How were your little ones after jab?

[Lucy85]

Hi, I have a 20 month old due to be dine next week.... But an I unreasonable for being so suspicious of this?? Flu is only flu - I know it's bad, but why do they want everyone to be jabbed?? I have heard bad things about the needles - non-paedeatric ones used - plus it's not even at my GP. There's something very strange and not right about the whole thing. Phoned NHS direct and they persuaded me there's enough evidence to have little one done .. but even so ... I am being unreasonable? (Maybe this thread is in the wrong place...)

My youngest two (dd3, just 5 and ds, 25months) had it done last week. The GP did it at the normal sugery which I thought was a bit odd, as the nurses normally do immunisations, didn't ask though, so not sure why.

Neither of them had any bad reactions to the jabs. dd3 wasn't very happy, ds cried for a few seconds then they got stickers and all was well. dd3 complained her arm was a bit sore that evening and the next day, but only when she remembered it was sore, IYSWIM. She made more fuss about the plaster coming off that she did about the jab!

I was very, very wary about getting it done.

I had mine back in november, as I have asthma so no real choice.

When my dd's turn came round (fit & healthy 4.5 yo) I really wasnt sure. But I got it done, and at least if there is another wave, then I know that we are both protected.

She had it in her leg, as the nurse felt that her arms were too tiny. Dd coped fairly well, tears and saying ooowwwwwww when the needle went in. She was a little groggy/moody for a couple of days so I just kept up with calpol for the owwee in her leg and she was fine.

The only thing is the word "nurse" now freaks her out ... I just hope she gets over that one!!

I was also very wary, but glad I had ds (2.8) done. Partly because I have a newborn and also because the nurses told me there were several little ones hospitalised with swine flu near where we live. My son also attends a nursery where bugs tend to spread like wildfire.

My son complained of a sore arm that evening but other than that no side effects. Although I dithered about whether to have it done, I felt like a weight had been lifted once it was.

I think you have to make your own decision whether its right for you. There are tons of threads on this topic you could read though.

Had 16month old done two weeks ago, decided I wanted her to be covered if we got another wave of swine flu as she goes to nursery and I work in a school. It was done by the nursery, she flinched and had a little whimper but after wasn't off colour, whingy, moody nothing. You even guess she'd had it done!

My ds had it done about a month ago. He was absolutely fine; didn't even have a sore arm. Only thing was that later on in the week he had a cold, but that had nothing to do with the jab, but probably from sitting in the waiting room with ill people before he went in and had his jab.

Lucy, we were wary of it and DIDN'T get it done. Swine flu is this year's seasonal flu and it has been milder than previous seasonal flus. general consensus among my GP friends is that if you don't get vaxed for seasonal flu don't worry about getting vaxed for this one either...some people have heard differently from their own GP but we've just looked at the actual figures rather than the scare stories and based on that it really is A LOT milder than seasonal flu and has just been overhyped. Yes, people can get very sick, yes, young children can get sick but this is the case with seasonal flu too.

I had it done in Jan, I'm pregnant and my doctor friend who works in a hospital convinced me that it was the best thing to do as he has seen lots of pregnant women with bad complications from having swine flu. My 20month old daughter had the jab too, she said 'thank you' to the nurse and was totally fine. My arm hurt for about 5 days. I can't believe that my daughter was tougher than me!

Our 2 year old had it two weeks ago with no problems, not even a sore arm. We were joking that he must have had the wrong injection as he was in such good form afterwards. It's a relief to have it done now.

My youngest has asthma, so we wanted to get him done as everytime he picks up a cold (wich is rarely anyway) it goes straight to his chest, which is one of the main problems with swine flu, so i wanted to avoid it. My oldest got done too. They are 5yrs and 22mths.

Docs at our surgery had a day of imms - literally, all docs and nurses were immunising - i was joking with the other mums there, that tesco won't know what hit them that day, as we were all off to tesco after the jabs to get treats!

Both mine were fine.
No swelling, no flu symptoms, nothing. Neither needed any calpol, as no fever or pain at all.

I was in two minds about getting it done, but after much research, i decided that if i didn't get them done and then they developed it and it was bad, then how would i feel if i had been given the chance to immunise them and had not done so.

Personally I think it's a good thing for those who need it. And it's also a very difficult choice. I don't think its a choice that any person can help you make though. You just have to research it and go with what you think is best.

I remember being exactly like the OP, not knowing what to do for the best - right up until the minute before they had it done. The Doc helped me though, by saying that in this area, people are still being admitted to intensive care with problems from swine flu, so although it's dying down, it's certainly still there.

I have had a letter for my daughter to go for the jab on Saturday, I think I do want her to have it done, but I am nervous after reading some horrible stories on the web.
Nice to see some positive comments on here.
My daughter has just turned 3.

Hi everyone, thank you for all your comments.
Ok so I took the 'plunge'(haha) ... and little one didn't even notice!! Honestly, all that worrying for nothing. No calpol needed, no after-efects, no bruises from the needle. I hereby resign from worrying about everything and anything.

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