anyone been offered or had mmr

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am scared, though having 3 dc's who had it i shouldnt be.
apparently it is perfectly safe.

I had it when i was 20. No problems at all.

why do you need it?

government advice apparently, certain nhs workers, must be nationwide.

will they check your immunity first or not?

Am supposed to have it as last pregnancy picked up I'm not immune to rubella, and there isn't a single vaccination apparently, so need MMR. May have it with DS next month...

I'm being nagged to have this. Am avoiding it as long as possible because I'm a wuss . I strongly suspect that as I haven't caught either measles or mumps when others had it as children I have some natural immunity to those. I also know I''m Rubella immune through pregnancy screening. So I can't really see the point of being jabbed.

yes, did persuade them to check immunity,
i too am a wuss

I've had 2 jabs, never had measles/mumps/rubella so have no immunity to them. They were all through training with the NHS.

well that's 2 of you at least,
and 2 wusses

I had it when it first came out. I must have been in my teens. I'm fine. My mum had already had me vaccinated against measles as a baby and I had the rubella one in school but as there was no separate mumps vaccination I was given the MMR. My mum decided that it was better than catching mumps later inlife.

I had to have it when I emigrated to the US. I have had mumps and rubella but I couldn't prove it (my medical records didn't go back that far), so had to have the full MMR. It was fine, can't remember any problems/after effects at all.

I had it a couple of months ago. Not a single side effect. Not even a slightly painful arm.

I had a flu jab on monday though and my arm is bruised and really painful. Give me MMR over that anytime!

I had a blood test recently and still show immunity from birth I would get that done first but if no immunity you should definatly get it done.

that's good to know.
i did read if you were born prior to 1970 you shoudl be immune.

but will take on board that there is no probs with it.

I had MMR between my two boys as a blood test during my first pregnancy showed I wasn't immune to rubella despite having jab at 13.

I was quite unlucky and had side effects, but just mild doses of the illnesses rather than anything that was a problem. I do remember feeling shite on and off for about three weeks. I do think it's quite unusual. Although it did make me feel a bit guilty about maybe not being as understanding of grumpiness from my DS1 in the weeks after his. Guilt, guilt.

oh no,
guilt is a very popular emotion when it coems to our dc's isnt it.