Read this with my 14 week old asleep on me and feeling incredibly grateful that I was vaccinated against whooping cough in pregnancy and that the baby has had two rounds of 6 in 1 herself.
Anecdotally, the experienced nurse who vaccinated her said she has more and more parents decline the jabs every year, and that they can rarely give her a reason for that decision when asked.
I have a feeling (but no evidence) that we may be seeing the effect of older children who have not had the 6-in-one vaccine introducing whooping cough to households with new babies. So catching up with missed 6-in-one vaccines maybe as important as the uptake rate in new babies themselves.
It would be great if midwifes where willing and able to discuss vaccination of the complete household with women in pregnancy and offer the vaccines at any appointment for any child that is brought to the appointment.
Read this with my 14 week old asleep on me and feeling incredibly grateful that I was vaccinated against whooping cough in pregnancy and that the baby has had two rounds of 6 in 1 herself.
Anecdotally, the experienced nurse who vaccinated her said she has more and more parents decline the jabs every year, and that they can rarely give her a reason for that decision when asked.
I have a feeling (but no evidence) that we may be seeing the effect of older children who have not had the 6-in-one vaccine introducing whooping cough to households with new babies. So catching up with missed 6-in-one vaccines maybe as important as the uptake rate in new babies themselves.
It would be great if midwifes where willing and able to discuss vaccination of the complete household with women in pregnancy and offer the vaccines at any appointment for any child that is brought to the appointment.