Would you fly with 6 weeks old across the country?

[Anonymous]

I would and have. I didn't move up vaccines. I kept the baby close to me and covered much of the trip. I was good (but not OCD) about hand washing. And, my baby was only 4 pounds at birth. We flew from Hawaii to DC when he was seven weeks old. I also had a c-section, OP. I felt fine. The pediatrician wasn't the least bit concerned. But my kids pretty much never get sick. I might feel differently had I been through a horrible illness.

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Anonymous wrote:What time of year? Probably not Dec-Feb when flu season really ramps up.

I flew, post C-section, with no help, during this time frame, with my preemie, who was 3 weeks old, across country. We all lived to tell the tale.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get the RSV vaccination? That would be my #1 concern. My baby got RSV, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And many RSV babies und up with asthma or other respiratory issues. My kiddo is on daily medicine, probably for life.

There is no vaccine. There is Synagis. But unless the baby is preterm (by a significant amount) or has other serious health issues, it would never be approved. And it is very expensive. My son's course was more than $20k.

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Anonymous wrote:We flew across the country when our baby was 8 days old. We adopted him from another state and had to get home. He obviously did not have any vaccinations at that point. He is now 5 months old and perfectly fine. He's now had his vaccinations on time.

Yes, but you didn't have a c-section either. I think the op wanted to also know if she could fly. Personally, I wouldn't do it. It would be a shame to miss sis's wedding but, health of my baby and myself has to come first.

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Anonymous wrote:Move the vaccines up a week and yes. That age is a dream to fly.

CAn you do this? Our ped instructed us that the age-appropriate vaccines could be given late but not early. Our initial 4 month appointment was a day shy of baby's four-month birthday, and ped required us to change it to a week later. Maybe it depends on the practice.

I think this is an insurance billing issue. I just tried to make a 12 month appointment, and they hadn't opened their calendar for the month yet. I asked if I could do it a week early, which would fall into the previous month, and they said they run into issues with insurance.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get the RSV vaccination? That would be my #1 concern. My baby got RSV, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And many RSV babies und up with asthma or other respiratory issues. My kiddo is on daily medicine, probably for life.

There is no vaccine. There is Synagis. But unless the baby is preterm (by a significant amount) or has other serious health issues, it would never be approved. And it is very expensive. My son's course was more than $20k.

My 29 week 6 day preemie weighing 2.5 lbs didn't qualify for the RSV vaccine and we would've had to pay out of pocket and it was insanely pricey.

[Anonymous]

Chances are it'll be fine (hence all the people chiming in saying they did it and things turned out ok for them so you will be fine too.) but no, I wouldn't. There's a small but significant risk in taking the baby-an unvaccinated (or very recently vaccinated=not yet immune as it takes weeks to kick in and only with the first round in series of vaccines) newborn and also a small but significant risk to a 6 week postpartum mother. Plus it's a long flight probably with a connection if you're going to CA, plus it's during flu season. So no. Think how terrible you'd feel if your newborn did wind up getting rsv, whooping cough, the flu, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get the RSV vaccination? That would be my #1 concern. My baby got RSV, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And many RSV babies und up with asthma or other respiratory issues. My kiddo is on daily medicine, probably for life.

There is no vaccine. There is Synagis. But unless the baby is preterm (by a significant amount) or has other serious health issues, it would never be approved. And it is very expensive. My son's course was more than $20k.

My 29 week 6 day preemie weighing 2.5 lbs didn't qualify for the RSV vaccine and we would've had to pay out of pocket and it was insanely pricey.

I'm stunned by that. My fall born, 34 week 5 lb baby did qualify 13 years ago and it was $1K per shot.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get the RSV vaccination? That would be my #1 concern. My baby got RSV, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And many RSV babies und up with asthma or other respiratory issues. My kiddo is on daily medicine, probably for life.

There is no vaccine. There is Synagis. But unless the baby is preterm (by a significant amount) or has other serious health issues, it would never be approved. And it is very expensive. My son's course was more than $20k.

My 29 week 6 day preemie weighing 2.5 lbs didn't qualify for the RSV vaccine and we would've had to pay out of pocket and it was insanely pricey.

I'm stunned by that. My fall born, 34 week 5 lb baby did qualify 13 years ago and it was $1K per shot.

They changed the guidance a few years ago when they found that it offered no benefit for babies born prematurely but at later dates.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get the RSV vaccination? That would be my #1 concern. My baby got RSV, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And many RSV babies und up with asthma or other respiratory issues. My kiddo is on daily medicine, probably for life.

There is no vaccine. There is Synagis. But unless the baby is preterm (by a significant amount) or has other serious health issues, it would never be approved. And it is very expensive. My son's course was more than $20k.

My 29 week 6 day preemie weighing 2.5 lbs didn't qualify for the RSV vaccine and we would've had to pay out of pocket and it was insanely pricey.

I'm stunned by that. My fall born, 34 week 5 lb baby did qualify 13 years ago and it was $1K per shot.

They changed the guidance a few years ago when they found that it offered no benefit for babies born prematurely but at later dates.

See http://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1215/p867.html

34 weekers donmt get it any more

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Anonymous wrote:Can you get the RSV vaccination? That would be my #1 concern. My baby got RSV, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. And many RSV babies und up with asthma or other respiratory issues. My kiddo is on daily medicine, probably for life.

There is no vaccine. There is Synagis. But unless the baby is preterm (by a significant amount) or has other serious health issues, it would never be approved. And it is very expensive. My son's course was more than $20k.

My 29 week 6 day preemie weighing 2.5 lbs didn't qualify for the RSV vaccine and we would've had to pay out of pocket and it was insanely pricey.

I'm stunned by that. My fall born, 34 week 5 lb baby did qualify 13 years ago and it was $1K per shot.

Trust me - the NICU ran it through the system a few times. If born a day or two earlier, she would have qualified.

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Anonymous wrote:you want to fly 6 weeks post c-section? I think that's a bad idea. The baby would be fine, I'd worry about you more (although I wasn't healed 6 weeks post vaginal birth, flying would have been out of the question).

+1

I wouldn't do it for anybody. Plus, I'd be weary of exposing a 6-week-old to all the typhoid Marys in a confined space. Just not comfortable with it.

So no, unless it was a life or death emergency, I wouldn't put myself through all the misery.

[Anonymous]

I've flown with a (early vaccinated) 7 week old before (in December) and it was fine. I wouldn't go somewhere far from modern medicine with a child this little, but to California, sure. I had a vaginal birth though so not sure how c-section affects that. Ultimately, it depends on how risk averse you are.