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Okay, got my daughter's MMR appointment through...

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AitchTwoOh · 17/02/2007 22:27

and she's only 13 months old. did i read on here that there's a Swedish study that indicates that 18 months is the best time to have the jag in order to actually be immunised?

dd isn't in nursery, so doesn't mix hugely with other wee ones, but we live in an area in which vaccination rates are dropping. so my priority is that if there is a measles outbreak she is actually immune...

anything i can do to maximise this? should i cancel the appointment and wait a while longer?

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BlueDaisy · 17/02/2007 22:29

Wow I didn't know that there was a recommedned age! Mine had theres at about fourteen months I believe.

Waswondering · 17/02/2007 22:29

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lockets · 17/02/2007 22:30

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AitchTwoOh · 17/02/2007 22:31

see, i thought they used to do it later and i'd rather got the impression from the HV that it had been pulled forward in order to make the MMR/autism link (or non-link) clearer. but i may be wrong, of course.

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AitchTwoOh · 17/02/2007 22:32

yeah, lockets, i'm sure i've heard this somewhere before.

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LaylaandSethsmum · 17/02/2007 22:36

The DoH schedule is to offer MMR at 13-15 months. You can delay of course.

Even if you delay you couldn't be sure she was immune unless you had her immunity checked.

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AitchTwoOh · 18/02/2007 20:06

bumping for JimJams, queen of MMR.

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Heathcliffscathy · 18/02/2007 20:09

aitch. i'm notoriously not pro vax on here.

so i'll stay out of this, except to say: there is NO problem whatsoever with delaying until you feel comfortable, say 18 months. if that is what you feel like doing.

Heathcliffscathy · 18/02/2007 20:09

aitch. i'm notoriously not pro vax on here.

so i'll stay out of this, except to say: there is NO problem whatsoever with delaying until you feel comfortable, say 18 months. if that is what you feel like doing.

Twiglett · 18/02/2007 20:11

I delayed till 19 months if that helps

ruty · 18/02/2007 20:12

yes my ds's immunologist [pro-vax] confirmed that MMR is more effective from between 15 and 18 months. If it were me i would wait a couple of months. vaccinated children can get measles too, and one of the reasons may be too early vaccination.

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AitchTwoOh · 18/02/2007 20:13

stay in, soph. i'd be interested to hear what you think. it's something that i've been a bit head-in-the-sand about tbh.
i'm not pro or anti vax, as such, just that if i'm going to get my head down and do it, she better bloody well be immune by the end of it...

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DizzyBint · 18/02/2007 20:14

interseting stuff. thanks for asking this aitch..i'm starting to think about what we'll do.

expatinscotland · 18/02/2007 20:15

I thought about delaying with DD1, who is 14 months and scheduled for MMR and her second pneumococcal vax on Tuesday.

But we also live in an area of low MMR uptake, which had a measles outbreak last year, DD1 is in nursery and hasn't had the pre-school booster yet.

If I were in your situation, with only the one child, I'd delay, but for us I think it prudent to go for it now, as it takes 3 weeks to confer immunity as well.

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AitchTwoOh · 19/02/2007 09:51

bump, please.

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Jimjams2 · 19/02/2007 09:59

Slightly better chance of it being effective (especially the measles bit) if given post 15 months. Especially if you breastfed.

Your HV is wrong about bringing it forwards to clear up the MMR issue. Officially there is no MMR issue. the numbers affected are small enough for that line to continue (and have to say seems to be a very successful piece of propaganda at the moment- if I'd had a pound for every time I've read recently that it's been "proved" that there's no autism/MMR link- ds1 would be having another 6 months of Growing Minds therapy......).

Immunity does begin to wane from the end of the first year- so giving it at 13 months - especially given that there is a booster given in the pre-school years anyway does make some sense.

Mercy · 19/02/2007 10:03

sorry to hi-jack your thread Aitch, but may I also ask something?

ds is 3 and still has not had the MMR. Is it too late now?

Jimjams2 · 19/02/2007 10:05

Nope you can get it done anytime. I won't give MMR, but if ds2 and ds3 reach puberty without having mealses I'll probably give them the single jab then. Remember non-rubella immune women are given MMR. Any age is fine.

Mercy · 19/02/2007 10:07

ok, thanks Jimjams

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AitchTwoOh · 19/02/2007 10:16

hhhhmmm, i think i'll leave it a couple of months then. thanks JJ. i don't think the HV was giving an official line btw, just what she thought.

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tibsy · 19/02/2007 10:42

could i also jump in please aitch and just ask if there's any truth behind the booster being more or a 'catch all' i.e. to catch the children the 13 month MMR may not have worked for.
am not against MMR, rather somebody mentioned it to me the other day and i wondered what the truth behind it was.

kandi · 19/02/2007 10:54

You could perhaps give her the pneumoccocal (sp?) now, and delay the MMR for a couple of months, especially as (ok I know it's not the official line) some recommend 4 weeks between the 2. That's what I've done with my DD. She's 15 months today, and had her PCV a couple of weeks ago and will have her single measles jab in a couple of weeks (as advised by the clinic).

Jimjams2 · 19/02/2007 13:14

yep the booster is to catch those who didn;t et full immunity the first time. If a booster was given in its traditional sense of the word it would be better to give it during the teen years.

expatinscotland · 20/02/2007 13:48

DD2 had her MMR and second Prevenar this morning.

Fingers crossed, so far, so good.

HV was dead fast with 'em. I like nurses who jab fast.

There was another infant waiting his turn as we left.

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