Question for those who Vax'd up to 12 months

[Rach75]

I followed the standard vax routine but refused the chicken pox one due to info I had read... I was not and am still not sure on it IYKWIM!!!

we will vax him for it when he turns 13 if he hasn't had it before then ITH!!! I beleive it only last 8-10 years anyway so revax for adulthood is recomended anyway...

[AnyDream]

I haven't for DD2 yet - mostly because she was 18 mths in the middle of my cancer diagnosis and it kind of got forgotten for a bit - then because I'm having chemo the live vaccine thing isn't a good idea. Will be getting it done in about a month's time.

Reasons - I have seen photos of an unvax'd child with so many chicken pox lesions you could barely see skin. It IS a dangerous disease. I had my DD1 vax'd around 4 (had to pay, it was before it was added to the schedule) and it's possible she had a single ep of break through chicken pox (lesions in her mouth - still unclear if it was that or first outbreak of cold sores virus which they can also get as sores in the mouth) but still better in my mind than the full blown illness. I remember how sick and uncomfortable I was when I had it at 4 years old.