...talking of vaccinations...

[gingergiraffe]

Interesting thread about a young child receiving or not receiving childhood vaccinations. With a recent increase in cases of mumps I had a serious think about the vaccinations my three children received. All now in early thirties! The first, born in 1983 had all the necessary ones but back then she only had a measles jab as a child and the rubella one as a teenager. So no mumps jab. ( it wasn’t available.)I advised her to contact her GP and he has given her a MMR jab.

First son was given the MMR aged three with his younger brother in 1989 which is when that vaccination first started. Second son had his pre school booster aged 4 but I can’t remember if son 1 had his as we moved areas around that time. I have advised him to enquire at his GP’s to see if it is in his medical records and if not, also ask for MMR.

Apparently these jabs are free on nhs even as adults. Worth looking into I feel. Mumps as an adult can be very serious and Measles and Rubella too, especially for pregnant women.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/childrens_health

Worth looking into I feel.

Don't you have a booklet or something with records of immunisations? In Germany all babies get one at birth and you keep it forever. When i go for my annual well-woman check up at my GP they always tell me to bring it, and i get any boosters or whatever i need at that time.

I worked as a school nurse and we did a mass vaccination campaign in 1994/95 of all school age children. This was in Scotland.

Where your children not offered this ginger?

I faithfully recorded most of my children’s vaccinations but think I missed recording the last few of the younger ones. Happy now about the eldest one and hoping the middle one checks he actually had the last pre school booster. Reports say it is never too late to get vaccinated and I would hate any of them to get measles or mumps as a result of my not having had them done.

I had my second MMR as an adult last year. The recommendation at the time I was a kid was 1 dose but shortly after changed to 2 doses. Neither me or DH (both born in 1987) had the 2 doses, but if you aren't sure, a third doesn't do any harm.

Thank you for posting this OP, I was not aware these were available even in adulthood of missed as a child. I will have a rummage through my mums house to find my vacs logs.

I also had my second MMR as an adult as my GP records showed I missed the second dose in 1989.

Yes, two doses of MMR are now recommended, so if one given as a child and one as a pre school booster that makes the two doses.