Catheleni, the pediatrician we interviewed recommended that we get the vaccine, too. He actually said I should consider getting it while pregnant, but I think I'll just do it in the hospital. I want dh to get it too and will ask my parents to get it if they are comfortable with it (now that they are driving down instead of flying for the after birth, I am not as concerned as I was).
Didn't want to put this semi-downer in my congratulations post above... (wrote this in my ddc):
AFM, just had a bombshell dropped on my today (34w) by my ob...she's not going to deliver any more of her patients and is stopping the ob practice. I.e. not continuing even with her currently pregnant patients. I had a weird feeling for the past month or so that something was going on, since she said she was switching hospitals and I would deliver at a new one (not the one where I took my birth classes or is her stated affiliation), but I went along with it. I had kind of wanted to switch early on at 11 weeks when she didn't recommend the NT scan because of my ama, but I stood by her because she had been there to help me regulate my hormones and get pregnant and was supportive of my natural birth preferences. Hindsight...I should have switched then. Anyway, she has set me up with an ob that delivers at the hospital where we had our classes and hospital tour (where I know a lot of people who have given birth and had good experiences) and where she had been affiliated for 7 years. I will be seeing the new doc next week and I really hope that I have a good feeling about her. The secretary at my (now former) ob office likes this ob, and I trust her opinion (I could have also gone with another doc at the other hospital). Please cross your fingers for me! They said that if I was unhappy they would continue to help me find a good fit, but I think time is of the essence.
In some ways, provided I like this doc, this is good because it means I'll be in the hospital I wanted, where I know they support natural birth, breastfeeding, have in-room baths, allow for ample skin-to-skin,etc. and is more convenient for us. But it is still a shock.
In better news, we got our packages from my family/friend home shower and now have more baby clothes and gift cards to help us make our final preparations and purchases.
Feel free to do the research yourself - if you search online you can actually find a digital copy of the documentation included with the vaccine bottle. It says right on it that the vaccine does not prevent transmission from vaccinated adults to unvaccinated children. This is the documentation provided by the vaccine manufacturer.
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