Single measles jab - anyone care to share MMR or measles jab experience?

[longshot]

DD has had this today because her sister has a very bad reaction to MMR and I have chosen to do them individually. She has just turned 3yrs.

I am now so worried about how she will react mainly based on her sister's experience. She has had all her other jabs and been mostly OK with them.

I am interested to hear what side effects people noticed and at what stage? (not just the awful ones, if you child was fine then please say so!!) I think I am looking for reassurance as I feel quite guilty to have given her the jab which I know is ridiculous as it's not going to be as bad as proper measles!

I am having my twins have their measles and rubella joint next week. Then measles top up a year later. Do you know we can't get the mumps individually?

Where did you get that done and what was your reasoning for doing so - what sort of reaction are you calling 'very bad'.

I understood it wasn't available. DD was allergic to MMR and we are still trying to give it to her at the age of 12 (never had it other than under her skin on her inside wrist). We have recently been referred by an allergy consultant to a hospital with a PICU and a tip top allergy dept for it.

I get slightly pissed at precious reactions to MMR when we are actually in a situation where it isn't possible.

Not that having it outside a hospital environment with a PICU is possible for us at all. I am just at the 'choosing', as I understand it isn't available singularly in a hospital setting which is entirely the setting you need for a 'very bad reaction'.

Just a thought, is it possible that they may grow out of the reaction?
Mumps is more serious when older so they could maybe get the MMR as preteens?

"I get slightly pissed at precious reactions to MMR when we are actually in a situation where it isn't possible."

In your case you are perfectly justified in doing what you do. People get pissy with parents who choose not to have their perfectly heathy, non allergic children vaccinated with the MMR because it increases the risk for children like yours because it reduces the herd immunity.

Our daughter seemed to go backwards developmentally after the me at around one year. It really worried the hell out of us. She's 20 now, got a's in A levels and off to uni this year. My youngest child had no problem at all with the same vaccine.
The one mum in my circle who did not get her child vaccinated ended up with her baby getting ill and going deaf in one ear, permanently. Verdict: Get children vaccinated and try not to tie yourself in knots over it.

I know I am entirely justified lonicera. We have had the professor of drug allergy from Addenbrookes involved and have still tried every two years as recommended by the consultants we see - hence the preciousness because of a sibling’s ‘bad reaction’ pisses me right off.

Wow aged tawny, I’m not sure how to respond...is you read my OP you’ll see my DC has been vaccinated today.

My other DC (elder sibling) has milk and lactose allergy which we didn’t know when she had the MMR and may have been the reason for adverse reaction, she lost a significant amount of weight from vomiting / diarrhoea for weeks, was feverish and lethargic for 3 months post jabs, in hospital for part of this. You seem a little perturbed by me me asking how other children have reacted to the measles jab? My DC has had it so there’s no point lecturing me that she should do?!

With regards to mumps and rubella, I am planning to give her the MMR at age 6 (as advised with private doctor) if all goes well with measles single jab which I am sure it will do.

Aged tawny what is your daughter allergic to?

I never understand why people get so funny about how you vaccinate, as long as you do!

FWIW DS1 didn't react at all to the individual jabs (but he has no allergies and it was a long time ago now)

Thank you Kakuna

Apologies Longshot, I was rude. Multiple allergies with an epipen including dairy.

But I really do at choosing not to give the MMR to a child without allergies - your child, your choice of course. If the medical professionals had any concerns at all you would be having it done in a hospital setting.

AgedTawny, you are rude. This is a parent who has seen one of her children react seriously to a vaccine. You can all you like but this should be taken into account when choosing to vaccinate subsequent siblings. There is no way of predicting the fact of or the severity of future reactions or the long term impact on the child's health. I have a child who is severely allergic to a number of things, and I can assure you that I know a lot more than you do about the risks associated with those things to my child. Any consequential risks to your child are not of primary interest to me.

In my experience medics take familial risks into account Forgiveness.

People are individuals, just because I have an epidemic for shellfish doesn’t mean that my sister has to avoid it.