Would you allow them to vaccinate your newborn on day one?

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Anonymous wrote:I hate that Hep B is so early. I don't think it makes sense. But we did it for both kids before leaving the hospital.

But what do you hate about it? What is the downside?

Now, go read about Hep B and what it does to children. Who contracts it? The unvaccinated.

I agree with the PP above that if you will be home with your child, and they are not getting very close exposure to large numbers of unknown people, they are not going to come into contact with it. I would be happy for them to get the vax before daycare - I think that makes sense.

Yes the unvaccinated can get it but you still need exposure. I know I don't have Hep B and neither does DH.

The downside is that they are more fragile on Day 1 than even a week later.

More fragile? Meaning what?

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Yes of course. I'm there. I'm going to do it anyway. I don't want to have to pack up and come back.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate that Hep B is so early. I don't think it makes sense. But we did it for both kids before leaving the hospital.

But what do you hate about it? What is the downside?

Now, go read about Hep B and what it does to children. Who contracts it? The unvaccinated.

I agree with the PP above that if you will be home with your child, and they are not getting very close exposure to large numbers of unknown people, they are not going to come into contact with it. I would be happy for them to get the vax before daycare - I think that makes sense.

Yes the unvaccinated can get it but you still need exposure. I know I don't have Hep B and neither does DH.

The downside is that they are more fragile on Day 1 than even a week later.

Babies are exposed to trillions of antigens shortly after birth (like the same day, not weeks later). The amount of antigen in a vaccine is exponentially smaller than that. There is literally no reason to wait.

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Yes, many, many family member were waiting to great them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate that Hep B is so early. I don't think it makes sense. But we did it for both kids before leaving the hospital.

But what do you hate about it? What is the downside?

Now, go read about Hep B and what it does to children. Who contracts it? The unvaccinated.

I agree with the PP above that if you will be home with your child, and they are not getting very close exposure to large numbers of unknown people, they are not going to come into contact with it. I would be happy for them to get the vax before daycare - I think that makes sense.

Yes the unvaccinated can get it but you still need exposure. I know I don't have Hep B and neither does DH.

The downside is that they are more fragile on Day 1 than even a week later.

More fragile? Meaning what?

Seriously you need to ask what that means? This is the kind of disingenuous response that leads to ppl being skeptical of the push in the first place. Please.

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Who is “them”? You mean the pediatrician? Yes, we got the Hep vaccine on day 1 because I think livers are important.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate that Hep B is so early. I don't think it makes sense. But we did it for both kids before leaving the hospital.

But what do you hate about it? What is the downside?

Now, go read about Hep B and what it does to children. Who contracts it? The unvaccinated.

I agree with the PP above that if you will be home with your child, and they are not getting very close exposure to large numbers of unknown people, they are not going to come into contact with it. I would be happy for them to get the vax before daycare - I think that makes sense.

Yes the unvaccinated can get it but you still need exposure. I know I don't have Hep B and neither does DH.

The downside is that they are more fragile on Day 1 than even a week later.

More fragile? Meaning what?

Seriously you need to ask what that means? This is the kind of disingenuous response that leads to ppl being skeptical of the push in the first place. Please.

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What do you mean? That your child is 0 days old? It's the same as when they were within you just a few minutes before.

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Anonymous wrote:My older kids have all the shots. My 8 month old has zero. Public health and AAP lost all credibility.

You’re an idiot. I say that as someone who was all over this website complaining about masks & closed schools.

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How would new born babies contract Hep B though, if it is blood borne?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m smarter than blanket recommendations for the lowest common denominator.

I spoke with my pediatricians and OBs about this all before giving birth. I have 3 kids - who I gave birth to in 3 different states and 3 different hospitals. For all of them, they all got the antibiotic eye ointment in the hospital.

