Travelling without vaccination

[Louise]

We are considering going on a trip to SE Asia toward the end of the year. DD would be about 18 months old then. One of the main considerations about going is her health and wondering what others have done or would advise, as we would not be doing travel vaccines. Pre-baby we have travelled with and without the reccomended vaccinations and haven't been too concerned, but I'm more cautious when it comes to my daughter than myself.
My inital thoughts would be to ensure she has an excellent immune system, lots of breastmilk and perhaps taking a series of homeopathic remedies with us in the event of illness?
Any advice?

[magical1]

This will help



Before Going on Holiday
It may be a good idea for the traveller to visit a professional homeopath a few weeks before travelling. He or she will be able to provide constitutional treatment, i.e. treatment to improve the health of the whole system. This will enable the traveller to fight off any disease more successfully. Some people have found that taking Echinacea before travelling – either as tablets or diluting the tincture in water – is a good way to boost the immune system before going abroad, particularly if going to third world countries.
How to Take Homeopathic Remedies

Remedies should be taken in a clean mouth, and sucked or allowed to dissolve. Unless otherwise stated, the potency of a particular remedy is not all that important, and 30c remedies are good for most general use.
Remedies to Prevent Specific Diseases

Cholera – Camphor 200. Take two weeks before departure.
Typhoid – Baptyisa 30, taken three days before departure
Tetanus – Use Ledum or Hypericum after a bite or wound.
Hepatitis – Chelidonium 30. Take one week before departure and each week during stay.
Meningitis – Take Belladonna 30 if the disease is endemic in the visited country.
Yellow Fever – Arsenicum Album 30, taken one week before departure.
Malaria - Alternate weekly between Natrum Mur and China, taking one tablet weekly.
Polio – Take one Lathyrus 30c every week if in a polio epidemic area
Rabies – If there is a very high risk of being bitten by rabid animals, consider the following regime: Day 1 – Belladonna; Day 2 – Hyoscyamus; Day 3 – Belladonna; Day 4 – Stramonium. After that repeat from Day 1 while the risk is present. 200c tablets are recommended.
It is also possible to obtain homeopathic nosodes, which are specific remedies to prevent disease, and are called after that illness, e.g. Malaria 30c. However, their efficacy is not proven.
The traveller should get as much information on homeopathy as possible before departure, and before deciding if homeopathic disease prevention is the right approach for him or her.
Further Reading
A Traveller’s Guide to Homeopathy, Amanda Marks, Traveller’s Press

[gilima]

I would take SA s(sodium ascorbate) in powder/crystal form with on my travels, it is great for any kind of infection/disease and s safe even for babies!!!!

[Cobluegirl]

bump... have some friends traveling and they were wondering about typhoid and hep a......traveling to Moldova.....

recommended vax's are

Typhoid

Hepatitis A & B

Rabies (if coming into contact with animals/bats. . . he won't be)

Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)

Tetanus-diphtheria

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

My only advice if you are not vaccinating, andreally wanting to travel, is probably not practice, but is to make sure she gets most of her nutrition via breastmilk, that you eat really well, don't push a fast travel schedule, keep out of madding crowds, and take specific supplements with you.

that wouldn't be hard for me, as I've fed my second child almost exclusively (out of need) for nearly three years, so I know I can do it... but the idea makes some people baulk. Be aware that you will get very strange looks if you do that, so you may need to develop secretive feeding strategies. If so, you need to work on them from now on, so that it's not something strange your baby fights then.

be aware that when travelling some 18 month olds get very upset and wean themselves, which creates all sorts of problems.

In terms of regs and website relating to vaccines themselves, this URL may have some of use http://www.beyondconformity.org.nz/FAQRetrieve.aspx?ID=32327