If you dont want bub to have a neddle at birth also advise them not to give the Vit K one. Some hospitals give it routinely i have found. DS had the heb-b one but not vit-k, he had the vit-k as an oral dosage after i was discharged. This time bub will also have vit-k oral but i won't be immunising.
All mine had the Vitamine K & both my little ones had Hep B. (It wasn't around for DD1 that I remember)
I personally had all their immunisations done JIC.
Everyone has their own oppinions & choices, but all my children have been fully immunised.
The heel pr*ck test is one that every new born baby has. It tests for things like PKU & CF.
& as someone else said when referring to Vitamine K, they do have to do this at some point anyway, which means a jab.
So its really up to you. If its just because of the needle thing, it really doesn't bother them that much & they do have the heel pr*ck test.
If there are other reasons for not doing then that is your decision also.
Good question Renstar. I saw the m/w during the week and she told me about VIT K and HEP B and told me to take the consent form home and think about it before I signed.
I havent gotten round to reading the form yet, and I dont even know what ones they have at 2 mths and so on.
I dont object to vacinations, but Im also weary of accepting everything as ok. If Ren doesnt mind, can anyone tell me what else (injections etc in first few years) they have?
I figure birth is hard enough for bubs, but not sure if needle is better at birth or a few months later? I had not heard of the oral dose of VIT K, can you request that over jab or is it up to the hospital which method they use?
Can't find anything right now. Let me think.
2, 4, 6 & 12 months. 2 injections. Polio, Hep B, Whooping cough, Tetanus??
Rota Virus is an oral dose at I think 2, 4, & 6mths?
Chicken pox(Varcella?) at 18 months. Injection I think. None of mine have had it yet.
Then I think its Polio. Hep B, Whooping cough one again at 4yrs.
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I know I have most right. I just may have left some out.
Salsa google for Childhood Immuniation Schedule and it will tell you all the jabs (and oral) vaccines kids get over the years
ETA: MMR is 12 months and HepB is only til 6 months now...not given at 12 months due to combined with others at 6 months...used to be optional 6 or 12 months though
Thats right. alot has changed. There used to be an 18 month hit one. The polio was the oral, then they brought in meningococcal C.
Its all so confusing!
Hepatitis B is spread through contact with infected body fluids. In Australia, it is quite common in the indigenous population, but not so common in the rest of the population.
My personal opinion is that it is not necessary for all babies at birth or later on, and you should feel happy declining it if that is your wish. Some midwives/doctors may be supportive, some may not - it's hard to predict. It's certainly not uncommon for people to decline it, though.
And, as mentioned, the Vitamin K is optional as well. You can have it as an oral dose, or alternatively, you can get homeopathic preparations that are high in vitamin K.
Hey Ren - I looked into this alot this pg - and had many chats with both my midwives about it.
Basically they used to only give the hep B injection at birth in high risk areas, or to babies whose mothers had hep B. Then they decided that the best way to eradicate hep B completely was to just start routinely giving the injection at birth, even though it is HIGHLY unlikely that a baby would contract it in the first 8wks of life. That first injection only covers them for the 8 wks, so not giving it to your bub won't affect the rest of the immunisation schedule (as others have said!)
As for Vit K - I did lots of research on that too (if you want some more info PM me, I won't babble on here!!) but we have decided not to give this bub either injection, but give Vit K orally (unless its a particularly traumatic birth.)
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