Chicken pox vaccine

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Didn’t think there was one. Just done Google search and seen nhs do do one for children living with high risk people which we wouldn’t fall into but can get privately in boots and Superdrug and others. Dc about to turn 4. Anyone done it? Are there risks?

I wish I had vaccinated mine. I had it as a kid and obviously was fine so I thought no big deal.

It was awful for my kids especially my son who was two years old. He became so distressed a couple of times and it was as if he couldn't see anything. It was so horrible to be holding him and having him scream for me like he didn't know where I was.
My kids did recover fully and no long term effects but at the time it was a terrible experience.

My son had the vaccine and is fine. My main concern was scarring - DH has terrible facial scarring from chicken pox and he’s felt self conscious about it his entire life, it’s really disfiguring.

@GLTM I think you need a top up after twenty years- I don’t have any links but I’m sure I read it somewhere.

DD had hers after her 12 month jabs. We are one of very few developed countries not to vaccinate for it and WHO recommends it.

@Aussieadopter it is normal to get vaccines, but the NHS doesn't provide or even recommend the Chickenpox vaccine here. So people either buy it or go without.
My children had it

Interesting article here Op, re UK & Chicken Pox vaccine:

www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/may/15/real-reason-british-public-chickenpox-vaccine-shingles

I think it will become standard in this country soon, like many others.
People have mentioned a query over how long it lasts for, I don't know the answer to this but even if you catch CP naturally you can still get it again.

CP isn't always mild, even a moderate case is pretty unpleasant.

My youngest had chicken pox. The eldest has never caught it and now I've had him vaccinated

I had DD overseas and she had the vaccination at about two, I think. No NHS so paid for it along with all the others. I didn't realise it wasn't standard here until I came back to the UK. We only had six weeks maternity leave, and some jobs only had two weeks a year holiday - so nobody could afford the risk of having to take that much time off, when it could be easily prevented. That's how it was explained to me anyway.

My son had it free on the NHS as part if a clinical vaccine trial comparing a new version with the existing version. He was fine. I was very poorly with chicken pox as a child and my brother on law has marks on his face from it.

Thanks @SunInTheSkyYouKnowHowIFeel, probably linked to misogyny as well since mainly women will be staying home with sick little ones.

Dd1 had been vaccinated in Oz when we lived there, but she caught it, not badly but caught it. Dd2 caught it and she wasn’t too bad. Yes, you can go to Boots et al and pay for the vacirrella (sp?) vaccine, but it wasn’t really worth it when dd had hers as she still got it.

I paid for my daughter to have it. She was avoided chicken pox when it went round her pre-school and when my In-Laws decided to look after her cousin during the infectious period of her chicken pox whilst we were staying there!