Well... the GP and the clinic nurse couldn't find any information on whether the MMR vaccines are shed through the bowel or not. Just vague references that people on immune suppressing drugs should take "extra precautions", but no mention of what those extra precautions should be.

What we've decided is that for the next couple of weeks, if I have open cuts on my hands I should wear gloves for nappy changes (bugger - nicked my finger with the vegie pealer the other night, so that's now). If his bowel habits change I should glove up for nappy changes... other than that it's just being really, really careful and lots of hand washing, etc.

There's also the thinking that as I had measles and mumps as a child, I should still have retained at least some immunity from that. My rubella immunity is only from vaccination and it was all checked when when I was going through IVF and pregnant with Sam. Nobody said anything about not being immune then, so I would assume there's at least a bit of immunity hanging around. Just nobody can tell me what impact the methotrexate and prednisone I have been taking may have had on my immunity, so it's back to being extra careful as planned.

Would be nice to be able to find out one way or the other, but the information just doesn't seem to exist!

BW