Booster Jabs

[kizzie]

Hi everyone - Im feeling very very guilty. When my twins were due to have their 1st MMR jabs i worried about it for weeks and read everything I could on it. They are now 4 and today took them for the boosters (without much thought beforehand Im ashamed to say.) I was really shocked that they had MMR/ tetanus / polio and diptheria all at the same time. This seems like such a lot to me. Is this common - do all doctors give all thee together? Also is the debate about MMR as strong with the booster as woth the first dose.

Also one of my boys spit out the polio liquid in the surgery and the nurse gave me another dose to give him at home (she did say that she isn't meant to do that but she does it every now and again if she's having problems.) Anyway he also spit out this other dose at home. I called the nurse and she said that as he probably got a little bit each time 'he should be ok'. Not sure if I should insist that he gets more (maybe half a full dose) or whether that really isnt necessary.
Any thoughts welcome.
Kizzie

[LIZS]

ds and dd have both had their boosters - ds at 4.5 and dd at 19 months , as they have recently changed the schedule here (CH) to give the 2 doses only 6 months apart. In each case they had a dtp booster at the same time about which i was similarly concerned. Fortunately neither reacted badly despite the fact that dd had had a bad reaction to 1st MMR within days. Having said that dd did get a cold a week or so later but more likely to have been courtesy of ds.

Sorry can't advise on polio issue but hope all turns out ok for you,

[Jimjams]

Hi- for what its worth yes I do think it's too much. TBH though the baby jabs worry me more (DTP polio hib men c all at the same time). Just beause some of the boosters probably won't be doing very much as they will have worked first time round iyswim. Having said that my views on vaccination are at odds with many people so no surprise there really

Polio- hmm I would be a bit worried about whether protection has been provided (although there may still be immunity from the first batch of jabs). However- polio is all but gone from the UK (I think all the UK cases of paralystic polio in the recent past have been vaccine induced). If however you were planning to travel to somewhere like India where there are still cases of polio outbreaks it might be wise to check immunity. You could ask your dr for an anitbody check. Hopefully they would agree to provide one- it involves a blood test.

[kizzie]

Hi thanks so much for answering. They both seem ok so far so hopefully no problems.
Im going to ring the surgery again this week and say not 100% happy that hes covered.
Thanks again.
Kizzie

[eve2]

Got my appointment for DS1 today for his boosters and the surgery have given the option of not having them on the same day.

I was surprised when I got the letter though, 1st thing I knew of an MMR booster.

Does anyone know if it the booster poses the same issues as the MMR at 1year.

[Jimjams]

yep same issues eve2. There are some documented cases of children regressing after the booster doses. I think some are off to court this year- they won't win though becuase class actions never do in this country.

FWIW the number of cases ofregression following the booster are far lower than following the first jabs.