MenB vaccination: dose timing help

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I can't find the answer on Google so I'm hoping someone knowledgeable can help me about dose timing.

I'm in a country where menB isn't part of the normal roster. I want to pay for it but I've just realised we're already behind the NHS advised schedule. The healthcare providers here are useless with vaccines so I don't expect to get any sensible advice. The first available appointment is when the baby is already 5 months (GPs are only open for emergencies over the summer, WTF and baby clinics won't do private vaccines). Should the second dose still be 4 weeks later at that age, and then when is best for the third?

Uk gives at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 1 year (has recently changed from 16 weeks to 12 weeks)

Other sources suggest 8 weeks between doses so dont know which timings suit you best.

You could give at 5 months, then 6/7 months and then the final dose at 1 year

Thanks! It's all a bit of a headache and the HCPs have no experience with the jab so can't advise. I wasn't sure if it was better to wait until 18 months for the last shot. Peak infections are around 6 months, so we're a bit late to catch that and unfortunately he's starting day care at 6 months. I know I'm doing the right thing, but it's galling having to pay >€500 to make him miserable with none optimal coverage

My daughter doesn't respond very well to the menB vaccine so she had her last dose in hospital. She had her 12 months vaccines separately between 15 and 19 months. The paediatrician set the MMR to be the first vaccine she gave as this was the only one from the set she hadn't previously had and then the menB next as the next highest priority to have. I would give it around 12 months. I don't believe in the UK they delay the 12 month vaccine if the newborn vaccines have been delayed

By doesn't react well I don't mean anything hugely bad. It just seems to make her feel particularly grotty. After the 16 week vaccine she screamed for 3 days and required max doses of paracetamol and ibuprofen throughout just to be remotely comfortable. Harder on me than her, we got checked out by paeds and they had no concerns, she was also quite grizzly at the time already due to allergies and silent reflux so possibly a compounding effect going on too.

You may find this information helpful
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vaccination-of-individuals-with-uncertain-or-incomplete-immunisation-status
It is the pathway we would follow if you happened to move to the UK now and your child was being offered catch up vaccines.
So 2 doses 4 weeks apart and then the 3rd dose at 12 months of age.

Thanks! That's the info I needed. I wasn't sure if 12 months was a medical choice or bureaucratic convenience. I think I've found a travel vaccine clinic in the capital with appointments so fingers crossed we can get it done much sooner!

Thanks for all your advice! The travel centre were way more knowledgeable than the GPs, the baby clinic or even the public health Office who run the national vaccine campaign. They booked me in straight away, didn't act like it was a bizarre request and could tell me exactly what the dose advice is. They're even more or less the same price as the public health vaccine centre. They might be better at giving jabs too because clients with dead arms aren't going to go back to the same place! I feel much better now, I was busy having FTM guilt/worry that my baby going to die at daycare from meningitis