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AIBU?

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To wonder why I was not immunized against mumps in the 80 s?

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Pitmountainpony · 13/04/2013 05:13

That is it really......I now find that I need to have it for visa purposes and as I am breast feeding I cannot have it.
How come they started doing it with the mmr but anyone before that will not have had it? seems inconsistent. Either it is good for us all to be immunized or there is no need surely?

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VestaCurry · 14/04/2013 01:38

Born mid sixties and got everything, but was soooo hacked off to get mumps twice! First when I was 5 and then 12. The second time frightened me a lot because of the feeling that I would stop breathing (the long drawing in of breath) after which I would vomit each time. Grim. Thank goodness for vaccinations, my dc's have been spared many of these illnesses.

auldspinster · 14/04/2013 02:00

I was born in 1975- had german measles and mumps in quick succession when I was 7, was very poorly with one and ok with the other although can't remember which way round. Also had a severe reaction to my measles vac when I was tiny. We got tested for Rubella when I started secondary school in 1987 and I didn't need it.

SelfconfessedSpoonyFucker · 14/04/2013 06:32

We opted out of vaccines for DS for his green card.

golemmings · 14/04/2013 06:53

Another mid 70s baby who had all bugs going: chicken pox, measles, mumps, German measles, scarletina...

There was a measles vacc but i'd not had it the appropriate time (18mo) and gp said it was much less effective having it later. He apologised and said he was wrong when I for it and he was doing daily home visits and my temp was 106...

I got away quite lightly with the others but I had mumps and pox over Christmas (not the same xmas) which was a bit miserable.

Still, I have a cracking immune system now and rarely get ill!

bumbleymummy · 14/04/2013 08:52

Sorry buskers, not sure how I read your post wrong last night! I blame the :)

Flobbadobs · 14/04/2013 12:18

I had mumps and measles as a child, the only vaccine I had was tb as my aunt was a tb nurse so the Dr gave it to me when I was about 2, and the polio drops.

foreverondiet · 14/04/2013 12:34

Someone asked why immunised against rubella if already had it? My dad is a gp and he said the reason was there are other illnesses that look similar to rubella and as rubella so dangerous when pregnant need to be vaccinated as more hassle and pain to have blood test to check immunity!

MiaowTheCat · 14/04/2013 14:39

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YoniRaver · 14/04/2013 15:02

Forever My medical records say I have had Rubella..but this was only because my DB had it at the same time I had Scarlet Fever (visited and diagnosed by GP). We then got ill again and GP said via phone that it looked like we had 'swapped' illnesses. I remember being very ill with it and my eyes being gungy everyday.

I asked for my (missed) Rubella jab prior to TTC and GP told me I didnt need it due to having had Rubella..I insisted on being tested and wasn't immune which GP was surprised at. I had the jab and now have immunity (checked several times)

So I think that I had never had Rubella in the first place (though realise I could not of just built immunity). I think its always worth checking.

This thread has also reminded me I haven't had Mumps that I am aware of nor a vaccine.

DS1's MMR isnt in his 'book' (non are officially written in his blue book like Red Books are) and I dont think its on his medical records as a few years ago when there was a Mumps outbreak he visited his GP and she said she would vaccinate him. It wasnt until he got home I told him he had had MMR

snuffaluffagus · 14/04/2013 15:33

I was born in 1980 and had mumps as a child but also had the mmr when I was about 13 when they had a national roll out. They came and did us all in school.

EmmelineGoulden · 14/04/2013 17:18

OP you might want to double check with your doctor, or find another one if the blood test ocmes back negative.

According to LactMed (a USA based and peer reviewed database of medicines and their impact on lactation, hosted by the governmental National Institute of Health):

"breastfeeding is not a contraindication to MMR vaccine."

TigerSwallowtail · 14/04/2013 17:22

It's people born after 1982 and before 1988 that really need the vaccine.

Is this true? I was born in 1987 and tbh I've no idea what jags I've had but I'm 34 weeks pregnant. Will my baby be at risk? Should I speak to my GP?

I'm not sure if it's relevant or not but I'll also have relatives visiting from Swansea once the baby is here.

AuntieStella · 14/04/2013 17:35

MMR is not recommended during pregnancy (because of the rubella component) even though there is no evidence that babies born to anyone given the shot inadvertently (eg before pg known) have been harmed.

Seek advice on when a baby should be immunised. Transferred maternal antibodies offer protection early on (and may interfere with formation of baby's own immune response), so you need advice from HCP about timing of an additional shot (it will need to be done on regular schedule as well).

You will need to ask visitors fom areas with outbreaks if they have been immunised or (if older) have had the disease. If they have, then they'll be no riskier to the baby than a random person from anywhere, especially if they have had no known contact with anyone with the disease.

TigerSwallowtail · 14/04/2013 17:40

Thanks stella, I'm having my whooping cough jab on Wednesday so will ask about it then.

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Pitmountainpony · 14/04/2013 17:45

Thanks every one- what a survey of the history of the mumps immunisation programme in the UK- or lack of it.
So it wasn't that my mum forgot that one!!

I don't think I have had mumps by the sound of how painful it is but we shall see. My 1 year old has had mmr but the problem the doc had was for me to have it and then breastfeed her- so we are hoping immigration will be fine with me having it right at the end of the application process which can take a year.He was very sweet and asked if I was planning on breastfeeding up to the 2 year mark as if that was a given I was aiming for-every other doc I have seen in the US is very unbothered what you do as long as you can get 6 months of breastfeeding in, so I was surprised he didn't urge me to have the vaccine and stop breastfeeding.

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bumbleymummy · 14/04/2013 17:50

Pit mountain, you may have missed my post amongst all the others saying that over a third of cases are completely asymptomatic so you may very well have had it without realising. :) good luck with your application!

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