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AIBU?

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to be worried - jabs

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abitwobbly · 22/03/2011 20:33

Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)
Meningitis C
Measles, mumps and rubella
Pneumococcal infection

All at the same time??!!
DS is 13months.

Any help? I am a bit worried!

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StataLove · 22/03/2011 20:35

Well, what exactly are you worried about? What are your concerns?

sungirltan · 22/03/2011 20:36

well i worried and at 17 months dd still hasn't had them. theres various schools of thought about jabs and loads of hysteria if you search the threads. i have opted to reduce and delay. we are looking for single jabs for the mmr but if we cant get them down here dd will have the mmr eventually i think but still delaying pnemoccocal for the time being

hardhatdonned · 22/03/2011 20:37

Well it's either all the jabs at the same time or the chance of all the illnesses at the same time.

4FoxAche · 22/03/2011 20:37

Yeah, they are trying to get me to give my ds them all at the same time. I said no bloody way.

He will be getting them, (after much to-ing and fro-ing) but he'll be having them one by one thanks with a reasonable period between each one.

YANBU.

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abitwobbly · 22/03/2011 20:37

I want him to have them all.
DS1 had one set at 12 months then the next at 13months. Why are they now putting them altogether?? It seems a lot.

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StataLove · 22/03/2011 20:47

Is it because they're all together that you're worried?

Modern vaccines have far less antigens in them, even the combined ones, than vaccines in the past.

Your ds's immune system copes with millions of bacteria and viruses every day. Think of all the things they constantly put in their mouths!! It can certainly produce antibodies in response to attenuated and/or killed ones.

But if you're worried, then you can always ask to space them out. Why not other than the additional time your child is left unimmunised (shouldn't really be too much of an issue but still a bit of an unnecessary risk). But I'd recommend first discussing things with your doctor. Maybe there's a meningitis epidemic in your area and it might not be a good idea to wait. Personally, I wouldn't just decide it without consulting with someone who's medically qualified.

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abitwobbly · 22/03/2011 20:54

Thanks Stata. Any idea why the months gap isn't now left??

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abitwobbly · 22/03/2011 20:55

The other thing bugging me is why they space out all the other jabs.......then not these ones?!!

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Nagoo · 22/03/2011 21:05

the live vaccines are spaced out, the others don't need to be.

the body needs to work to 'defeat' the live vaccines.

I think. ish.

StataLove · 22/03/2011 21:12

I'm not sure why the schedule is at it is - there is some variation between countries. I think part of it is to do with when is the best time to stimulate an immune response in the child, the epidemiology of the disease in the country and the side effects associated with the vaccines.

But I do think if you have concerns, you should talk to your doctor. You're entitled to have them take your worries seriously and they might tell you it's fine to space them, in which case why not do it that way?

griphook · 22/03/2011 21:19

I totally understand your concerns my Ds is due his very soon to be honest he won't get them all at the same time, I will try to space them out a bit more. I have been trying to get more information on vaccines from his health visitor but she says there is nothing to discuss. I have also been trying to find somewhere that I can get the MMR singualry but no one has the mumps vaccine as they stopped the production a while ago, with no intention of re- making it. If any one out there knows where I can get single MMR please let me know.

LadyOfTheManor · 22/03/2011 21:21

Oh I got a letter about that a fortnight ago. They said they're not going to bother leaving a 4 week gap anymore and do them all at once.

Aside from the Tetanus one I don't both with vaccines.

You can ask the surgery to drag them over a period of time, my HV said a few days ago that each jab is only by your signed consent, and you're well within your rights to sign them off one by one over a week/monthly basis.

SurreyDad · 23/03/2011 11:14

You can have the vaccines spread out. You have to ask for this, as the NHS will not volunteer the information. They do not like patients making decisions - they prefer to do it themselves.

SmethwickBelle · 23/03/2011 11:20

Your son comes in to contact with several million bacteria many of them diseases of all sorts, every day, e.g. on the supermarket shopping trolley handle that he touches, we're in contact with lurgies all the time, having a batch of them jabbed in one sitting is neither here nor there as far as I can see.

pommedeterre · 23/03/2011 12:14

I have been wondering this too as dd (12 months) has hers on Monday. I want her to have them but does seem a lot.

The only thing with spacing them out is that we'll just have more periods of grumpy/sleepy child (same reaction to all three sets so far). Almost seems better to ahve all reaction together and get it over with?

Or is that an odd way to think?!

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