Vitamin K?

When I collected the enrollment pack to enrol Kiya at school, I was told that if she was not fully immunised I would have to take her out of school every time there was a potential risk to her, and that making sure she did not get behind on her education was my responsiblity.

This was not said in a nasty way, it was presented in such a way that I knew that if I had chosen not to immunise Kiya then the school was not going to keep her in an enviroment where she would be at risk of illness, and that too much time off was not a good thing!

Frantic, Hannah got Vit K because she was a "more at risk" birth (caesarean) but we declined for Briona. We'll do the same thing this time: No, unless strongly recommended.

With the "usual" vaccinations, we at first decided we were not going to get them. In the end we decided that yes we would, but that meant that Hannah's first jab (usually at 6 weeks) was at 10 months and we caught up by 20 months or so. It's harder taking a baby that old for regular jabs (longer memory span) but after Briona was born, I didn't want any needle going into her until I was ready! I think she got her first jab at 5 months, after I was ready (she didn't seem quite so frail as a 6 week old) and also after she had got over her reflux/colic, which was already making her unsettled every night (didn't want to add more potential unsettledness to the mix!).

It's a really hard decision but your Dr will be able to talk over the pro's and con's with you (our one really did help us make a decision, and left it completely to us with no pressure) and you can just wait til you're ready if that's what it takes.

Teresa

D'oh ! Thanks Anna Will just have to keep it in mind for later then.