To vaccinate DD3 for the pox

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She had it when she was 15 months but only 7 spots on her torso so really mild.

I really think she might get it again at some point and am considering getting her the vaccine it's only £130 for two doses.

My only concern is that it says the vaccine only lasts for 20 years...

Or as she has had it mild before anyway would the vaccine even work?

And the whole getting it as an adult especially being female is bad isn't it?!

Has anyone else vaccinated against chickenpox?

Hope you mean chickenpox...... Cos The pox is something completely different!!

Vaccinated DD2 after DD1 really suffered with it. I plan to pay for a booster for her when she’s 18. I feel so much better knowing she won’t suffer like her poor sister did (and so much guilt for not getting DD1 vaccinated in time).

If she's had it already, I personally wouldn't bother. If she hasn't had it, I would. My DC had it last year. DS2 had it first and was alright with it. Poor DS2 looked like a dot to dot and really unwell with it.

Oops, DS1 was bad with it I mean!

Yes, the vaccine will work. In a way, it might work better because it will be like a booster from when your DC got a mild case of chicken pox.

If you can afford it, then there is nothing to lose. The possibility of side effects from the vaccine exist, but they are less risky than getting the chicken pox.

YANBU but it’s probably not strictly necessary to get it done. You can ask at the vaccine centre before you pay for the vaccine.

Yup, The Pox doesn’t mean chicken pox, it means syphilis!

But the chicken pox vaccine would still be effective.
I personally wouldn’t bother but your choice.

The fact that she had chickenpox mildly wouldn't stop the vaccine from working.

I had chickenpox mildly under the age of 1 and then had it again aged 20. Thankfully there were no serious complications but I was quite ill and it was very unpleasant.

("The pox" historically means syphylis, and so it's not often used as an abbreviation of chicken pox.)

The chicken pox vaccine is part of the normal vaccine schedule for babies and toddlers here in Germany.

If she has had it she is now immune.

I thought it was smallpox. You live and learn :)

Yes sorry I did know the pox wasn't chickenpox it's just what I've always jokingly referred to it.

Didn't realise it was syphilis though. Doesn't mercutio say "a pox on your house" in Romeo and Juliet? I thought it was smallpox!

I think syphylis was initially called the great pox, then this got abbreviated to the pox.

We vaccinated our DS last year aged 12. I've already made a note to do the booster when he's 22, 32, and then he has to remember himself ha ha