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Chicken Pox Vaccine 60 days befor cycle?

amb2013amb2013 member
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Possibly my first bump in the road, pun intended.

Supposed to start prepping for an April FET. Today, REs office called to let me know that my bloodwork came back indicating that I am not immune to chicken pox. My level was .9 and I think they look for over a 1 for immunity.

The nurse said my options are to get vaccinated, which will delay FET by minimum of 60 days. Or sign a waiver that I refused vaccine, but keep in mind that if I do get pregnant, and contact chicken pox while pregnant, it could cause birth defects etc...

Wondering if any of you faced this decision and if your clinics test for this.

Obviously a 2 month set back is painful, in IVF years, that can feel like an eternity. but if I have to worry about this for 9 plus months, I might lose it and a healthy baby/pregnancy is my top priority.

Side note, I'm curious why this didn't come up during my first IVF cycle last July. I'll have to ask the office tomorrow what my levels were last year. I did have chicken pox as a kid, very mild case, but it's making me wonder.

Curious if anyone had to make this decision and if they don't mind sharing Thanks!

 

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    Italian'sMrsItalian'sMrs member

    This came up for me before my FET.  The thing is though, I had chickenpox and I was around my sister and brother who had really bad cases.  I signed the waiver though.  After 5 years of IF, you'd think 2 months wouldn't matter but it did

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    frenchy6frenchy6 member
    I also had this issue. I found it really weird since I did have chicken pox as a kid and even confirmed it with my mom. After talking it over with DH we decided to move forward 2months was too long! we figured I'm not around children very often at all and
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    RosyGlowRosyGlow member

    Tough call, and of course it's personal, but frankly...our mothers didn't have access to this kind of thing, and adults don't get chicken pox very frequently. Today's world of vaccines is so different...keep in mind that not only did our parents NOT ha

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