meningitis b vaccine

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Hi, now that we know that oldercchildren and toddlers won't get this jab once it's introduced into the nhs schedule, who here is getting it done privately. I've found a consultant at a hospital that will do it, just wondering if anyone else has done it? Any side effects?

We've had the first dose here, due to his age he'll only need 2 doses.

Frankly it was the worst reaction we've had but I was warned about that by the nurse - within perhaps 2 hrs of jab he was floppy, running a temp, couldn't stand on leg and very distressed. I gave it at a private clinic

By the morning after running a temp through the night - he was back to normal

Iv held off on giving the 2nd dose as yet but do intend to give it as I personally feel if I vaccinate against polio which has no current risk in the UK, I can't justify not vaxxing against something which is a real present risk in the UK and not something iv ever heard of anyone having a "mild" bout of.

I also feel that if a kid reacts badly to a vaccine, they probably react worse to the illness - I think menB usually peaks in certain age groups but I forget which because I discussed this with the clinic and was initially going to wait with it being a new vaccine but I changed my mind

DD had it at 14 months, at the same time as varicella. She had a slight fever and she was a bit grumpy but nothing more than she had with the schedule vaccinations.

That floppy reaction worries me, but you're right, the actual illness is a million times worse. But I can't shake the feeling it's a new vaccine, but I suppose someone should be the first to try it. If it's going into the vax schedule at some point it will be run of the mill won't it.

I asked the clinic we used how many they had given and what the usual reactions were,

I use a clinic that is quite hot on the topic of vaccine reactions - they acknowledge them etc not give me the blanket nhs party line that "it's much safer, risks are minimal" etc so I trusted that when they came back and said they'd done between 100-200 so far (last July)

I was warned children react to this far more than the other jabs, but the reactions are generally high fever and pain/swelling if they happen. You could check this out by looking up VAERS(?) to see what reactions have been reported, and request to avoid any batch numbers that come up several times (if that's happened) I suppose

I expect now that far far more children have had it since July and that was only in one clinic so I think it's probably quite safe - all jabs carry a risk though.