Most mothers want to do what is absolutely best for their children, it seems to be part of that maternal instinct that kicks in upon holding your precious bundle of joy.
I know for myself my babies are my world, my life, my everything. Since becoming a mother I fear so many things for them from simple things like getting their feelings hurt, heart broken, hurting themselves ect to the big things of what would happen should something happen to me or their dad, to what would happen to me if they became ill or god forbid something more serious. The thought instantly brings me to tears.
We are going through a bit of a pandemic at the moment, swine flu is what it is all though they recently changed the name to H1N1 (pigs were getting a bad rep) LOL! The media is going insane with this and people are panicked. They have recently invented the vax which is suppose to keep us all safe from this (I write this very lightly) as I have done my homework on not only this vaccine but on all of them and I try not to get feared into making a choice I don't agree with. I have never once batted an eye at getting the regular flu shot and I still have no real grounds to feel I nor my kids need it.
I have however spent much time contemplating this H1N1 vax. Why.....because it is safe....NO! Because I am worried my kids are going to die.....Not necessarily!....because the media has scared me into feeling like if I dont do it my child will get sick and die...PARTLY! Rationally I know many people who have had confirmed H1N1 and survived to tell the tale but the media is going nuts over the deaths (which in the big scheme of things is not a huge number) and to be frank it is really causing me to second guess myself.
If I didn't have so much emotion and love tied into my babies I really wouldn't even question my beliefs about vaccines little on a brand spanking new vaccine but because I love my babies to pieces my role as mommy sometimes gets a little complicated.
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