Is anyone else out there not giving their daughter the guardasil vaccine? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Well, I'm not a mother but, I did see the commercial on tv, & it doesn't gaurentee it will even help, it says it doesn't prevent cervecal cancer.

So, what's it for if it won't prevent cervecal cancer? I might of misunderstood but, that's what I thought it was talking about, Preventing cancer.

My wife had cervecal cancer, & they gave her a complete

hysterectomy, now pallops are starting to grow inside her

colin.

Answer 2

My daughter will be 4, but when she is old enough i will have her get it. My paternal grandmother married at 18 and got cervical cancer. She was married to my grandfather her whole life. He was 5 years older and had been in the military. She died from hemorraging after the hysterectomy, due to her diabetes.

Answer 3

I decided not to because my daughter is 12 and does not have any interest in boys shes into video games and books instead of boys and such.

Answer 4

I don't have a daughter but if I did I wouldn't give it to her. There isn't nearly enough testing for it. I would rather tell my daughter about safe s*x practices than give her the shot and potentially ruin her health when what the vaccine is preventing is preventable with safe s*x (majority of the time).  

Answer 5

I got it because the doctor said it helps protect me.

Answer 6

I haven't gotten it, and I'm waaaaaaaaaay overdue for a check-up so.... that might explain it.

Answer 7

my mother is not giving it to me because it is not covered with our health insurance.

but i would suggest getting it if you can and your doctor says you can get it.

Answer 8

Made me think...

"Gardasil prevents HPV, a sexually transmitted disease, it is important that it be given before people become sexually active. In fact, the ACIP recommends that Gardasil be routinely given to girls when they are 11 or 12 years of age. Gardasil can be started as early as age 9 though, and can also be given to women 13 to 26 years old." "Gardasil is NOT a 'STD vaccine' in the sense that it prevents all STDs. It simply provides protection against certain types of HPV, but not other STDs, such as HIV or herpes. "

I think it should be something that a young woman 18-26 has a choice to get if she feels she needs it, OR a mother can decide her daughter needs it. It SOULD NOT be mandatory, especially for 9 year olds!(Some Schools are trying to make it mandatory!). The fact that abstanince is the ONLY way to protect yourself from STD wont change, whether you give your daughter this shot or not.

According to this article that was written December 2007

2,207 adverse reactions to Gardasil have been reported including:

* 5 girls died

* 31 were considered life-threatening

* 1,385 required a visit to the emergency room

* 451 of the girls have not recovered as of July 2007

* 51 of the girls were disabled

Read More Info At:

http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/janak...

Answer 9

If i had a daughter I would want the shot because my sister did get cervical cancer after they found the HPV virus and they had to remove her cervix and she had to go through treatments for it, it scared me that i might have lost my sister to something like that so I always said if they ever came out with a way to lower the chances of a girl getting it I would make sure any daughter of mine go that shot.  

Answer 10

I am 21 and want it, but my mom is freaking out and won't let me.. Why? I did not hear much about it. Someone tell me?

Answer 11

I would advise not getting it. I am only 12 but I dont have it. the FDA isn't as great as people think it is and vaccines can be very bad for children and can cause autism. I wouldn't take the chance. Good luck!

Answer 12

I had the option through my daughters school to give her the vaccine and I thought about it for a long time.  I decided against it because I had heard that a lot of girls were having reactions to it.  I hadn't heard of any major reactions but just that some of the girls were general unwell for a long period of time.  It was a very hard decision as I have had the Human Papaloma Virus (HPV) and needed to have a procedure to burn off the abnormal cells this virus created on my cervix.  It was scary to think that if I hadn't had regular pap smears it may have developed into cancer.  So that is what I am going to encourage my daughter to do instead.  When she becomes sexually active I will encourage and remind her to get regular pap smears, this is still the best way to prevent cervical cancer.

Answer 13

well, i don't have a daughter, but if i did, i wouldn't get her the guardasil vaccine for two reasons -- one, they're not sure what the long-term effects of the vaccine will be, especially in girls who aren't yet fully grown.  it could pose serious risks to her reproductive health.  two, getting the vaccine just gives girls one more reason to think that they can fool around with s*x without risking anything.  so for the same reason i wouldn't put my teenage daughter on birth control, stock her bedroom with condoms, or let her boyfriend sleep over, i wouldn't get her guardasil.

Answer 14

I got the 3 shots in Germany and they cover it, if there is any possibility for her to get it, do it, it can save her life!

Answer 15

my mom let me get it and because the doctor said it would help me in the longrun and it cud happen to anybody

Answer 16

Well, my daughters won't need a cervical cancer vaccine, because pre marital s*x is forbidden in our religion, we won't be raising our kids in the USA, and my daughters will be married as adults(teens in the USA). It's perfectly legal in foreign countries to marry your daughters as soon as they get their first period, because their bodies are able to bear children and give birth after they get their first period.  It's why God keeps letting girls get their period as young as 8 years old.  Anyway that vaccine doesn't prevent cervical cancer, so what's the point of giving it to your daughter?  Plus some vaccines cause autism and there haven't been that many tests done to see if it's safe for young women.  

Answer 17

i want to and i dont. i want to to keep her from getting hpv but i dont because their hasnt been enough research on it.

Answer 18

My daughter has not gotten the vaccine. I don't believe there has been enough testing for side effects / risks and she is not in a high risk category to contract HPV since she has made a commitment to save s*x for marriage.

Answer 19

i am giving it to my kid when she turns 14 so that she has an advantage and remains healthy, i mean i know some parents dont want to, but they are only thinking of themselves and that is selfish, i mean what if the girl is raped or something of the sort

Answer 20

It is not necessary. We don't have a history of cervical or ovarian cancer in the women in our family and should my daughter choose to have s*x before marriage (which she has pledged not to already but she is only 12) she knows how to protect herself. If she wants to get it at age 18-26 and can pay for it or has insurance that is her option.

Answer 21

my mom doesn't want me to get it, because they haven't done near enough testing, they dont know the long term effects of it, and it's just not very safe, u know best what 2 do 4 ur daughter, but talk to ur doctor, and do some research b4 u give ur daughter any extra shots