Imms appt

Alize is going for his imms on Tuesday . Now I have immunised hundreds of babies in the last 3yrs I've been vacinating but now its my own im just being a sooky mum. I feel sorry for the nurse I get as I will be peering over her shoulder making sure she has the right position, right space between sites for the DtaP/IPV & HIB/HepB (they are given in the same thigh), right needle length and vaccine LOL. That Poor nurse....

Yeah but I lose persective when its my own children. I freak out lol. I guess if it was an emergency situation I could switch to nurse mode but the rest of the time Im a worrying mum first. Funny thing is ALL my friends ring for advice night and day about their kids and Im fine.....Weird aye!!!

Because they have brought the menzb into the schedule, that means babys are having 3imms at their scheduled visits, so they are needing to put 2injection in one thigh. All 3injection are needing to be put into the muscle (IM injections) and the only place is thighs for babys. Before the menzb the injections were 1 in each thigh but with the 3 now, 2 in the same thigh. You can chose to have 1 in each thigh and come back for menzb. I ALWAYS give mums the option, as some mums dont feel comfortable with 3injection in one day. Personal preference. Nurses are only there as a supplier of information and support. I hate it when my friends tell me their practice nurse is bullying them into different things.

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Yes most mums do the 3 at one time thing just to get it over and done with. Good luck for Monday with Alyssa, Im up for Tuesday for 6wk chk and imms.

Thanks for explaining that Kels. We haven't done any MenzB so we're still one in each thigh for those imms - the old-fashioned way

Hey There Becks, Not sure if you know this,  but since you are holding off on the menzb schedule till after 5mths, your babe will only need the 3menzb injections not four. Babes are only given the forth dose at 10mths if they received their first dose before 5mths as their level of immunity is lower than if they were older after the three injections. However Im not promoting waiting till 5mths as the risks are still high for meningitis, but I do believe in giving all the info for mums to make informed decisions.. I have had mums come into my surgery asking what I would do for my own kids imms and I always explain that I have my nursing opinion and my Mummy opinion, as I dont mix the two. At the end of the day I am a mum first and sometimes having too much info can make me neurotic lmao. Good on you Becks for making your own informed decision  .

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Good luck for Tuesday, I know how you feel - I had to have my mum in for our six week jabs, and I cried more than Erin did !! The ones after that were ok, although I still felt bad for Erin.

Monique is is ok to start the imms schedule here and then when in oz they will have guidelines on how to catch up to their schedule and different imms being given there. You can ring the immunisation co'orinator for Hutt Valley on 5666999 ask For Trish Thomson

Kels while this may not be so assuring to you, mums like me appreciate it when their baby's imms nurse has had to have it done on their baby

Everything went well. Im just glad thats over. Now lets hope he sleeps all day