Re: What vaccines do babies get in hospital when born?

[Guest guest]

Right after birth they give an eye ointment, and vitamin K shot. The

eye ointment is if the mother has a STD it will not pass to the child,

so if you dont have one, they dont need it. The vit K is b/c some

mothers are lacking in vit K at birth and a lack of vit K in the

babies system can lead to a brain bleed (hemorage) as I understand it,

as long as you took good care of yourself, it is unlikely that your

baby will have a problem. Hep B is a shot that they give before the

baby goes home. All you have to do is tell the nurses and doctors not

to vaccinate the baby and also make a birth plan stating your requests

and hand out to every nurse and doctor that walks into your room and

also post one on the door. The doctors or nurses will try to talk you

into giving the shots but just stick to your guns and refuse them.

they can not and will not vaccinate your baby if you say not to and it

is in writing.

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> What vaccines do babies get in hospital when born?

> And how do you go about telling the Doctors and Nurses that tend to

> your baby that under NO sercumstances are they to give your newborn

> baby any vaccines. Me And hubby are TTC and when we do get pregnant

I

> do NOT want them to give my baby a Vaccine in the hospital.. i am

> afraid if that I tell them no that when the baby is in the nursery

> they will give it to him/her with out my consent. I am worried.

>

> What precauctions do I need to do before that time.

>

> Thanks so much,

> Meg

>

[Guest guest]

<< If you want to avoid vitamin K, know that it is probably a good idea

to get the shot if you have

a forceps, vacuum, or traumatic delivery and the baby has lots of

bruising.>>

That's fascinating. When my youngest was born via a traumatic

c-section, the nurses were more pissed that I didn't want her to get the

crap in her eyes than the Vit K shot. And she did have a fair amount of

bruising from the dr trying to get her out (slid sideways, got stuck, we

both ended up bruised).

Natural sunlight is the best for jaundice too.

)0(~~~)0(~~~)0(

Mom to Brittany, born 08/31/93, dx'd IDDM 05/28/01; , born

06/28/97; Shayna, born 06/01/00; and Baby #4 due 05/07.

Vaccine free since 1999.

[Guest guest]

Best treatment for jaundice is to put baby naked in natural sunlight, and

breastfeed regularly. Breastmilk helps establish normal bilirubin levels.

Sue xx

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> Natural sunlight is the best for jaundice too.

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[Guest guest]

Regarding the hep b, you could also say you just want to wait until the babies

first " well " visit to make him " sick " ....OH DEAR!.....I meant to give him the

shot....Anita

danerescue6 <tsthumper1@...> wrote: Right after birth they give an eye

ointment, and vitamin K shot. The

eye ointment is if the mother has a STD it will not pass to the child,

so if you dont have one, they dont need it. The vit K is b/c some

mothers are lacking in vit K at birth and a lack of vit K in the

babies system can lead to a brain bleed (hemorage) as I understand it,

as long as you took good care of yourself, it is unlikely that your

baby will have a problem. Hep B is a shot that they give before the

baby goes home. All you have to do is tell the nurses and doctors not

to vaccinate the baby and also make a birth plan stating your requests

and hand out to every nurse and doctor that walks into your room and

also post one on the door. The doctors or nurses will try to talk you

into giving the shots but just stick to your guns and refuse them.

they can not and will not vaccinate your baby if you say not to and it

is in writing.

>

> What vaccines do babies get in hospital when born?

> And how do you go about telling the Doctors and Nurses that tend to

> your baby that under NO sercumstances are they to give your newborn

> baby any vaccines. Me And hubby are TTC and when we do get pregnant

I

> do NOT want them to give my baby a Vaccine in the hospital.. i am

> afraid if that I tell them no that when the baby is in the nursery

> they will give it to him/her with out my consent. I am worried.

>

> What precauctions do I need to do before that time.

>

> Thanks so much,

> Meg

>

[Guest guest]

<<I do notunderstand why they were upset with you not

getting the eye ointment. A child born vaginally has

a better chance of getting the STD through the trip

down the birth canal than one that is born caesarean

section, although gonorrhea can be systemic.>>

I was completely baffled as well, I was still in the recovery room and

there was this nurse reeming me out for it. :-( I think it was because

I challenged them, I didn't just follow the rest of the sheep. Besides

all of that I didn't have any STD's anyways.

)0(~~~)0(~~~)0(

Mom to Brittany, born 08/31/93, dx'd IDDM 05/28/01; , born

06/28/97; Shayna, born 06/01/00; and Baby #4 due 05/07.

Vaccine free since 1999.

[Guest guest]

I don't know if this was already said but I thought I had read that

not clamping the cord until after it stops pulsing, should also help

with either Vitamin K or jaundice problems.

I got a huge lecture from the hospital pediatrition for not giving my

daughter the Vitamin K shot.

Tara

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> What vaccines do babies get in hospital when born?

> And how do you go about telling the Doctors and Nurses that tend to

> your baby that under NO sercumstances are they to give your newborn

> baby any vaccines. Me And hubby are TTC and when we do get pregnant

I

> do NOT want them to give my baby a Vaccine in the hospital.. i am

> afraid if that I tell them no that when the baby is in the nursery

> they will give it to him/her with out my consent. I am worried.

>

> What precauctions do I need to do before that time.

>

> Thanks so much,

> Meg

>

[Guest guest]

YOu are absolutely correct.

However when my nephew was born, by caesarean section

after forty hours of labor, receiving vitamin K, he

had jaundice. My sister, in terrible pain, dutifully

brought him every day for treatments until one day she

got fed up with the treatments and the waiting and

told them she would not be back the next day as she

had an appointment with her pediatrician and she would

get his opinion.

The hospital threatened her with CPS and the loss of

custody of her son. So much for caring hospital

staff.

The very next morning, as she sat in the examining

room as the first patient of the day, the hospital

called, making sure she was there. The pediatrician

laughed and said he did not understand why hospitals

like to scare new mothers that way.

In the opinion of the pediatrician, my nephew was

fine. His bilirubin levels were low enough in his

professional opinion to be nursed and suntanned to

resolve the problem.

--- mum2mishka <mum2mishka@...> wrote:

> Best treatment for jaundice is to put baby naked in

> natural sunlight, and

> breastfeed regularly. Breastmilk helps establish

> normal bilirubin levels.

>

> Sue xx

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> > Natural sunlight is the best for jaundice too.

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[Guest guest]

Totally agree, Sue.

Ingrid

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> Best treatment for jaundice is to put baby naked in natural

sunlight, and

> breastfeed regularly. Breastmilk helps establish normal bilirubin

levels.

>

> Sue xx

>

[Guest guest]

Me too. That's what the women in my family have always done. I think it's my

Spanish/Sicilian background; it's just what we do....naturally...........Anita

ingrid5317 <ingrid_schebesch@...> wrote:

Totally agree, Sue.

Ingrid

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> Best treatment for jaundice is to put baby naked in natural

sunlight, and

> breastfeed regularly. Breastmilk helps establish normal bilirubin

levels.

>

> Sue xx

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