Mother in law won't get pertussis vaccine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here is a bit of advice that you need to take seriously. As a first-time mother you will be tempted to go to extremes for your child. There may be a very good reason why your MIL cannot have the pertussis vaccine. Have you asked her? Also, and this is of the utmost importance, after your child is born don't call the ped constantly, because when you do it like the boy who cried wolf, and you will become known as a PIA to MD and staff.

Hum... OP has a 2y old already.

Why, then, this level of paranoia? I bet she does call the Ped every time the kid coughs.

Dick.

[Anonymous]

im 8 months pregnant, and im pretty sure i have whooping cough... ithink it's made it's way out east!

what about making grandparents etc get the flu shot?

i think im going to make sure everyone in the close family has it... im due in early december....

what do people think about insisting on people getting the flu shot...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
im 8 months pregnant, and im pretty sure i have whooping cough... ithink it's made it's way out east!

what about making grandparents etc get the flu shot?

i think im going to make sure everyone in the close family has it... im due in early december....

what do people think about insisting on people getting the flu shot...?

I was just about to post the same question (aside from actually having whooping cough myself)...debating if/how to bring it up with the crowds of people who will expect to come see our baby over the holidays... I'm thinking that we just say that we strongly suggest getting the flu shot and dtap (since they might need updated tetanus anyway) and that anyone with any symptoms *at all* (since whooping cough starts off so mild) should just stay home. and obviously everyone will need to wash their hands before holding the baby. is that too obnoxious?

[Anonymous]

Nothing's obnoxious when it comes to protecting your baby.

Ignore the haters telling you you're being paranoid -- is it paranoid to lock your door at night just because other people who don't lock their doors haven't been robbed yet? Oh yeah, remember all those robberies recently in Fairfax in "safe" neighborhoods where people had never had to lock their doors? The thieves cleaned up because people were underprepared. Let other people get caught unprepared or buy into the crazy-anti-vaccine propaganda. If you want to protect your baby, that's your right.

My mother almost died from pertussis as a baby -- she was sick for two months straight and had serious complications. I would never wish that on my child. Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you should chill out about something that's deadly serious.

[Anonymous]

Seriously all the negative posters are probably MILs that are bitter about something. And seriously, for an old lady to put her health over the health of an infant... Seriously? Just get the stupid vaccine! Or wait a few months to see the baby. My son got just a cold at 2 months and that alone was totally miserable. Constant crying and lack of sleep because he was having a hard time breathing. I was taking him into the shower with me every hour to keep his snot flowing out rather than into his chest. I would do anything to avoid it again.

And about the flu shot question, I used to work for a nanny agency and some parents required nannies with flu shot. It was not uncommon.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, previous poster. I just noticed I said "seriously" no less than 100 times. Whoopsies my bad...

[Anonymous]

I totally support asking folks who will be visiting frequently to get the flu shop and the pertussis vaccine, but please note, when you're talking about grandparents, that you can't get the pertussis vaccine if you're 65 or older. (I'm sort of glad about this because it means I don't have to ask my in-laws...

[Anonymous]

There is no way I would get a flu shot in order to visit a baby. You get vaccines because you believe in them and accept the risk that goes along with getting them. It is silly to think you can police someone's behavior in this regard. Immunity doesn't even set in for a few weeks after getting it. Are you going to be checking safe visiting dates for each person off on a calender? If this is something that is very important, then plan on only hanging out with the immediate family, until you feel safe. Trying to require vaccines from others is nutty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here is a bit of advice that you need to take seriously. As a first-time mother you will be tempted to go to extremes for your child. There may be a very good reason why your MIL cannot have the pertussis vaccine. Have you asked her? Also, and this is of the utmost importance, after your child is born don't call the ped constantly, because when you do it like the boy who cried wolf, and you will become known as a PIA to MD and staff.

Hum... OP has a 2y old already.

Why, then, this level of paranoia? I bet she does call the Ped every time the kid coughs.

Dick.

No, Richard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't weigh in on whether to enforce vaccination, but I do want to provide some information to the PP who indicated that Pertussis is easy to recognize. Please take a look at this LA Times article: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-whooping-cough-20100907,0,4190790.story

While easy in older children, in infants below six months it can be very difficult to identify and may have few symptoms:
"Initial symptoms of the bacterial disease in infants are deceptively mild and can lull physicians into a false sense of security.

"It's a tough diagnosis because the babies, they don't look very sick. They don't have a fever. And they have a runny nose and a little cough," said Dr. James D. Cherry, a UCLA pediatrics professor and an expert on pertussis who has reviewed the eight infant deaths."

EIGHT infant deaths. That alone is worth anyone getting a vaccine. People aren't dying from getting the vaccine - they are dying from NOT getting it. I think that poster waxing on about dementia should think about her own paranoia.

800,000 did not die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I can't weigh in on whether to enforce vaccination, but I do want to provide some information to the PP who indicated that Pertussis is easy to recognize. Please take a look at this LA Times article: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-whooping-cough-20100907,0,4190790.story

While easy in older children, in infants below six months it can be very difficult to identify and may have few symptoms:
"Initial symptoms of the bacterial disease in infants are deceptively mild and can lull physicians into a false sense of security.

"It's a tough diagnosis because the babies, they don't look very sick. They don't have a fever. And they have a runny nose and a little cough," said Dr. James D. Cherry, a UCLA pediatrics professor and an expert on pertussis who has reviewed the eight infant deaths."


EIGHT infant deaths. That alone is worth anyone getting a vaccine. People aren't dying from getting the vaccine - they are dying from NOT getting it. I think that poster waxing on about dementia should think about her own paranoia.

800,000 did not die.


DING DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER! STUPIDEST POST ON THIS THREAD!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I can't weigh in on whether to enforce vaccination, but I do want to provide some information to the PP who indicated that Pertussis is easy to recognize. Please take a look at this LA Times article: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-whooping-cough-20100907,0,4190790.story

While easy in older children, in infants below six months it can be very difficult to identify and may have few symptoms:
"Initial symptoms of the bacterial disease in infants are deceptively mild and can lull physicians into a false sense of security.

"It's a tough diagnosis because the babies, they don't look very sick. They don't have a fever. And they have a runny nose and a little cough," said Dr. James D. Cherry, a UCLA pediatrics professor and an expert on pertussis who has reviewed the eight infant deaths."


EIGHT infant deaths. That alone is worth anyone getting a vaccine. People aren't dying from getting the vaccine - they are dying from NOT getting it. I think that poster waxing on about dementia should think about her own paranoia.

800,000 did not die.


DING DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER! STUPIDEST POST ON THIS THREAD!

Yours?

[Anonymous]

OP? Who made you the center of the universe? How DARE you tell someone what they should put in their own body. Get over yourself. If you want to be selfish and not let your child around his Grandmother, then so be it. But you have NO RIGHT to tell her what to do with her body. Parents like you, are obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

If I had someone crazy in my life telling me to get a vaccine for their benefit, I'd lie and say I did to shut them up. You people are outrageous.

[Anonymous]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people on this bulletin board think they know better than doctors. My doctor also told me that this is a severe epidemic and that anyone who will be around my child in the first two months needs to be immunized. Given that she's a trained health professional with decades of experience, I plan to take her advice.

Vaccines have dramatically reduced infant mortality in the past century. I think we've come to take infant health for granted as a result and in some cases let our guard down. A few seconds of discomfort by adults who will be around a child hardly seems like much of a sacrifice to reduce an infant's exposure to a deadly disease.