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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 7:51am |
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My Dr rang me to say DS3 was entitled to the Flu shot as children under 5 were free. I know they give them to pg women, & I have had one when I was pg as It was in the early weeks before I found out & had no problems from it.
Has anyone had their under 5 done?
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 9:03am |
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No, I asked our DR about them but they said they only do them for kids that get sick during winter or are heart or asthma kids . Neither of mine get overly sick during winter so we opted not to do them.
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 9:22am |
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My Dr is really good so I think since it is free to all under 5's they were ringing all the patients to advise them. Nice to have the option.
My kids don't get sick much but hate stuffy noses, so will get DS3 done & will see how much for the other 2 also.
eta- I think I will get one also, I always get sick at winter & don't have the option of curling up in bed all day so think I will give getting sick this winter a miss, lol.
DH gets them free at work so that's good.
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 10:09am |
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I got my DS2 done a few weeks away, he's a heart baby. They are giving it to him in two doses, 1 month apart. The first dose knocked him around a little bit, I'm hoping the second dose will be ok.
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 10:21am |
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I'm going to since Dan's a heart boy but will wait a few more weeks and get us both done at the same time. Joys.
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 11:42am |
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They are offering them to the under 5s because of the swine flu. (or thats what i was told when i was at the doctors the other day)
Just remember you or your kids shouldnt have the flu jab if you are allergic to feathers or egg.
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 2:36pm |
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I had to pay for DS who's 3 and a half.
He had to have two shots a month apart and I paid $30 for the first one and $25 for the second one.
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 4:46pm |
 ange221 wrote:
I had to pay for DS who's 3 and a half.
He had to have two shots a month apart and I paid $30 for the first one and $25 for the second one.
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Why did you have to pay? The government has made it free to under 5's, so the Dr told me, not very fair if you had to pay for it. 
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 5:42pm |
Hey Jazzy!  
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 6:20pm |
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Posted: 17 April 2010 at 9:24pm |
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Jake had it last year (heart baby and asthma, and started daycare the winter before and got really sick for a few months). He had it in two does a month apart also. He had no problems with it.
This year I checked at the local medical centre and they confirmed it would be free for him again, and the dr thought it was free for all under 5s but apparently Morgan will be $26 as she doesn't fit the criteria for getting it free (asthma, pregnant, elderly etc) so I called my normal dr and its $20 (or $23?) for her there too.
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Posted: 18 April 2010 at 7:41am |
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After reading all the comments I was wondering why some had to pay so I googled it & found it is not free to all under 5's, just the high risk ones....which is not us, so I guess I am lucky them.
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Posted: 18 April 2010 at 9:07pm |
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Both Chloe and Ollie had theirs, they are asthma kids.
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Posted: 19 April 2010 at 8:26am |
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I had to pay for my boys! BUT.....I when we get there second dose I am getting them done at the same time and they can share it. Kids only get half the vaccine so they throw the other half away...so if you are doing two at the same time the can use the other half...therefore half the cost! I wish I had known that for the first one.
Poor James had to have his with his 15 mo imms...so we have split them too. He has MMR, flu and Hib. And next month will have flu and previnar. He was GREAT!!! Only cried as they did the injection and that was it.
I decided to get mine done as James got so many colds, ear and chest infections last year and he is at daycare this year. I would hate him to get swine flu on top of a chest infection. We also live 3 hours from a hospital so it would be a HUGE inconvenience going there if he did get sick.
Tom gets croup when he gets a cold (he just doesnt get many colds) so again I thought it best to get him done.
I got done too as I work with the public.
It took me ages to come to the decision to do it but I just cant afford the time off work....if we all got sick I could be off for up to a month looking after everyone if we all got them one after another!
My arm was sore the next day but neither kids showed ANY side effects
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Posted: 19 April 2010 at 9:30am |
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Why is it offered as 2 shots? We got it last month and it was just one.
Ours wasn't free (well work paid for it) and other than a minor temperature that evening they were fine after it.
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Posted: 19 April 2010 at 9:42am |
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The gremlins had the flu jab in two doses last winter, and from memory, the winter before too. Theirs was free as they have an immune deficiency.
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Posted: 20 April 2010 at 7:59am |
tishy wrote:
Why is it offered as 2 shots? We got it last month and it was just one.
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Tishy if it's the first time having a flu shot they're meant to get a booster shot a month later (that's what the docs told us last year anyway). Since Michaela had two last year she will only need one this year but Andrew will still need two, one month apart. Michaela needs her 4yo imms too, gosh I'm going to be a popular mummy with my 2 aren't I.
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Posted: 20 April 2010 at 8:33am |
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I was told it was done in two goes as they are little so only do half the shot at a time for kids. You shouldn't have to pay for the second one though, as they should store the other half to use. Thats what my dr did anyway.
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Posted: 20 April 2010 at 9:47am |
We just got the seasonal flu vaccine which included the H1N1 and 2 other strains of flu.
Based on all I've just read on MOH it is just one shot whereas the H1N1 specific flu vaccine is 2 shots.
Maybe that's the difference, I'm not sure. But I got my vaccine done at a different location to the girls and neither nurse mentioned 2 shots. 
ETA: Oh and this is our first time getting it as we return to NZ the end of May. brrrrrr 
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Posted: 20 April 2010 at 9:51am |
Michaela didn't get the H1N1 last year as they hadn't developed the vaccine yet. We had to pay for both too
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