Parents- HPV vaccine for girls......yes or no?

BananaBite

I have never been vaccinated for HPV, but I also never was really educated on the vaccine. Where I live, I also don't hear many girls getting vaccinated for HPV. Really it depends on what you side with, some believe there is no need if you are careful with who you sleep with while other's feel it is a well informed preventive decision for the future. Many parents still feel there is no need to receive a relatively new vaccine when it was never needed before. My mom never forced us to receive the vaccine. If you feel like it would be better for your children to receive the vaccination, even if for your own state of mind, then I don't see the harm.

Random question: Is it better to get the vaccine if your have a genetic disposition to have cervical cancer, etc? I'm not sure if either relate completely, but just an honest question.

tomteboda

Males can get HPV-caused cancer as well.

Return2Fit

All 5 of my kids received the HPV vaccine...even though it's totally not necessary.
They'd never ever.... oh yes they would!

SweetPeasMom55

My daughter was one of the very first to receive the vaccine she is also a diabetic. My daughter is now a research scientist and is grateful she is one of her few peers that received it. My nephews are now getting it.

ashliedelgado

For those worried about giving "consent" for sex in teen years... My step kids have had the series (14 years old, one boy one girl) and my 13 year old has had it. My other two daughters are not old enough yet, but they will have it. No one was told "this is an STD vaccine!" It was "yeah, you're getting another shot, and this one's a b. Sorry."

You don't have to tell your 12 year old WHAT the vaccine is for. Do you explain tetanus and polio and measles and flu? No. You just give your kid the shot and move on.

CSARdiver

HPV is a rather low risk issue; however if you have the means to get vaccinated for anything - do it!!! There is no logical fact-based rationale to not getting vaccinated unless you have some underlying medical condition or one of the willfully ignorant anti-vax crowd.

disasterman

Yes, absolutely.

ogmomma2012

wisdomfromyou wrote: »

I don't mean to start anything...(I did not read the thread)...but is it too much to suggest abstinence? Worked for many - without the vaccines.

Having lots of partners is bad period. Finding a steady, non-sleazy/non-cheating partner when ready for something serious and sticking with him - that sounds like a nice option without complications. No?

Or has this become the domain of fairy-tales in our world? ...

Yes. It is too much. You can never protect your children from the rest of the world 100%. You can preach to them and lecture them on what YOU prefer in a sex life and partner, but as the animals we are curiosity happens and I would rather my son not end up being a carrier because I chose to ignore the fact that humans are sexual beings.

AlabamaMama224

I was too old when the vaccine came along. My daughter just started her series, and my boys will too as they come of age.

brianneb304

I've researched it too and I don't think its worth the risks. But my daughter is a toddler so its definitely possible I'll change my mind, as of right now I do not intend to get it for her.

Sugarbeat

Yes, both my girls got it at age 11.

amybluefish

I just recently decided yes. Getting sick from something can be prevented I'm for. My oldest didn't get it because I didn't trust it but my youngest got it.

Adc7225

Yes, as a parent and a having dealt with cervical dysplasia myself along with watching a cousin battle cervical cancer in her 20's.

My daughter (25) was not vaccinated as a teen because in 2006 I was not comfortable with the data available at that time. But now, yes I would! Afflictions that effect reproductive areas are so much more than just the medical side it can really affect a young or old persons view of themselves when the option of reproduction is taken away without one's say so.

VeryKatie

ashliefisch wrote: »

SMKing75 wrote: »

I have 3 children. None of them are the age for this vaccine. While I am not anti-vax at all, I did not vaccinate on the schedule recommended. However, my kids are fully vaccinated at 8,7 and 4. Some other parents and I were just discussing this vaccine the other day. We are all kind of on the fence about it. I am not sure I want to subject my daughter to this at 11-12 years old. Maybe at 15-16 when my kids can make a decision about this also. I am not naive, nor am I religious or prudish. I just don't believe my daughter NEEDS this vaccine at 11. As parents, we all set out to do our best by our children. We read the literature and pour over the documentation. Not everything you read is conclusive one way or the other so you kind of have to make a decision and hope it doesn't bite you in the *kitten*. Just as I would feel awful if my child got HPV, I would feel just as equally bad if my child suffered an adverse reaction to the shot. It just hasn't been around long enough for me. And I WOULD NOT get the vaccine myself at age 40 if it was offered.

Look up the statistics of "tweens" reporting oral sex and mutual petting. Especially the girls. They feel like they won't be labeled as a prude if they just blow a guy, and then they will fit in. I read an article last week when I was down a rabbit hole at work, and can't seem to find it. It was enough to make me sit down and talk with my 10 year old again to find out if she had more specific questions than just the changes that are going on in her body and blatantly asking her if she had any questions about sex.

My mother and both her sisters had cervical cancer, and my mother lost a good portion of her fun bits to vulvar cancer. I've seen what this does. Its no different than protecting them from polio in my eyes.

I recall being at grade 7 camp (so I would have been... 13...) and one of the girls had already had multiple oral sex partners before she moved to my school. For all I knew, she might have had vagina sex partners too.

Dnarules

brianneb304 wrote: »

I've researched it too and I don't think its worth the risks. But my daughter is a toddler so its definitely possible I'll change my mind, as of right now I do not intend to get it for her.

What risks?

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kshama2001

What's the connection to the HPV vaccine and General Diet and Weight Loss Help?

scooter5106

Yes, may prevent cervical, throat, and anal cancer caused by hpv virus.

Missbright14

I have 2 daughters both only babies at the min. But 100% they will have it. There's no way I would withold something that could potentially have saved their life!

fitoverfortymom

I got it. My daughter got it. My son got it. So, yes.