https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 14:25:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-305828 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:01:27 +0000 LittleFox 305828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to have my TDAP vaccine updated when I started grad school, and DH is getting his. I'm also asking all siblings and parents to get their whooping cough vaccines. I talked to my MIL about it early on, and was worried I'd come across as an overbearing weirdo for asking everyone (mostly people who will be around a lot), but she just said "Well, what could be more important to you than you're baby? You have to make sure you're comfortable with your baby's safety." I think she was totally right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-305688 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:26:28 +0000 boiledpnut 305688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FYI ladies, research is showing that the booster is only good for 5 years.</p> <p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/whooping-cough-vaccine-protection-short-lived/story?id=17221497#.UFzcJo38ss8" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/whooping-cough-vaccine-protection-short-lived/story?id=17221497#.UFzcJo38ss8</a></p> <p>This one says 3 years</p> <p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/19/whooping-cough-vaccine-three-years_n_970139.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/19/whooping-cough-vaccine-three-years_n_970139.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-305653 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:58:54 +0000 1000tulip 305653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH has an awesome primary care and they gave him the Tdap instead a tetanus shot a few months ago when he cut his thumb. They told him about the new CDC guidance on it and suggested we encourage grandparents get it. My SIL's doctor told them most babies get it from the dad so my brother went and got it before their kid was born, but they didn't ask us to get it.</p> <p>This is the CDC website on it<br /> <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/VACCINEs/pubs/preg-guide.htm#tdap" rel="nofollow">http://www.cdc.gov/VACCINEs/pubs/preg-guide.htm#tdap</a></p> <p>My OB hasn't implemented the new guidelines and I am torn if I should get it now in the 3rd tri or wait until delivery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-305422 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:58:59 +0000 Mrsbells 305422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>none of us got it. I was very worried about it the whole time though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-305404 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:50:20 +0000 DillonLion 305404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A kid in my hometown (about 20 minutes from where I currently live) just came down with a case. Scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-305400 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:48:54 +0000 jedeve 305400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: I think it's most important for people who are going to be caregivers or around for big chunks of time like grandparents.</p> <p>@shopaholic: I'm just going to send out an e-mail and punt the blame to our OB. Something like:</p> <p>"Hey, not to be overprotective first time mom, but our OB has really been insisting that anyone who wants to come visit the baby in the first few months should get their whooping cough vaccine updated. Really, with the outbreak across the country, you might want it anyway, so it's not bad timing! And it lasts about 10 years (I think) so you'll be good for future grandbabies. The baby can't get the vaccine for a few months, and since whooping cough is deadly to newborns, the OB is really trying to make sure we get everyone on board. Thanks for understanding!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-302143 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:54:12 +0000 Mrs.B 302143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: I checked and we don't have any outbreaks currently in our area but DH is going to get the vaccine along with his flu shot this week. He's also going to Walgreens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-302078 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:26:27 +0000 2PeasinaPod 302078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: You're totally right. My DH just got his at a CVS Minute Clinic b/c he couldn't get into his doctor for almost a month (I'm due next week).</p> <p>While I 100% understand why someone wouldn't want someone who didn't get their booster around their newborn, I guess I have to ask how you would know? Do you ask each and every person who wants to come visit if they've had their booster? I just know that we have friends who will pop by for an unannounced visit...so I would wonder how to handle that if I was to say that no one without the booster could see my baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-302070 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:22:03 +0000 LuLu Mom 302070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.B: There was a whopping cough outbreak about 2 years ago according to my doc, so this is why they have been pushing for everyone who comes into contact with infants to get it. </p> <p>To me it is better safe than sorry, DH just went to the local Walgreens and they carry it! It's very widely available these days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-302067 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:20:42 +0000 JerricaBenton 302067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They offer whooping cough vaccine at Walgreens and other pharmacies. My husband got his at his annual doctor's appointment in the Summer and my doc said I should wait to get mine until right after delivery - something about the tetanus component is iffy for pregnant ladies maybe? My parents and brother are going to get it because they will be around the baby right away. I just told my husband he would have to broach the subject with his mom. She's the type just to pop in without any notice (she lives far away) and we haven't yet discussed when she'd want to come see the baby but if it's soon after birth she has to have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-302003 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:35:28 +0000 sorrycharlie 302003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband got his last night, and I know my mom is up to date. I assume my dad is, but I'm not sure. No idea about the ILs...I need to just get over it and ask them. MIL is ALWAYS sick (in fact, she sounds sick right now and I'm due in a week). I hope she'll have common sense enough to stay the heck away but we live next door so I'm thinking some firm discussion might be necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-301999 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:33:36 +0000 dagret 301999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am going to ask my parents and in laws to get it. It is very serious and we've had several outbreaks in the area. My friend is my states DOH spokeswoman, and I asked her about it and she told me, unequivocally, that she would get it and make anyone who's going to be around the baby get it. It's too widespread in our state to take the risk. </p> <p>I *think* I got the tdap booster about 6 years ago at a trip to the ER...I need to call my drs office and see if they have record of that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-301943 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:39:15 +0000 boiledpnut 301943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lydg: I got mine last week and it wasn't covered either. You'd think they'd at least cover it for pregnant women! