Preemies and the RSV vaccine - Page 2

[Cynthia Mosher]

sleeveless, based on our user agreement which asks you to post respectfully, we do not allow namecalling in posts. Please edit your post and in the future please report a post that concerns you so that we - the moderation team - can handle it directly. Thank you. 

[alimac]

I am not vaccinating my children.  That being said, last year my daughter was born at 31 weeks and qualified for the RSV shots at the Alberta Childrens Hospital.  My initial reaction was to decline and that really shocked the nurse.  She said no on declined.  I had a follow up call with the head nurse and she was able to send me the insterts from the shots as well as all of the backup research that has been done.  I found that there was no reaction to children until after the 5th shot and the reactions then were redness and swelling type.  Canada is far ahead of the US as far as the research and testing of this shot.  Alberta has been giving the shot the longest and has kept all data.  The initial testing was done on adults.  We did 4 rounds of shots and I would do it again if this year if I could.  My daughter only had very minor colds (2) during the winter. 

RSV can be deadly.  There were 1100 infants in Calgary last year hospitalized for it.  It is the common cold so it is very easy to catch.

[sleeveless]

Originally Posted by Cynthia Mosher 

sleeveless, based on our user agreement which asks you to post respectfully, we do not allow namecalling in posts. Please edit your post and in the future please report a post that concerns you so that we - the moderation team - can handle it directly. Thank you. 

Sorry Cynthia. I wrote that post a long time ago. I believe I was incensed by Marinlea's post, which rehashed all the pro-vaccine arguments most posters on this forum have heard ad infinitum. We post here because we are tired of being criticized for our decisions, which are personal and pertain to our children only. I also believe Marinlea posted information about the severity of diseases preventable by vaccines that was incorrect. I believe she exaggerated the dangers of these VPDs. That's not something the OP wanted or needed to hear.

I hear a lot of this type of talk in the world in general. Here, in the "I'm not vaccinating" section of MDC, I expect that posters will not be treated to yet another lecture on how wrong it is not to vaccinate!

[KempsMama]

We don't vax for religious reasons, but I would do the RSV profolactics for a NICU baby.  My youngest is an RSV survivor with long term health implications, and I can't imagine how much worse it would have been had he not been an otherwise healthy breastfed baby. 

[MeTooMama]

I know this is getting to be an older thread but it's made me wonder... if it's not a vaccine does it carry with it all the risks of the vax we would normally seek to avoid?

I don't know if I would use this or not, but none of my kids have ever been preemie or considered at risk for RSV. I think it's a case by case basis decision for most parents.

[jupitermama]

My first son was rushed to the hospital when he was 3 months old by ambulance because his blood oxygen level was low. He ended up having RSV and had to stay in the hospital for 3 days. He had a hard time breathing and the nurses had to keep suctioning mucous from his throat...it was very scary! He wasn't a preemie either.