Be gentle - single MMR jabs vs combined question

[ZeussCat]

Hi

DS has had the single measles jab and coped fine, thank God. I personally don't believe vaccines cause autism - or perhaps I am on the fence over whether vaccines can trigger various conditions, as a fairly anxious parent.

I'm wondering about my decision atm and if he should have the combined before he goes to school, currently he's in pre-school and I have decided for me vaccinating against MenB was more of a priority to me so I did the single measles and left it there while I made my mind up (I space out his jabs)

but honestly this is coming from a fear that other parents will ostracise me if he was to catch mumps/rubella rather than my fear of him actually having either of those in childhood.

I'm aware that the single mumps and rubella vaccines have been stopped in the UK

Wondering if there are any english speaking countries nearish the UK where it's still possible to pay for single jabs for the other 2?

We have always planned to give him the MMR before adolescence...

Please don't bash... anyhow, anyone know if singles are possible anywhere in the meantime?

Mythical, you're still misinterpreting what I said. Nobody ever claimed that women who can't get the rubella vaccine are demanding highly allergic people be vaccinated to protect them. What nonsense.

And expecting women who can't get the rubella vaccine to never become pregnant is unreasonable and more than a little ridiculous. Calling them irresponsible, rather than calling for herd immunity against rubella to help them carry their babies safely, is a selfish "look out for number one" outlook.

I find your opinions horrifying. No doubt you think the same of mine. Let's leave it here. Goodbye.

I find it pretty horrifying that you seem to think my highly allergic children should be immunised so that women who can't be immunised can contemplate having children.

A woman who cannot be immunised has to make a choice about the risk nowhere did I say she shouldn't get pregnant. It's you who is misinterpreting.

I am not immunised against rubella because the vaccine was not available where I grew up when I was a child (not UK).

Now I am pregnant with my first child and living in the UK. Before I was pregnant, my GP did not tell me to get a rubella vaccine when I told her I was trying to get pregnant. My midwife said that I should be careful but my chance of catching rubella was low because almost everyone in the UK is immunised.

I do not think it is right to say I am very irresponsible to get pregnant when I am not immunised. It is not true. I am very careful of my health when pregnant, yes folic acid, no alcohol, no smoking, no dangerous food. Maybe my GP should have told me to get a vaccine but maybe the NHS does not pay for vaccines in adults. I don't know. I could not afford to pay for a private vaccine anyway.

I am glad almost everyone in the UK is immunised because it protects me and my baby. It is safer for me here than in my home country while I am pregnant for this reason. Women like me are not irresponsible and I had to write to say this.

You weren't offered the chance, callis. I think that's very wrong, someone should have checked your records. You weren't irresponsible because you did not know the risks. No woman can grow up in the UK without being offered the vaccine and being told why. They are the ones I think are irresponsible.

I had the jab on the NHS, I expect it's still available and I hope other women learn from reading this.

It's not available as of the end of this month in the UK and won't be again unless Merck change their mind

The only option to non immune women is the MMR to cover themse for rubella.

Just want to add that my husband had "mild" mumps as a young boy. Similar to the poster above, he wasn't that ill at the time, however the disease did irreversible damage to his testes, and he now cannot produce sperm. It's not always about how ill a disease makes a child at the time.