To be worried about vaccines? (1 year vaccine)

[Mrsbarkerbakes]

My little one is due their one year vaccine tomorrow… I have been dreading it and putting it off for quite some time… my fiance and I were even hesitant about the last couple of one’s and if they were absolutely necessary.

I have quite a few reservations about it — first born has obviously been vaccinated against everything and anything but for some reason with my current one I’ve got major health anxiety and I’m terrified of any allergic reactions or reactions in general and if the vaccine has changed since… my LO had a hot, red lump on the site of injection for the 16 week vaccine and it really terrified me.

Of course I’m terrified anyways for her to catch any of the illnesses it protects against… I suppose I’m just double checking the reactions again as my first born was a while ago…

And some reassurance any recent littles were absolutely fine and how long it took for them to recover. I hear this one can take weeks for the littles to resume to normal. x

My dd was over any form of upset by the time we left the nurses office. She didn't have any reaction in any way. I have however never forgotten as a child my sisters class mate younger sister dying of measles due to not having the vaccine. The pain of her parents on losing their daughter and the impact on our small village. This was early 90s. We so lucky to be able to have these vaccines free and they save lives.

DD did react badly to vaccines - not in a dangerous way, was just really quite ill for days after she had any of them. I ended up going privately to get them done separately which lessened the reaction - eg: instead of the typical MMR combined vaccine she had one for measles, one for mumps, one for rubella etc spaced a few weeks apart. If you’re very anxious this could be a better way to do things, albeit expensive.

Any reaction to them is short lived and can be manage. The benefits and protection from them can last as lifetime.

My little ones were fine with all their vaccines.

Vaccination is something that often feels odd because you are doing a difficult thing (getting needled) and if it all works, the result is - nothing. No illness, no bad things, just a good kind of nothing. That is an odd one for the basic primitive parts of your brain to deal with. But if you are smart and know the vaccines protect you, you get them anyway.

Side effects of vaccinations are nowhere near as bad as the actual, crippling, potentially deadly diseases they prevent.

There are cases of bad reactions to vaccinations, but the pros outweigh the cons.

Thanks all for your input — like @FlatWhite5 my LO has had high temperatures following for a few days and reacted badly. Mostly where anxieties are stemming from, I suppose.

Will proceed today and give some Calpol beforehand. Fingers crossed all will be well. ❤️