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DCHappy2B

hey ladies,

DD had her six month pediatrician appt this week. We swapped ped's but stayed in the practice thanks to encouragement from you all, and we LOVE our new ped, Dr. Kelly. She's awesome. thanks.

 

Ok, I am supposed to take DD in for both Swine flu/ seasonal flu next week.

 

Did anyone not do either of these shots? I am on the fence, esp for swine flu and am very open to suggestions.

 

Thanks

emack

Dr. Kelly is our pedi and I adore her. I'm so glad you like her too. I feel strongly that if she has suggested getting the shots, to go with her recommendation. We did both seasonal and swine, and I am very glad. I work at a children's hospital and during swine flu season, it's pretty scary. I don't want to take that risk for DD. THey're saying we're getting a third wave in the spring that might even be worse. Therefore, if you were only doing one, I'd choose swine over seasonal. They're certain they've got the right strain in swine and there are risks involved to kids who get it.

Sofka

we did both the regular and swine flu

we only do 2 shots at a time (alternative schedule). The only time we did 3 shots was when we added the swine flu shot to what she was already supposed to get, it was the only time DD had a fever after her shots.

asolare

she got the seasonal and the H1N1, and the H1N1 booster.

here's a stat i heard that really stuck with me - it was from a guy from NIH it think speaking on the diane rehm show - your child has a  "1 in a 100,000 chance of getting a nervous system disorder (like Guillaume-Barre) from the shot, but he has a 1 in 1000 chance of DYING from H1N1."

 i never had much doubt i'd vaccinate her (i am a big believer in modern medicine) but this sort of statistic really drove it home for me. 

my numbers aren't direct quotes - but here's a link to that show so you can listen for yourself

https://wamu.org/programs/dr/09/10/07.php#27155 

tracy042206

We vaccinated for both as well.  Since getting the vacs I haven't kept up on how prevalent the swine flu still is but you never know when there may be another outbreak.  It was around last spring then went away but came back for fall so we might see another round like that. 

I suppose it all depends on how comfortable you are with the vaccinations in general.  I see nothing wrong with spreading them out if it makes you feel better, as long as you are on top of keeping them updated and getting them as soon as you can.  For us, I trust the vaccinations and even though they may get a lot at one appt it is still less taxing on the immune system than the unspecific vaccines we used to get as kids which had many more antigens (the things your immune system responds to in order to make the antibodies) than today's much more specific vaccines do.  Also like a pp said, the chances of my kid getting a disease or the side effects of that disease outweigh the risks of side effects from the vaccine.  But all parents need to decide what they are comfortable with after researching it from both angles and talking to your pedi.

LindseyJW

asolare:

she got the seasonal and the H1N1, and the H1N1 booster.

here's a stat i heard that really stuck with me - it was from a guy from NIH it think speaking on the diane rehm show - your child has a  "1 in a 100,000 chance of getting a nervous system disorder (like Guillaume-Barre) from the shot, but he has a 1 in 1000 chance of DYING from H1N1."

 i never had much doubt i'd vaccinate her (i am a big believer in modern medicine) but this sort of statistic really drove it home for me. 

my numbers aren't direct quotes - but here's a link to that show so you can listen for yourself

https://wamu.org/programs/dr/09/10/07.php#27155 

i'm curious about the chance of actually contracting the disease...if it's, say hypothetically, 1 in 100,000, then the stat about dying from it compared to contracting a hideous side effect loses some of its impact. maybe it's in the link...i'll check later when i have some time.

also, i work with an infectious disease specialist and his predictions on H1N1 are used by the CDC and DoD. he has always said that the 3rd wave will be a mutation and the current shot is not likely to be effective. he also said that even people who got H1N1 during the first or 2nd waves, before the mutation, will not be immune to getting it again, b/c the strain will be so different. 

as for the OPs question, i'm not big on vaccines for the flu so we did not do either, but i do recall that our pedi did not recommend getting it after flu season (we are about at the end of the seasonal flu season). obviously your pedi has recommended something different. i offer this just to say that there are differering medical opinions about when to get the seasonal shot.

Hey Jellisy

I am not anti-shot, DD will get all of them eventually but we did not do seasonal or swine flu.  Since I was/am still nursing, I did get them and I know my immunity is being passed to her as well.  Maybe when she is older and the shots are less frequent I will consider giving her seasonal flu.  But for now, she already gets too many (in my opinion) to have 4 (initial and booster for both) additional shots added to the schedule.  

asolare

LindseyJW:

asolare:

she got the seasonal and the H1N1, and the H1N1 booster.

here's a stat i heard that really stuck with me - it was from a guy from NIH it think speaking on the diane rehm show - your child has a  "1 in a 100,000 chance of getting a nervous system disorder (like Guillaume-Barre) from the shot, but he has a 1 in 1000 chance of DYING from H1N1."

 i never had much doubt i'd vaccinate her (i am a big believer in modern medicine) but this sort of statistic really drove it home for me. 

my numbers aren't direct quotes - but here's a link to that show so you can listen for yourself

https://wamu.org/programs/dr/09/10/07.php#27155 

i'm curious about the chance of actually contracting the disease...if it's, say hypothetically, 1 in 100,000, then the stat about dying from it compared to contracting a hideous side effect loses some of its impact. maybe it's in the link...i'll check later when i have some time.

also, i work with an infectious disease specialist and his predictions on H1N1 are used by the CDC and DoD. he has always said that the 3rd wave will be a mutation and the current shot is not likely to be effective. he also said that even people who got H1N1 during the first or 2nd waves, before the mutation, will not be immune to getting it again, b/c the strain will be so different. 

as for the OPs question, i'm not big on vaccines for the flu so we did not do either, but i do recall that our pedi did not recommend getting it after flu season (we are about at the end of the seasonal flu season). obviously your pedi has recommended something different. i offer this just to say that there are differering medical opinions about when to get the seasonal shot.

yeah, i don't know.  i was actually going to say - for a 6 month old, especially one who is EBF, not sure it's too big of a risk for contracting it.  my 20 month old, on the other hand.....it is just impossible to shield her from germs.  we are out a lot at classes, preschool, gym daycare....and she sucks her thumb.  so there is no way to make sure she stays germ free!  this also made me want to get the shot.