Does anyone know anything about the mmr injection?!

Does anyone know anything about the mmr injection?

my son is due to have the triple jab on 2nd august and im terrified cos i have instances or autism in my family and many have occurred only after the children have had this jab and i am worried it might trigger a gene. my health visitor is very biased and as a nursery nurse i have asked other people and got a varied response. anyone had this for their children and any advice or side effects experienced???

I would definitely speak to a specialist about this. I have always worried about things like this when my children were immunized, but you have substantial cause. I'm not sure if it would be a hematologist, geneticist or perhaps a physician who treats children with autism. I would find out what the statistics are for the occurrence of autism after the mmr. If you don't get to a specialist before August 2nd, I would postpone the appointment until you are sure. After all it will be you that has to sign the consent for the injection and that relieves the health provider of any responsibility, so you have to be comfortable with the decision.