Re: VACCINE FOR MOTHER AFTER BIRTH???

September 10, 2008

At 02:24 PM 9/10/2008, you wrote:

>HI All,

>

>just curious, they have listed in the hospital pre-made " birth plan "

>whether or not i would receive the Tdap vaccine.

>

>what is this exactly?? i suppose it's so i can pass it onto the baby

>through my breastmilk, but i just want to make sure what it is.

They want to sell vaccines to the HUGE adult market

They will tell you it is so you don't get pertussis and give it to your baby.

(doesn't matter that there is tetanus and diphtheria in there also -

diphtheria, a rare disease of poverty basically now; you vaccinated

against tetanus will not protect your baby). All can harm you

See my webpages on danger of tetanus vax

http://www.wellwithin1.com/tetanus.htm

this is just another way to sell their product and keep you in fear

>i really don't want to get it, unless i have too....is this something

>new? i don't recall getting a vaccine with my last birth (7 yrs ago)

you don't have to get anything

Put it in your birth plan and refuse any injections.

Sheri

>btw, i also saw an ad for this is the american baby magazine, urging

>mothers to get this vaccine...does it have something to do with

>pertussis???

>

>i'm 37 weeks, could pop any time....so any feedback would be helpful.

>

>thanks!!

>~

>

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September 10, 2008

Hi, . You do not have to get any vaccine of any kind.

It is something fairly new that they are pushing this on new moms. It is for

pertussis, but also for tetanus and diphteria. The push is for pertussis but as

is typical, they lump other vaccines with it for no reason other than because

they can.

The reason is not to pass it along through breastmilk but to prevent you from

getting pertussis and giving it to your baby. However, that is assuming that the

vaccine works. Don't bet on it. It won't.

If you don't want it (and neither would I), tell them AND put it in writing. I

would never use a hospital pre-made birth plan--never heard of such a thing. By

definition it would be your plan because you are the one giving birth, so make

your own.

You are the customer. You make the rules. Don't let them force you into

anything.

Winnie

VACCINE FOR MOTHER AFTER BIRTH???

Vaccinations

> HI All,

>

> just curious, they have listed in the hospital pre-made " birth

> plan "

> whether or not i would receive the Tdap vaccine.

>

> what is this exactly?? i suppose it's so i can pass it onto the

> baby

> through my breastmilk, but i just want to make sure what it is.

>

> i really don't want to get it, unless i have too....is this

> something

> new? i don't recall getting a vaccine with my last birth (7 yrs ago)

>

> btw, i also saw an ad for this is the american baby magazine,

> urging

> mothers to get this vaccine...does it have something to do with

> pertussis???

>

> i'm 37 weeks, could pop any time....so any feedback would be

> helpful.

>

> thanks!!

> ~

>

September 10, 2008

When I went to to deliver my second child I was told by the dr that they would

be giving me that shot after the baby was born. I stressed about it for months

wondering how I was going to get out of it. But when I went in to deliver the

nurse handed me some paperwork to fill out and there was a space on the sheet

and I wrote down that I did not want any shot at all and told the nurse what I

had put. I was never asked about it and the dr never bothered me about it

either.

So put it in writing and tell them hopefully they will not give you a hard