Anyone given their baby separate vaccines?

[CerealB0wl]

As a baby in the mid 90s I was given 5 vaccines at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 16 weeks. These were for diphtheria, pertussis, polio, tetanus and HIB. My newborn is due EIGHT at the same time! I'm not keen on this relatively new 6 in 1 vaccine. What happened to the 5 in 1 and why is hep b included for newborns? I'm also not keen on the side effects of the men b vaccine. I had a dangerous allergic reaction to a vaccine as a teen so I'm worried about this for my baby too.

Has anyone successfully asked for vaccines to be separated or decline certain jabs without declining all of them? I still want certain vaccines so I don't want to completely decline.

P. S. Please don't make this a pro vaccine/anti vaccine debate. I just want to hear others' experiences. Thank you.

Its better to have them all in one go. It's cruel to have them separate

I spaced out our vaccination schedule as far apart as I could, and had separate MMRs. GP was fine with it once I made it clear I'd be having the vaccines, just in our own time.

So you would prefer to put her through getting stuck with a needle over and over and over again when it's not necessary?

Makes sense.

I had the combined MMR but I did read that many parents paid for them to be done separately

My DD was born around the time of the (false) debate over MMR and Autism, i paid to have separate vaccines, about £30 each i think... the argument at the time, seemed strong but obviously wasn't.

Why do you think there may have been so few cases?

Single mumps hasn't been available for many years

Any idea WHY Polio has almost been eradicated?

Go on. Have a wild guess.

Could you link to the research you did?

@Kerrygarryevaamelia21 and this is why things like measles (and other illness that do all sorts of harm) that were on the decline and almost extinct in this country are back on the rise.

Ffs, these vaccines have been around for decades. They have saved so many lives and stopped deformities and complications from the illnesses.

Risks of side effects are so incredibly low and the benefits clearly outweigh any risks.

(Not aimed at OP in any way, at least she is planning on vaccines in some way or any other)

I think Nuffield hospital have an option to do them separately.

Hmmmm
I wonder why there's so little polio about
Could it be because good parents get their child vaccinated?!
FFS

We did some separates and a different schedule. However, both of my nieces had severe vaccine reactions, so much so that they required hospital treatment and all further vaccines were given in hospital. Eldest niece didn't have all of her vaccines as her reaction increased each time and she was gravely unwell. Additionally, my Dad and I have both reacted badly to the same vaccine. It was decided that my dc needed theirs done slightly differently to avoid adverse reactions.

That would be pretty impressive, given that single mumps and rubella vaccinations aren't manufactured anywhere in the world................
https://vaccineknowledge.ox.ac.uk/mmr-vaccine#Key-vaccine-facts

Vaxelis is a brand - same vaccination as infanrix hexa!

I’m wrong then , they had something like this in the past, it was mentioned by one of school mums but I never asked for details.

@CerealB0wl I give baby vaccines and while I don’t recommend they be spaced out I do do it if that is what the parent wants. Recently I had a baby who was having one jab every 4 weeks as the mum wanted. By the time the baby was having the ones she would have been normally having at 16 weeks, she was recognising me when she came in and already crying. Distressing for all.

Yes and nurse was more than happy to oblige.

If you have a bad reaction to a vaccine, they will then know which one caused the problem - rather than trying to second guess out of the 4 or so all pumped in on one day.

You can't get the mumps vaccine separate though just to be aware.

Someone on these threads always has one of these stories - Whatever you decide please get them done. My uncle can’t use his arm thanks to polio. My aunt has hearing loss from measles, my husband lots a testicle to mumps and my ex’s baby sister died of meningitis aged 2. There are very sad stories :(

However, my sad story is that my brother nearly died thanks to the measles vaccine and developed meningitis - caused brain damage. My mother is absolutely adamant he was a perfectly normal child before the vaccine. My best friends' little girl lost all of her speech and hearing as a result of the MMR vaccine. She decided it was simply a coincidence and still did her son a year later - he ended up in a coma. She decided not to bother with child no 3 let's just put it that way. Her little girl is nearly back to normal, her little boy has lasting brain damage.

No one know how YOUR body will react to a vaccine. No one. At least if you space them out, you can monitor the adverse reactions a lot lot better.

Trust me, seeing them scream having 2 needles at a time is bad enough. I can't imagine going lots of separate times.

DD screamed so loud for each jab, she's had her 8 week and 12 week ones and due her last lot in a couple of weeks and I'm already dreading the screams and the little fever/sadness/grogginess after. - Honestly?! Maybe if you only took them for one jab they wouldn't be screaming and quite so bloody unwell. It's not rocket science!!! My two never screamed or cried and we not unwell with any single vaccine at all.

Coffee, you're probably right. My DC are not little anymore.
Like Show mentioned, DC1 had adverse reactions to most of the early vaccinations, which was the reason I decided to space them out ‐I didn't start out with a plan to delay and have been very grateful for the vaccinations and boosters I've received in a professional capacity, working with children in a deprived inner city area. DC2 always seemed fine with the jabs, but as I'd spaced with DC1, I carried on with DC2.

I'd rather get my DD's done as quick as possible and over with, she needs them all so makes sense to get them together rather than keep going back/keep being injected.

Why are you being rude? It's not about common sense, I didn't judge anyone for having separate jabs, I just gave my opinion on why I'd rather have them done all together.

Eight, crikey. Both my older two reacted badly to their 3rd lots of jabs (one ended up in hospital) . With my third child I insisted they did them separately and didn't have the same issue.

There were 859 cases of Polio in the US alone in 2022 and increase of 23% on the previous year. Your research seems to be very lax, no wonder you're not sharing it here.

I have an experience that you can always get a jab whenever you want it. Want an appointment with paediatrician- won’t get it easily and have to wait ages, want a jab - you get a next day appointment

research YouTube videos of people who agree with me

fixed that for you!

Funny that .... someone's making money

Yes we did this

We started later at 12 weeks not 8, declined the rotavirus (due to bowel and allergy issues) and we split all the other vaccines doing each a month apart. We then did the 1 year vaccines at just over 2.5 years

We will do the pre school booster a little later too age 4-5 probably and split those too