Chickenpox vaccine for 1 year old

[Lindah1]

Hi, I wondered if any of you had experience of getting a chicken pox vaccine for a baby at 12 months ( the minimum age for it)?
I know it's not available on the nhs which is fine, any recommendations as to where to go?
Did your LO have any after effects? Were they allowed to attend nursery? Did they pass it on to anyone else if they did come out in spots?
Can it be given around the same time as the routine vaccinations or not?
Sorry for all the questions thanks in advance x

Our GP provided the vaccine, we just had to pay for it (not cheap but worth it imo). Both DC had it done between 12 and 18 months and suffered no side effects, went to nursery as normal etc.

We’ve had both DD’s immunised for chicken pox. They need 2 jabs (but DD2 hasn’t had her second as I haven’t got round to it). No side effects and neither has had chicken pox subsequently. I’d definitely recommend it.

One question I have is whether the immunity is lifelong. I will suggest to them that they get their immunity checked before having their own DC as chicken pox can be damaging in pregnancy.

We had it done at a travel clinic.

I'd get their other 12 month vaccines done first and then have the chicken pox one done a few months later (or at least a month apart).

I thought that the effect of having the vaccine wore off and the later in life you got chicken pox the worse it is. Especially bad if your daughter has no immunity during pregnancy.

My DD (4) had the vaccine at 12 months. No ill effects at all, just had to coordinate it with MNR as they had to be 4 weeks apart.

DD has subsequently sailed through at least 6 ourbreaks of chicken pox at nursery and school, however has come down with it this week! Not badly but still spotty. So not 100% effective

Why bother
It's only cp

Why bother?

I got my DDs vaccinated because DD1 had hand foot and mouth disease which made her really miserable and CP was likely to be worse.

There can be significant complications from CP www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2066097/.

They vaccinate routinely in some other countries - the UK is often behind the curve in vaccinations.

I also didn’t want to have to take time off work with porky children - from that POV it made financial sense too.

William DS has been done because if you don’t catch CP, you can’t catch shingles. Which is awful.

I also know several people whose DC have had serious complications from CP- one of whom was hospitalised and nearly lost an eye due to infection.