hepatitis shot at hospital

So my hospital said we have to decide if we want the hep shot at birth or to wait until we go to the pediatrician. . any advice one way or another?

are there advantages to waiting?

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With DS, I waited for my ped to do it. I just felt more comfortable. I will do the same with this baby.

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My ped didn't have rights to the hospital I delivered at, and I wanted him to have administered everything to DS. So we declined it in the hospital.

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I didn't know the hospital offered this. I will probably wait until we go to the ped.

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we declined it at the hospital. I waited until Chloe's 2 month appt.

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I had the pediatrician do it in office.

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my dr had us wait till the 4 or 8 weeks appt going to do the same again

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We chose to wait until the 2 month appointment next month. I know I'm going to be sad to give her so many shots at once at 2 months, but I couldn't bear to give a 1-day-old a shot. It just seemed unnecessary to me to do it when she was born. So we elected to wait. That way she'll be a little stronger first.

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we are going to wait. our doc said that it wasn't necessary to do at the hospital they had enough trauma already and we agree.

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We are waiting.

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TOTALLY waiting - I think it is ridiculous that they even CONSIDER pumping a one day old baby with chemicals and anitbodies that are unnecessary at that point. Their systems are soo fragile still.

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thanks everyone. . this was basically my thought but I keep forgetting to ask my doc about it and wanted some other opinions. .

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DD got it at her first ped appointment.

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We waited and I will wait again for #2. My ped felt more comfortable with us waiting and also liked that all vaccinations will be given through the same office.

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we are declining the shot and postponing it for a few months -- like PP said its completly unnecessary since there is like no risk of the baby catching it ......they only issue it at birth since there trying to erradicate Hep B from our population and are afraid people wont get the shot later

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I'm not a fan of a newborn baby getting shots so I think I want to wait until we talk to the pediatrician during the baby's first appt.

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With my DS I waited and had my ped. do it in the office. I will do the same with this baby. Even though my ped visits the hospital daily I just feel much more comfy waiting and doing the shot at her recommended schedule which is 2 mths.