I saw a show a while back with a little girl who got chickenpox but hadn't been vaccinated and the dose she got was so severe she almost died. She had it inside her body (her throat etc.) as well as the usual outside...but REALLY bad. Her mother was horrified and got the vaccinations done after.

I spoke to the midwife about the risks (cos I do know someone who is disabled due to vaccination) and she asked how old he was (he's in his late 20's) and she said that they have actually changed what used to be the most common causes for this from the vaccinations now so the risk of a severe reaction is even LESS than it used to be. I battled a bit over to get Oskar done or not, but I came to the conclusion that the risk is so small compared to a higher possibility of getting something (measles/chickenpox etc.) and having such a severe dose of it that he could die.

Re: the Hep B..apparently it is really easy to contract as it's spread as easily as a child playing with a toy and the next child putting it in their mouth.

Caro...our book here is red not purple, so Lilli's may be a different colour.