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Our daughter had her second lot of immunisations at three months old. An injection in each thigh one of which was so long it looked like it was going to come out the other side of her thigh.
By Mummy
We took Amélie for her second lot of immunisations at three months old. The immunisations that she had were diptheria, tetnus, pertussis, polio, haemophilus influenzae type b and meningitis C. All except the meningitis C were boosters from the first lot of immunisations. All in all there were two injections.
We agonised over the first round of immunisations that were due at 2 months. The controversial MMR jab is months away yet, but we were still concerned about any medical intervention. In this article we put our questions to a Doctor.
By Dad
A very good friend of ours had a lovely baby girl a month before ours.
She is a General Practioner which makes her an ideal person to put our questions to. As she works as a GP and is bound by professional duties she has asked to remain anonymous so she can give frank honest answers.
Alex:
Firstly thank you for giving us the opportunity to put these questions to you. I suppose most parents have simliar fears. You have a happy healthy baby and you are then asked to give permission for them to be injected with agents you know very little about.
After a long labour we were asked about a Vitamin K injection. I wasn't too concerned about distress to the baby, she had been through so much that a simple injection wouldn't make too much difference so I said yes. I assumed the midwife would know best, and this far she seems unaffected by it. But a friend of ours told us that is was bad news and we should have said no, which leaves me feeling unsure I did the right thing.
Do you think we did the right thing?
I think my previous article proved too good to be true. It may be a coincidence but 2 days after her first set of immunisations Amélie isn't doing too well.
By Dad
Amélie had her first set of immunisations 2 days ago. On the day she was fine, the day after she was fine but today (2 days later) she isn't too good.
When she woke up she had a bit of a blocked nose and was sneezing a lot. I went swimming at around midday and Clare took Amélie to watch. Over the space of an hour she had got much worse, her cheeks were very red and we could now hear some rattling when she was breathing. We took her right home and took her temperature which was normal.
Just a little update as we took Amélie for her first Jabs yesterday morning.
By Dad
Amélie seemed pretty normal all day yesterday after her immunisations. She took her feeds well and slept right through the night just like usual. We took her out this morning almost exactly 24 hours after her injections, she cried for a few minutes while we were getting ready to leave but seemed quite happy after that. We must have been out walking the dogs with her for at least an hour and a quick stop off to buy some supplies on the way back. She slept some of the time, the rest of the time she seemed quite happy, no crying or face pulling.
This morning we took our baby for her first round of immunisations. Two injections, one in each thigh. One of many decisions we will have to make for her during her lifetime, I hope we made the right call on this one.
By Dad
If you haven't read many of our articles you may not know about my fear of injections. I've avoided the hypodermic for well over 2 decades, and once passed out during a visit to the Vet with my dog.I wasn't always this way, it was a gradual fear that built up over time. My only other fear is flying, again a fear that built up gradually. My father had a fear of flying and a fear of all things medical and it would seem more than a coincidence that I'd ended up with the same 2 fears.
I'm mindful that I could pass this on to my kids, so Clare and I decided that I would hold Amélie for her injections and never show any outward fear. I'd managed to visit my Mother in Hospital before she sadly passed away, and I'd got through a 27 hour Labour, so it seemed I could control the fear when needs must.
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