Speaking of vaccinations

Stina4242

Do Drs automatically give just the vaccs mandatory for school or do they give more?  I want to decide what they get and don't get.

My plan during the consult was to ask for their offices vaccination schedule and getting as few at a time as possible.  Does this sound crazy?

I am not sure how I feel about them, it scares me to think that I could be having my baby get something that could hurt them,.... so I don't know.

luvmagoldn

Your pedi should be able to give you their vacc schedule.  I would also ask whether they will participate in alternative/delayed scheduling upon request - ours does not and is very clear about this up front. 

With twins on the way (congratulations!) I would really think hard about delaying their vaccs.  You will be amazed how many complete strangers will touch newborns (in general) and twins (in particular).  For some reason people feel compelled to touch their hands, get down in their little faces, etc. 

But no, it doesn't sound crazy to worry about what goes in your LO's bodies.  But also think about what else could get in their tiny bodies without a recommended vaccination given on schedule.

Stina4242

WOW!  Thanks, such great things to think about.  I will have to talk to my husband about this stuff.  I am going to have to google some info, I don't even know how many different things they get vaccs for.

Thanks again!

 

luvmagoldn:

Your pedi should be able to give you their vacc schedule.  I would also ask whether they will participate in alternative/delayed scheduling upon request - ours does not and is very clear about this up front. 

With twins on the way (congratulations!) I would really think hard about delaying their vaccs.  You will be amazed how many complete strangers will touch newborns (in general) and twins (in particular).  For some reason people feel compelled to touch their hands, get down in their little faces, etc. 

But no, it doesn't sound crazy to worry about what goes in your LO's bodies.  But also think about what else could get in their tiny bodies without a recommended vaccination given on schedule.

macchiatto

I read The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears. That was helpful. Also helpful was the fact that DH was in the pharmaceutical industry for 12 years, mostly doing vaccine R&D, so he was a good resource too. We are on a delayed schedule but not by much; we just try not to do more than 2 shots per visit.

Polofsky

Your pedi should give you the vaccination schedule on your first visit. In my opinion, they give way too many at one time so my pedi and I have worked it out and they get 1 shot every time they go, now I know that some of those shots are combo and there's nothing I can do about that but I think it's better than getting a combo shot and then another one on top of that. DS actually had a reaction last time and had a 103 fever for 5 days after the shot so I was really glad we had decided not to do any more in that particular visit.

Some pedi's are more agreeable than others, I was actually "invited to leave" my first pedi b/c I would not agree to their schedule.

macchiatto

That's a good point; if you do want to do a delayed schedule, I'd definitely ask your pedi about it up front to make sure they're OK with that. We did, and I suggested the Dr. Sears alternative schedule. Our pedi would've been OK with that but she suggested another alternate that would spread them out a little (not quite as much) but not involve any shots-only visits. That was fine with us and it's worked out well. Though I think sometimes she forgets why we're doing it and thinks we're those people who think shots cause autism or something; last time she started to say, "The AAP assures me that these are safe, and there's really no link between ..." and I was like, "Oh, we know. Tom did vaccine R&D for 12 years, we're up on it and pro-vaxing. We just don't like these little guys to get a lot of shots at once."