Vaccination/Flu Shot

Re: Vaccination/Flu Shot

• wittyschaffy member

  February 2013

  https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/09/04/peds.2012-2308.full.pdf  

   

  First page talks about caregivers of infants for the flu

   

  I'll keep looking for tdap. 

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• MrsWindyCity member

  February 2013

  This basically says the new rec is that people 65+ get the tdap shot.

  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6125a4.htm

   

  and here's something about mercury/thimerosol - which is not routinely used in vaccines (and you can get a thimerosal-free flu shot): https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/thimerosal/

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• CBomback member

  February 2013

  I'm pretty sure you can request a mercury-free vaccine. Anyway, your mom's brain is done developing - the trace amounts of mercury used as a preservative would not have any affect on her.  

  Did you speak with your pedi about this? He/she might be able to give you more specific info.

  

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• wittyschaffy member

  February 2013

  Here's one from the CDC regarding caregivers and pertussis vaccinations.  https://www.cdc.gov/features/pertussis/

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• caladpi02 member

  February 2013

  CBomback:

  I'm pretty sure you can request a mercury-free vaccine. Anyway, your mom's brain is done developing - the trace amounts of mercury used as a preservative would not have any affect on her.  

  Did you speak with your pedi about this? He/she might be able to give you more specific info.

  We have not met with the pedi yet. LO is going on DH's Kaiser insurance, as adding her to my Anthem plan would cause me to pay 400 a month OOP.

  

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• caladpi02 member

  February 2013

  Thanks guys! I just blew up her inbox. Hopefully this will work.

  

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• wittyschaffy member

  February 2013

  lol - ask her if she eats fish.    Mercury is everywhere. You can absolutely minimize your exposure by asking for preservative free versions but it sounds like she just wants to be difficult for difficulty's sake.

   

   

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• CBomback member

  February 2013

  Yeah, and does she have any silver fillings in her teeth?  If so, she has some mercury in her right now!

  

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• katie0411

  February 2013

   Hello- congrats on baby! I have never actually posted here but I was so motivated to respond after reading this. We actually sent out an email to our families simply telling them that only visitors with a current Tdap and flu vaccine would be allowed to visit in the first six weeks after baby arrives. So far we have gotten a pretty positive response and nobody has been bent out of shape about our demands

  Other than wanting to protect your sweet one, they should be keeping these up to date for their own health.

   Good luck to you! 

  (here is a copy of what is being given by my health care provider.) 

  https://dms.kp.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1399233/Tdap Vaccine Information.pdf

   

  Katie 

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  This is long, but I have included the email I sent out in case you were interested in doing something similar

   

  Hello Friends and Family;

  Well, it seems like sometime in the next several weeks would be a great time to have a baby! We can hardly believe how fortunate we are to have so many people who love and care for this Sweet Little One even before he or she has formally arrived. We expect that many of you will want to stop by either the hospital or our home (or BOTH!) in the days following Sweet Little Ones arrival. And we can?t wait to share him or her with you!

  Given our backgrounds in medicine we may have a slight tendency to be a bit, shall we say, anal, in the first 6 weeks of Baby?s life. We have no intention of keeping anyone from seeing Baby, but please understand that we will be following some general guidelines for visitors. First, please do not visit if you are sick or recently recovered from being ill with cough, fever, or congestion. Second, we will be requesting that everyone willingly and thoroughly practices good hand washing or uses hand sanitizer prior to interacting with Sweet Little One. Lastly, we are requesting you wear a mask if you do not have up-to-date flu AND pertussis vaccinations- even if you do not have symptoms of either. (If you have had a recent tetanus shot you will have also been immunized against pertussis, as it is a combo injection.) Again, we are well aware that this seems overzealous and maybe to some of you a bit overbearing, but the sad reality is that babies easily become very ill and sometimes die as a result of the flu and pertussis (aka Whooping Cough) and it is preventable with a simple shot. Children less than 6 weeks old who develop a fever are required to be admitted to the hospital AND suffer through having an IV placed, endure multiple blood draws, have urine collected by means of a catheter and spinal fluid collected by means of a lumbar puncture. Obviously, our hope is to avoid any unnecessary pain or interventions to Sweet Little One and your understanding and cooperation will help us ensure that. Again, we are so thrilled to allow you all to be included in the excitement as Sweet Little One makes his or her debut, and we have no intention of prohibiting anyone from being involved. (We aren't that terrible!)  We hope you understand where we are coming from- having experienced the extreme sadness of seeing newborns as ill as we have, it will be a wonder if we ever leave the house

  Thank you in advance!

  
  All our love and appreciation, 
  Mark and Katie

  (By sending this out now, you still have time to get either vaccine if you are missing one or both. And don't do it only because you are dying to spend time with Sweet Little One, but because you recognize how important it is for your OWN health, too!) 

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• katie0411

  February 2013

  A slightly updated version

  https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-td-tdap.pdf 

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