SInlge jabs from your gp

[popsycal]

has anyone ever approached their gp to ask for single M, M and R jabs?
I didn't thikn that you could (naive?) but a friends of my mum's who is a doctor's receptionist says that some doctors will do it, but you do have to pay.
My doctor is very nice and knows us as a family.
What do you think? Has anyone tried this?

so they vaccinate baby girls and the immunity wears off after about 20 years- oh right when the girls reach childbearing age. AT the moment there will be extra protection as our generation will still have immunity through most of its childbearing years. I will be interested to see when the booster needs to be introduced. I would have more confidence in the vaccination system if it had some logic to it- and if the dept of health was able to keep up with latest research. (eg the latests research which shows that whooping cough has mutated and is no longer protected against by vaccination-they could at leats see how much new strain vs old strain is around- that's an important one as well as the pharaceutical industry itself recognises that pertussis is one of the most dangerous vacinations given).

You're right- my position is particularly painful. I do understand the problems with rubella- one of the conseuquences of maternal rubella is autism for god's sake- as I said earlier. However my ultimate responsibility is to my son who is too small to make up his own mind whether or not he wants to take on social responsibility. DS1 was quite possibly damaged recieving vaccinations against diseases he isn't even remotely likely to get- in other words my decision to vaccinate him has cost him his chance of life. I'm not about to make the same mistake with ds2. That's why I don't buy the social responsibility argument. I am capable of choosing a risk for myself which may harm me, but benefit others, but I don't feel it is fair to make that choice for my son's. They're the one's who pay for it- as ds1 has demonstrated. I really am beginning to think he has lost his chance of any life.

And honestly I was absolutely scrupulous about not going out with ds1 when he had rubella (or ds2- as he may have had it aswell- no rash but the other symptoms were there- just depends how much portection he still had from me).

Yes I agree davros. I think a better system would be to vaccinate teenage girls and then educate them to have immunity checks. I know many pregnancies are unplanned but surely the person who bears most responsibility to their unborn child is the mother. They could even give regular immunity checks. Of course it would be expensive.