If you live in New England, you know EVERYONE is talking about the tough decision of what to do about these vaccines. I have to admit, it took me a while to get really excited about the logistics of this trip because of the perceived explosion of this subject.

I polled everyone. I mean everyone I knew, “If you were taking your kids to India right now, would you give them the vaccine?” I asked people that are from India, people who regularly travel to India, and savvy International travelers. They all said, “Yes.”

Everywhere I read, the advice was “do it”. Until I went in to see my doc for a little check up. She said, (totally off the record) that she’d rather get the swine flu, build up natural immunity, and be done. Even for her kids. She said that they don’t know if it takes 1 or 2 doses & if the virus mutates then it won’t work. So, she opened me to thinking differently, but she did say, “If I were you, I’d get the flu & H1N1 because the question is do you want to get sick while you are traveling?” No, of course I don’t want to get sick, or have my two little angels with fevers, never!

After sitting with this information I sat with the decisions, and then at a very deep, intuitive level, I got that it just was not right for the girls. I’m sure most think I’m crazy, but what’s new. It is just not right for us. Yes, we are going to sit on a 15 hr. plane ride with same yucky air recirculating, but it just does not feel right.

So, we are not doing it. It got me thinking about all the other filters I have, and how this is just one area that I have to filter out the outside world & come within to know what is right, for my girls, myself & my marriage, and my business.

Intuition: overrated? I’m going on a big no to that.

So, vaccine preparation is done. Next, is what to bring in case we get sick. Oh, right, along with that is checking my belief system around this. Because as my dear friend Karen says, Children rise to meet your expectations as a parent.