talking to your kid about HPV Vaccine

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Anonymous wrote:More people are waiting until 15 year well checkup I’m learning. This is from asking other parents in my elementary schooler and middle schooler circles.

That’s a bad choice considering how many kids have sexual contact before then.

It’s not a bad choice. If you have a good relationship with your kids, trust them to do the right thing, and not have sexual contact before then.

Come on now lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very controversial vaccine, and you should look into it more deeply before you decide to give it to her, OP.

There is nothing controversial about it. It prevents cancer. Period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a very controversial vaccine, and you should look into it more deeply before you decide to give it to her, OP.

There is nothing controversial about it. It prevents cancer. Period.

Side effects

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Anonymous wrote:My DS got it at the pediatrician as a regular vaccine at age 12. No I didn't discuss what vaccine it was, he was just told he has to get it, like all the other childhood vaccines. (Not that I'm against discussing STD's but I don't think he cares why he's getting that specific vaccine).
FWIW for my younger DS the pediatrician was pushing us to vaccinate him at age 9, but I'm holding off a while.

Same! Our doc pushed it on both my kids starting at 9 year old well checkups (!). Mine are now 10 and 14 and we are holding off as long as possible. They have gotten so many more vaccines than normal these last 3 years with all the Covid vaccines and boosters so I want their bodies to have more time to spread them out as much as possible. I've spoken to many different physicians in various fields of medicine, and they all say delaying HPV is completely FINE, so don't let your doc talk you into giving it too early!!!

This is not smart. If you wait too long, your kids may get exposed to the cancer-causing variants of HPV. Why risk it?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not given in Japan because of too many side effects

Ick how wrong you are. It’s been giving since 2021 and now to both sexes after it was proven to not be related to any issues

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you wait till she was fifteen? Now she will have to get three instead of two and she may have already caught it (it's spread by more than just itnercourse)

My dd had her vaccine at 14 and she already had HPV. The pediatrician said it was becoming more common in middle school so they changed the age to about 11 years old.

HPV is more common in middle school? Reading this thread right after the condom thread is wild.

Yes, MS kids are having oral sex.

It’s as common as kissing sometimes. It’s scary

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a very controversial vaccine, and you should look into it more deeply before you decide to give it to her, OP.

There is nothing controversial about it. It prevents cancer. Period.

Side effects

Even if there were statistically significant side effects (which I don’t believe), there is definitely statistically proven data that it almost entirely prevents certain kinds of cancer. My kids will be getting it at 11, as recommended.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you wait till she was fifteen? Now she will have to get three instead of two and she may have already caught it (it's spread by more than just itnercourse)

My dd had her vaccine at 14 and she already had HPV. The pediatrician said it was becoming more common in middle school so they changed the age to about 11 years old.

HPV is more common in middle school? Reading this thread right after the condom thread is wild.

Both threads are making me upset that righteous low-information posters are joining DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Not at the time, because my kids (boy and girl) were 12 and I didn’t have a discussion with them on other vaccinations.

But as they grew older and the topic came up, I said yes you were vaccinated for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you wait till she was fifteen? Now she will have to get three instead of two and she may have already caught it (it's spread by more than just itnercourse)

My dd had her vaccine at 14 and she already had HPV. The pediatrician said it was becoming more common in middle school so they changed the age to about 11 years old.

HPV is more common in middle school? Reading this thread right after the condom thread is wild.

Yes, MS kids are having oral sex.

A very small minority maybe

[Anonymous]

You can get it from just holding hands, apparently, so you don’t even have to have a sexually active middle schooler for them to contract HPV.

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My brother died of a head and neck cancer caused by HPV, so getting the vaccine wasn't really related to sexual activity for my son. It was about protecting him from a potentially fatal cancer. So that's what I told him, and we didn't talk about sex or anything like that.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a very controversial vaccine, and you should look into it more deeply before you decide to give it to her, OP.

There is nothing controversial about it. It prevents cancer. Period.

Side effects

Unless those side effects including dying of cancer, they don't outweigh the benefits of this disease. I lost a member of my immediate family to cancer caused by HPV. If I can protect my kid from cancer, you can bet I'll do it. And by the way, he had zero side effects from the vaccine.

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Do all folks have a convo with their kids about this? We went to my kids appointment and the Dr said "these are the vaccines we are giving today" and I said okay. Then my kid said "I don't want a shot" and I said "too bad"

the end

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Anonymous wrote:You can get it from just holding hands, apparently, so you don’t even have to have a sexually active middle schooler for them to contract HPV.

Oh really? Please share where you read that one.