For all of them, all of these various doctors always agreed I did not have to do Hep B in the hospital since I was staying home with the baby and no one in our household who would interact with the baby had Hep B. I think I delayed it until each was 1 month old. It would probably be fine to do it in the hospital too. But that’s really a lowest common denominator recommendation so you don’t lose people who never return to the doctor or if you don’t know the Hep B status of who the baby will be around.

My kids are fully vaccinated on everything - and I didn’t do anything else on a different schedule.

Do you know how high the prevalence of Hep B is in some places? It’s pretty dumb not to get it right away.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate that Hep B is so early. I don't think it makes sense. But we did it for both kids before leaving the hospital.

But what do you hate about it? What is the downside?

Now, go read about Hep B and what it does to children. Who contracts it? The unvaccinated.

I agree with the PP above that if you will be home with your child, and they are not getting very close exposure to large numbers of unknown people, they are not going to come into contact with it. I would be happy for them to get the vax before daycare - I think that makes sense.

Yes the unvaccinated can get it but you still need exposure. I know I don't have Hep B and neither does DH.

The downside is that they are more fragile on Day 1 than even a week later.

More fragile? Meaning what?

Seriously you need to ask what that means? This is the kind of disingenuous response that leads to ppl being skeptical of the push in the first place. Please.

Are you serious? I have a medical degree. And I’m asking you to define what “more fragile” means. Can you do that?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m smarter than blanket recommendations for the lowest common denominator.

I spoke with my pediatricians and OBs about this all before giving birth. I have 3 kids - who I gave birth to in 3 different states and 3 different hospitals. For all of them, they all got the antibiotic eye ointment in the hospital.

For all of them, all of these various doctors always agreed I did not have to do Hep B in the hospital since I was staying home with the baby and no one in our household who would interact with the baby had Hep B. I think I delayed it until each was 1 month old. It would probably be fine to do it in the hospital too. But that’s really a lowest common denominator recommendation so you don’t lose people who never return to the doctor or if you don’t know the Hep B status of who the baby will be around.

My kids are fully vaccinated on everything - and I didn’t do anything else on a different schedule.

OP any Qs about vax get really rabid responses like you are a terrible person or a moron for even asking. You're not. This is one where you can talk to the hospital and your ped. Many are fine with doing it at the first Ped appt right after you go home (so few days after baby is born) if that's what you prefer. You can ask what the actual exposure risks are in your situation. I am 40 and in my childhood we got this vax around age 12 so it's a big change.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate that Hep B is so early. I don't think it makes sense. But we did it for both kids before leaving the hospital.

But what do you hate about it? What is the downside?

Now, go read about Hep B and what it does to children. Who contracts it? The unvaccinated.

I agree with the PP above that if you will be home with your child, and they are not getting very close exposure to large numbers of unknown people, they are not going to come into contact with it. I would be happy for them to get the vax before daycare - I think that makes sense.

Yes the unvaccinated can get it but you still need exposure. I know I don't have Hep B and neither does DH.

The downside is that they are more fragile on Day 1 than even a week later.

Except you actually cannot guarantee who your child will come into contact with, and Hep B is relatively common. There’s no reason to delay.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate that Hep B is so early. I don't think it makes sense. But we did it for both kids before leaving the hospital.

But what do you hate about it? What is the downside?

Now, go read about Hep B and what it does to children. Who contracts it? The unvaccinated.

I agree with the PP above that if you will be home with your child, and they are not getting very close exposure to large numbers of unknown people, they are not going to come into contact with it. I would be happy for them to get the vax before daycare - I think that makes sense.

Yes the unvaccinated can get it but you still need exposure. I know I don't have Hep B and neither does DH.

The downside is that they are more fragile on Day 1 than even a week later.

Except you actually cannot guarantee who your child will come into contact with, and Hep B is relatively common. There’s no reason to delay.

You can't guarantee "who your child will come into contact with" for a few days after coming home with a newborn? Most ppl do try to limit exposure to other ppl (besides a few family members) for all the obvious reasons.