Nursing mother getting vaxed?????

[amyandelle]

My best friend is about to have a baby in a few weeks. She is going to slightly delay vaccines and selectivly vax (all much to my dismay ). She is considering getting herself a DTAP when in the hospital. She is planning on nursing her dd. She works in a Ped's office full time as a receptionist and is going to go back to work after her maternity leave. I am trying to talk her out of getting vaxed but I have nothing to back myself up. We don't do vaccines at all for any of us so I have never looked into the situation of nursing mothers getting vaccines.

I would really appreciate any info I could pass on to her to help her make an informed decision.

Thanks,
Amy

[MyLilPwny]

Nursing mothers who get vaccines can possibly harm their child. I just read Stephanie Cave M.D.'s book "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations" and it talks about that where the child is more likely to develop autism when a nursing mother is vaccinated.

[amyandelle]

Thank you! I will pass that book info on to her!!

If anyone else has any info that would be great!!

Thanks,
Amy

[bbrandonsmom]

Do you know why she is wanting the DTAP? A friend of mine told me her ob said Pertussis was "making a comeback" so they wanted all the moms to get the Pertussis vax, it wasn't the Dtap. It was a scare tactic. I sent her some info on how ineffective it is. I honestly don't see how vaccinating only mom is supposed to help if the rest of the family doesn't get the vaccine as well.

There is some info on kellymom.com about vaccines and nursing. Also on insidevaccines, there is info about each vaccine.

[amyandelle]

The DTAP is now a vaccine offered at Illinois hospitals to new mothers. I had to sign a refusal form when I had dd #3 in April.

My friend is very concerned that she is going to be bringing home ilnesses to her baby from her job at the Ped's office. I asked her what vaccine preventable diseases she has come into contact with since she started working there 2 years ago and as far as she know's it has only been the flu.

Honestly with all of the things I have told my friend in the past 5 years about vaccines I am pretty shocked that she is going to vax. I have never and would never try to pressure her into deciding not to vax but we have had so many conversations way before she was even trying to get pregnant. She was there as I was discovering all of the reasons that led me to decide against vaccines completly I just can't believe that she can still go ahead and give them.

Amy

[caro113]

Originally Posted by amyandelle

The DTAP is now a vaccine offered at Illinois hospitals to new mothers. I had to sign a refusal form when I had dd #3 in April.

Me too .. and they always say "it's making a comeback". I've heard it several times here and they told me the same thing .. complete bunk.

[newmum35]

I believe the free video presentation on the site below talks about how infants who are unvaxed can still be damaged by vaccines the mom gets while nursing! Its a really long presentation and I can't remember at what point it discusses this but I think its a good way into it. But I don't think it is in great detail, just that it can happen? I'd have to watch it again (no time for) because I forget now.

http://www.brainguardmd.com/


I also thought DTaP was only given up through age 7?

[girlsmamma2]

ok, probably going to get flammed here but both my dh and I when my 4th ds was 4 mo, and I had 3 school aged kids, went in as ASKED for this shot! I have been waivering on this one for years and for us, the scales finally tipped so I was more uncomfortable not having it than. I was so worried my dh or I would catch it and give it to him. It was a longstanding fear so we just did it. I know it's not nearly 100% effective and all the stuff surrounding it, but I am one of the minorities here that believe it's something I don't want to go through. So yes, I do think it's a sell for new moms at the hospitals but I also think it's important. Yes, the chances of mortality from the disease lower with age, but it's the hospitalization, long lasting effect on the lungs, the antibiotics you could have to be on for even another infection relating to it and that sent me in. I struggled with this decision but now am very happy with a little more, yes I know not complete coverage by any means, but some level of more assurance.

Also, I did get knocked in the arm in the place I got the shot 2 times after it and it caused a week each worth of almost numbness and weakness in that arm that left me COMPLETELY worried about GBS and totally freaked out. Luckily it went away after about a week of feeling very funny. So, there are definate risks to this shot. But I was trying to protect my newborn. My last 3 totally unvaxed kids got this shot also as their first one. I had a 3 year old and a 4.5 year old who had never recieved a vax at all, were water home births and everything and this is the one I started with. For me, diseases that mess with the ability to breathe scare me to death.

[girlsmamma2]

oh and for adults it was the Tdap, not the Dtap.