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-301907 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:09:56 +0000 shopaholic 301907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My BFF did ask us if we had the shot but wasn't adamant about it. I got mine before I got preggers, but it's kind of hard to ask other people to get it? Maybe just our immediate family.<br /> *Although, sad case, DH's BFF lost his baby niece to whooping cough at 1 m/o. Seems like a pretty valid request. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-301822 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:33:01 +0000 DillonLion 301822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I double checked with my OB this morning about this vaccine after my mom told me she hadn't decided if she and my dad were definitely going to get it or not. My OB said to not let them around the baby at all if the refuse to get the vaccine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-301821 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:31:46 +0000 matador84 301821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine &amp; dh is getting his this week...$107 and not covered by insurance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-301819 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:28:49 +0000 jedeve 301819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that it's covered under the ACA now? <a href="http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2010/09/affordable-care-act-immunization.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2010/09/affordable-care-act-immunization.html</a> </p> <p>Although we just got a bill for my husbands.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284563 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:39:06 +0000 MamaMoose 284563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: My OB told my husband it's super cheap and easy to get the TDAP vaccine at the health dept office... So tell your hubs to look into that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284555 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:31:04 +0000 boiledpnut 284555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.B: I actually brought up just me and DH getting the vaccine to my doctor. If you read the literature out there, whooping cough is very serious for infants and that's just not a chance I'm wanting to take. I would definitely recommend you and your SO get it at the very least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284512 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:47:36 +0000 hilsy85 284512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.B: I will say that my OB did recommend that DH get the shot, even though she didn't say it was necessary for anyone else to do it. So he needs to find a doctor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284480 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:33:51 +0000 Mrs.B 284480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe this is a regional thing? My OB has said nothing about it. Our other children already have the booster because they are in school. I'm assuming if it is a big deal they will give it to me at the hospital along with my flu shot (OB said they will give me that before I leave). DH will most likely not be vaccinated unless it is recommended by a doctor. We also will not require visitors to be vaccinated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284457 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:23:49 +0000 LuLu Mom 284457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our OB asked us and grandparents to get it. Our siblings already have it since they all have children under 3. Our parents got it with no complaining, the dad's both were in need of a tetanus shot anyways so it worked out well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284317 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:16:33 +0000 googly-eyes 284317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe MIL because she will be around the most, but nobody else. I will, however, be limiting her contact with visitors. DH got his yesterday and I will get mine at the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284290 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:59:49 +0000 wheres_c 284290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked my parents to get it. SO's parents already had it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284285 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:54:51 +0000 brownie 284285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: yes, I would have refused visitors who had not had the vaccine for the first 6 weeks. You never know who could be carrying what. It is thier choice to get or not get the vaccin and it is my choice to protect what is essentially immunocompromised. But we didn't have any people during that time who weren't vaccinated or willing to be vaccinated.</p> <p>I hate shots and was not allowed to see my friends baby for 6 weeks because I chose not to get the vaccine. That was my choice and consequence. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284251 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:41:05 +0000 autumnlove 284251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents, brother and one BIL were already vaccinated. We took and paid for MIL and FIL's shots a few weeks before my EDD. We also offered to pay for my other BIL's shot but he refused so we didn't push it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284244 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:36:48 +0000 2PeasinaPod 284244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my booster 3 years ago, and I'm making my DH get his booster now. Other than that, I don't feel right asking anyone else to get theirs. It's their own choice to get it or not get it.</p> <p>For those who feel pretty strongly about family/friends getting it, will you limit friends visiting if you don't know if they have or haven't gotten theirs? I feel like we'll have so many visitors that it will be impossible to know unless we outright ask. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284231 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:28:41 +0000 Lozza 284231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom and my sister both voluntarily went out and got theirs after I mentioned that I'd had one. DH's dad is a physician, so he'd been boostered already. No one else was really up close and personal with LO early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284191 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:02:29 +0000 brownie 284191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone coming in contact with him before got his vaccine at 6 weeks needed to have it. After that only primary caregivers (daily babysitter etc). So, my mom had to have it cause she visited at 4 weeks and our close friends had all had them for their kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whooping-cough-vaccine#post-284113 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:16:43 +0000 MamaMoose 284113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB only wanted us to have grandparents and siblings get it. And obviously our nanny and then day care providers. </p> <p>@boiledpnut: All of our parents and siblings are fine with it. If they had an issue with it I would tell them that's perfectly fine but they won't be spending extended time around the baby. </p>