Chicken pox vaccine?

[Elisabeth3468]

I'm just wondering if it's worth getting?
2 year old not yet had chicken pox. I know they can be really nasty and currently thinking about booking my son in to get the vaccine.
Opinions?
Anyone else's child had it?
Please no complete anti vax comments. My little boy has had all the recommended vaccines so far.

I didn't know it was available. My child had v.bad chickenpox and has hundreds of scars that are still visible over a decade later.

Yeh I got it. Did research and seemed like a no brainer.

I'd get it. My DD suffered really badly with chickenpox (she was under 1 so we hadn't been able to get the vaccine yet). She recovered fine, didn't need hospital or anything, but it was still a miserable time for her that I'd have avoided if possible.

Yes did is for DS as has eczema and it worked well- he didn’t get it when DD did (she was under one).

It’s not fullproof but has worked well enough. I have had shingles twice and one of those occasions DS got three pox total, 7 years after he was vaccinated.

It’s a common illness in this country but risk of infection or other rarer complications. So I think it’s worth it. It’s really horrible for them and very disruptive for parents with the isolation and can scupper travel plans as often comes in summer.

I got it for DD when she was about 3 she suffered from febrile convulsions and I didn't want her hospitalised again with something we could prevent. Plus I remember being absolutely miserable with chicken pox when I had aged 5.

Both my 2 have had the vaccine. I know so many kids who have been super poorly with pox.
Plus if they both had it separately the amount of time off work I'd need would really affect my job.

They've had lots of cases at nursery and they've both been fine. Very happy with my choice.

Yes, get it. No brainer.

We did for both ours. No brainer as far as I was concerned.

My older DC got chicken pox very badly, so we got DC2 vaccinated as soon as we could. No regrets. Mini Chicken pox outbreak in her friendship group a few years later and she was fine.

I did for my dd and myself as we discovered during pregnancy that I had no immunity. In many European countries it's included in the standard child vaccination programme, but not in the UK due to cost.

I think worth it for such a horrible illness.

Think it was £140 each for 2 vaccines a month apart. Remember to consider timing around travel as it contains live virus. Nursery had no issues with her being in though during that time.

If it had been available when my kids were young I'd definitely do it! Why ever not? I paid for my son to have the HPV too as he was too old when they started giving it to boys (he was vaccinated at 13).

Yes - we got it the day after DD's first birthday. Went to Superdrug. They need two injections in total, I think at least 4 weeks apart. We ended up with a slightly longer gap as had to give her MMR in between. It's a no-brainer IMO as I had awful chickenpox aged 11 and ended up having to go to hospital and being scarred all over.

My DS had it. No regrets!

Both my boys have had it, and have both avoided chickenpox so far despite several outbreaks at school / nursery.

For what it's worth I know multiple families whose children really suffered with chicken pox and regretted not getting the vaccination.

Many countries already have it as a standard jab and it looks as though the NHS may be adding to the regular schedule sometime in the future.

If you can afford it (around £140 in total) then do it.

Do it, do it, do it. We didn't get round to it in time and the illness was absolutely vile. So much worse than I was expecting. I ended up being off work for about 4 weeks looking after my 2 kids.

Absolutely get them jabbed.

Me 2 have both had the vaccine and all been good so far. No side effects from it and they have avoided pox after being close to others with it.

No brainer for us as well, I had it when I was in my teens and it would hideous so I wanted to avoid my child getting it if I could.

He's been through multiple bouts at nursery with no problems.

We did it, the cost equated to 1.5 days at nursery and she would have had to miss more than that if she had the virus. There have been a few rounds of it now at nursery and she's not come out with anything so I'd say it worked for us. I think it's been recommended as one of the standard vaccines now.

Great thank you. Will book him in asap.

We are in a different country where all children get the vaccination. I grew up in the UK and have vivid memories of the calamine lotion baths with three of us with chickenpox. I'd get the vaccination in a heartbeat. Where we are, i've heard of lots of flu/covid/hand foot mouth outbreaks, but never chicken pox, so clearly it works. My child had it somewhere between 6-9 months and no reaction to the vaccine. Definitely recommend.

My daughter had the vaccine (both doses) aged 1 and currently has chicken pox (age 9). But it’s very mild - less than 20 spots and she hasn’t felt ill at all. She has previously avoided outbreaks at nursery and at school but I think caught it from me as I had shingles recently. I’d still recommend doing it.

Yep, booked DS in for it at 13 months just after his 1 year vaccinations.
Wanted to spare him the discomfort of the the itching & spots and the cost of it was far less than the missed days of work would be.

I had also heard that the chicken pox vaccine was due to be included in the childhood MMR vaccine but then covid happened and the vaccine funding / 'social buy-in' was directed towards that.
Our GP nurse who did all his NHS funded vaccines suggested that it would be good to get the chicken pox vaccine.

My second DS had it! I had thought about getting it for over a year for both my DC. Lo and behold two weeks before we were due to go to a family wedding my oldest got the chicken pox. He was ok but I agree with above post it's a nasty illness and we had 3 nights of no sleep as he was crying from how itchy and ill he felt.
Anyway it has a 2 week incubation period so i knew second DS was going get it at the same time as the wedding. I was told if vaccinated within 5 days of exposure they will either not get the pox or it will be in a milder form. I thought it was worth a go. The day after the wedding second DS came out with a couple of spots on his back and that was it! They did not even blister/scab.

I only found out about it after my children had chicken pox and I would definitely had them vaccinated if I’d known sooner. My daughter has three chicken pox scars on her face and one she really hates.

My two boys had it with no issues. Really glad we did it as friends kids have had horrible times when they caught it. Also had email about outbreak at our nursery but it’s a relief to know my two are hopefully pretty immune. The gov/NHS had discussed recently adding it to UK vaccine programs

we had our done at boots and a private GP