My major concern with the vaccination programme was that if my child were to be damaged by a vaccine that I had misgivings about I would have been unable to forgive myself.

During a subsequent visit to Tina, I relayed my anxiety about this issue and Tina mentioned that she was in the final stages of writing a book about this very topic. I requested an early copy and read the book from cover to cover almost without a break. Having been a patient of Tina's myself, I had (and still have) immense trust in her judgement and integrity and felt that I would feel more comfortable following the homoeopathic 'strengthening' programme rather than undergo the vaccinations themselves. We discussed this at home and decided that we would take this route when the time came.

I feel strongly that my decision not to vaccinate was the correct choice for my family. My health visitor was a bit concerned with my decision but thankfully admitted that she knew little about the other side of the arguments so didn't give me too hard a time. Equally, whilst my doctor invariable shakes his head and 'reminds' me that they are not vaccinated, I have not been subjected to any bullying to 'toe the line'. Meanwhile, friends who were completely bewildered by my decision in 1997 now find themselves in a similar situation with their second children in 2001 and are concerned about the effects of the MMR vaccine.

I, like any other parent, sometimes wonder whether I am making the correct decisions for my children. However, both Dulcie and Honor are unvaccinated, strong, active, intelligent and healthy individuals. I guess I can't ask for any more than that!"

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Tina Head, homoeopath:
Dulcie and Honour are two lovely healthy little girls that I have had the privilege of treating since their birth. Dulcie, despite being unvaccinated, needed a lot of help in the first two years of her life, which clearly demonstrates how children are born with inherited susceptibilities that can also cause them to be susceptible to the side effects of the vaccinations. Her story is as follows:

She had a difficult birth as she turned to the wrong position just before the labour started. (Interestingly enough she very much has the character of someone who does not always want to co-operate!) After many futile hours of labour she was eventually hauled out by the use of deep forceps and episiotomy to be greeted by an exhausted but happy mum and dad.

She was rather blue with a pointed head, a large red circle on the crown of her head and a badly bruised right eye. She also had slight jaundice and was in an incubator for a while and had some trouble establishing feeding but got there in the end. She spent the first week of her life in hospital.

Then a week later her mother developed an infection, was put on antibiotics. Dulcie then got conjunctivitis and a rash and was herself given antibiotic drops. Not an easy start. 2 months on was the first time I met her.

When she first came to me she was feeding well but had some colic and a rash. She was also having some cranial osteopathy to help rebalance her traumatised skull. Over the next few months with Homoeopathy and Osteopathy all her problems resolved and the parents decided not to vaccinate. She was then in good health and growing well.

Then at 8 months old she developed a green nasal discharge and conjunctivitis, was again given antibiotics eye drops that did not help and soon after developed a large swelling behind her right ear. This turned out to be a mastoid abscess and she had intravenous antibiotics in hospital, which cleared the infection very well.

At this point the parents had not thought that Homoeopathy could have helped with this situation and as it was dramatic took her to hospital where she received excellent treatment.

I then saw her soon after and gave them some homoeopathic remedies to use if it happened again, some remedies to clear the side effects of the antibiotics and a stronger, deeper remedy to strengthen this inherited weak point.

Two months later she had a bad chest infection with rapid heart beat, deep cough, swollen glands and generally unwell. This time we used Homoeopathy and she recovered very well. I then gave her another deeper, constitutional remedy to strengthen her tendency to infections.

Two months later she developed a rash that quickly turned into eczema and spread all over. But she was well in herself. We then treated the eczema very successfully but it took a good 8 months to completely go. All this time she would have colds, coughs and viruses on and off but none seriously, all responded well to Homoeopathy and no more mastoiditis.

By 15 months old she was really coming right, strong, healthy, stubborn and growing beautifully. We continued with deep, constitutional prescribing and she has gone from strength to strength.

Dulcie is now 4 years old, in perfect health and a real character. When you look at her family background it's very interesting. Firstly her grandmother on her father's side was deaf early on from mastoiditis! On his side of the family there was also cancer, dementia and hay fever and from her side lots of heart problems, diabetes and thyroid problems. Dulcie had inherited a lot of weaknesses from both sides of the family but in particular from the grandmother. These would indicate possible reactions to the MMR vaccination (mastoiditis) and the whooping cough vaccination (Hay fever/eczema).
Because the parents decided to use the well-tried and well-tested system of creative medicine, Homoeopathy, Dulcie was given the opportunity to strengthen these weaknesses and resolve her difficulties.

Had she been fully vaccinated with 21 different diseases plus all the toxins, metals and animal matter that are included in these vaccinations I doubt she would be so healthy as she is today. Both parents then had some Homoeopathy for themselves and their second child Honour despite also having a very difficult birth, has not had the same problems as Dulcie and at one year old is thriving. She has had one mild cold that she dealt with herself with no problems and all the systems of her body work beautifully. The best time always to treat a baby is 3 years before it is born! But it's never too late.