They may have done it without mentioning it. It wasn't mentioned to me with either of my boys, but it's listed on their record.
I honestly don't think so because DS never left my room
Really? Where did they do all the other newborn screening stuff? Like the hearing test? They took my kid away a few times. I was like, sure, bye. I'm going back to sleep.
Post by mrsgiantpenis on Aug 13, 2016 16:21:21 GMT -5
I felt so gross after birth I got up and showered right away and they did all the tests and pokes then. I'm guessing they did this but it was never mentioned, they could have swapped her with another kid and I would have had no idea. I just really wanted to shower.
I was asked about every single thing they did. We didn't opt out of anything, but we did delay the eye ointment until day 2.
Can I ask why the delay?
Well when I first learned about erythromycin, I was of the understanding that it was to prevent eye infections caused by chlamydia and gonorrhea. So I was like "Hmm, I don't have either of those STDs, so baby doesn't need it." I guess kind of along the same lines as not taking antibiotics for a virus? The nurses didn't seemed phased by me opting out, so didn't think it was a big deal.
But then the next day when a nurse was checking on me and DS, she asked if I was sure we wanted to forgo the erythromycin. When I explained to her why, she explained that it also prevents infections caused by other common bacterias that are not STDs. So then I was like "Oh, well then yes I want him to have it."
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Out of the shots and ointment, I only refused the Hep C, since he was going to get it in a combo at his 2 month and the one at birth would have been a redundant dose, they said it was entirely up to me.
But personally if there is a vaccine offered for it, he gets it.
Post by owlishbookish on Aug 13, 2016 17:56:05 GMT -5
This is one of my soapboxes. VKDB is why my husband has epilepsy. He was born at home and didn't get the shot after delivery. He suffered a brain bleed within weeks. In his case, the damage from the bleed caused epilepsy. He spent a week in a neurology unit for observation last year and found out that he is not a candidate for surgery to correct it. It's one of my IL's biggest regrets. On this issue, I would have no issue telling someone they're being an idiot for refusing the injection.
Post by Cherhorowitz on Aug 13, 2016 17:56:32 GMT -5
I didn't see them give Vit K. But that doesn't mean it didn't happen. I'm probably not the best source for things that happened post-delivery. There were lots of drugs involved.
Out of the shots and ointment, I only refused the Hep C, since he was going to get it in a combo at his 2 month and the one at birth would have been a redundant dose, they said it was entirely up to me.
But personally if there is a vaccine offered for it, he gets it.
Uh think you mean hep B.
Fun fact: hep B isn't part of the vaccination program here, unless you are from an area (generally outside of Canada) where it is more common. Only shot at birth is vit K, plus eye drops.
Out of the shots and ointment, I only refused the Hep C, since he was going to get it in a combo at his 2 month and the one at birth would have been a redundant dose, they said it was entirely up to me.
But personally if there is a vaccine offered for it, he gets it.
This doesn't make any sense to me. I'm assuming you mean Hep B, but how would it be a redundant dose? You know that most of their vaccines are given in multiple doses, right?
Post by bunnyfungo on Aug 13, 2016 18:23:34 GMT -5
I'm just seriously so confused. You have to get all the doses for immunity. So if you skip one, they'll still get the same number of doses. They just get pushed back time-wise. And why would you want to do that? So they can be vulnerable longer? I also have vaccine feels, @thatgolfbitch.
Out of the shots and ointment, I only refused the Hep C, since he was going to get it in a combo at his 2 month and the one at birth would have been a redundant dose, they said it was entirely up to me.
But personally if there is a vaccine offered for it, he gets it.
This doesn't make any sense to me. I'm assuming you mean Hep B, but how would it be a redundant dose? You know that most of their vaccines are given in multiple doses, right?
IIRC my nurse said something similar to me too. I did have them do the Hep B shot at birth, but I remember the way she worded it made it sound like the shot would be redundant. I knew that wasn't correct though so we did the shot.
I think shock and I are from the same area. Maybe we both had the same dumb nurse.
But what if your pedi doesn't give that specific combo? Mine doesn't. So if I skipped it, my kids would be off on their doses. Ours still use the old school ones.
But what if your pedi doesn't give that specific combo? Mine doesn't. So if I skipped it, my kids would be off on their doses. Ours still use the old school ones.
Right, I think shock just had a terrible uninformed healthcare professional.
Vax is my hill to die on. I get so fucking ragey over this shit and I have actually lost a friend over it (there were other things too, but a vaxxing argument started it).
I just don't get it. People spent years and years and years to eradicate these diseases and develop vaccines and get where we are in medicine.... People "back in the day" would've done anything to have what we have today. So I just don't get it when people are like "nah, that's ok, I'm good". No... No you're not good.
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