To ask if YOU having MMR?

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Ok. I have vaccinated my dc according to schedule. I got an email at work today from occupational health people (not healthcare or similar) saying that if you a) born after 1972 b) didn't have 2 doses MMR and c) didn't have confirmed case measles then should have MMR now! I asked my Dad (retired gp) and he said I had one measles jab as child, didn't have mmr (although my younger brother did) - he said v v likely I was immune. However he thought slight risk of not being immune.

I am sure a lot of you fall into the category above (most people born between 1972 and 1980) - so who is having.

I don't work with children or in healthcare - I work in an office.

"I've today had a letter from Occ Health saying I have to have MMR!"

KittyB01, what sort of job do you do?

Dh has just taken dd to the docs(unrelated) and he asked.
We'll both have the full mmr even though I've had mumps and the rubella jab. If we go with Ds3 for his preschool we can make an outing of it

I was born in 1988
My mum can't remember if I had the MMR
How would I find out?

Sorry but my DS isn't vaccinated through choice. His reception teacher and year 1 teacher have both been pregnant whilst he was in their class. He has never had measles but if he did have measles either of those years and I found out his teacher was "furious at the thought that if that kid wasn't vaxed by choice they could potentially lose their baby due to something that could have been so easily avoided!" Yeah they could have checked if they were immune before getting pregnant and had the vaccine if not.

I don't allow my children to have the MMR, and I don't want it myself. Don't really give a flying toss what the government thinks. I had the rubella jab afer having DD inhospital (NHS) because i had low immunity. If I was offered a measels only jab I'd probably take it. But I won't be.

If the government wants people who don't want the MMR to be immunised against meals they should offer ameasles jab. And if they don't, then they have only themselves to blam for removing the choice.

I was born in 1961. Nearly died of measles when I was around 6. Had rubella in my early teens and was then vaccinated against it, along with everyone else at school. Never had mumps.

My eight year old has had the MMR vaccine.

Had measles when a student and mumps and a flu type virus all at tg thee same time. Was extremely ill on powerful meds and my gp visited every day for a week often bringing food etc.
My dc's were both given mmr course because my gp informed me in no uncertain terms that he visited to check I didn't need hospitalised. He explained very clearly after I was better just how ill I had been. Terrifying.

I had measles vaccine as a child in 1980. I am guessing that means I am not immune anymore. My DC has had 3 MMRs as we are in a high risk area (well we were when she was born) so is hopefully immune. I am not sure if I would have the MMR. I have Rubella immunity and had mumps as a child. Tricky one. I had to have a load of vaccines recently before going to Asia and it was bloody awful!

Nappyaddict.

My DS1 was born in 1988 and I don't think there were any issues with MMR. He just had it.

DS2 was born in 1991 and had the first one and then I heard about the autism thing. Being a cautious person I went to an appointment with my GP and phoned another GP for advice. Plus read anything I could. I decided to wait an extra year, until he'd been at school for a few months (he started in Sept 1995) so I could try suing someone if he became autistic, and then had it done. (in my defence I am a lawyer's daughter).

Well, having read this I contacted GP today as I work in a secondary school and according to my notes (why does my mum still have these I've just wondered?) I had single jab only. I was told that it wasn't being offered to my age group and if I was worried I'd have to book myself in to a private clinic and pay for it.
So no, I won't be having it atm.

I was born in 1978 but I had the MMR because I was born in Mexico and it was standard practice there. If I hadn't had it, I'd be having it ASAP.

I have had the mmr in my early twenties. it was a condition for working in childcare in the us.
should kerp me covered

There is a good summary here from the Green Book - the NHS vaccines bible.

If you were born in the UK after 1970 and had all your childhood vaccinations, you will have been immunised against measles. If in any doubt, you can have the MMR. There is no problem having the MMR even if you have previously been immunised against measles & rubella.

I've just e-mailed my doctors to see what they say. I was born in 1978 and have all? most? of my vax cards but I don't have one for Measles, just Rubella.

I was born in 1973.
I have absolutely no idea what vaccinations I had as a child. I remember the rubella jab at school as a teen and that is it. No memory of any others.

I had mumps as a child so assume not MMR. However have no scar on arm from any other jabs as some people seem to.

I was born in 1983 and had the rubella vaccine and a single for measles. I was vaccinated during the early 90s outbreak.

I was born in the 1970's.

I had no vaccinations until I was 11 (Rubella).

I had Mumps at 10 (grim).

I have not had measles yet.

I asked about MMR a few years ago and Doc would've been happy to administer but we were about to ttc so told to come back after baby born and I think finished breastfeeding.

Still haven't got round to it.

Hula the scar on the arm is from BCG (the TB vaccine), nothing to do with measles/MMR. Provided you had all your childhood vaccines, you will have been immunised against measles as a small child (single vaccine, not the one that is used now) and against rubella aged 11.

TBH, apart from those whose parents were antivaccine or who grew up outside the UK, I wouldn't worry too much if you were born in the 1970s: you are likely immune. It's people who have only had one MMR vaccine who are at more risk.

I was born in 68 and had measles jab.Don't remember anyone ever having measles or mumps.

I didn't have any jabs (b1970), but I did contract all 3 of the MMR & was very unwell with them all.

Off topic slightly, but did anyone hear Vanessa Feltz's show today about the MMR? It was very interesting, well worth listening to on Internet.

No as I've had all three diseases. Am just wondering about Dh though - hes 35 and hasn't had measles afaik

Just to add: I have now contacted my gp. She agreed with occupational health people and thought it wise to have mmr if only had one vaccination (unless of course you had measles)... Booked in for next week....

These people who are being told to get it - where are you from!

Also some people are saying they go measles twice!

Born '63 and had Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Chickenpox as a child. Then had the BCG and rubella jab as a teenager. Both DCs had the MMR and booster though DS was born in 1998 when the MMR furore was at its peak so it was a difficult decision at the time.

DH, however,doesn't know whether he's had measles. Despite being born in the 50s, he didn't have mumps until his late teens or chickenpox until he was 42 (he was really, really, ). I suspect his mother wrapped him in cotton wool.

We are in the Swansea area and (like a poster above) his GP's records were destroyed in an arson attack so no way of finding out. I rang his GP and they say he can have the MMR if he wants it so he's booked an appointment. Chances are he is immune but better safe than sorry.