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Shots in the hospital
So as you near the end of your pregnancy do they tell you what they want to give your baby, and what you can waive???thanks
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2BEANS
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Re: Shots in the hospital
The only shot they offered to give dd was the Hepatitis B vaccine. we waived it and had done in our peds office.
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| Posted 9/25/08 2:41 PM |
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Blissful
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Re: Shots in the hospital
The only thing the baby should be receiving in the hospital, pending no other medical complications is a vitamin K shot and erythromycin ointment for the eyes. Boh you Can NOT refuse in the hospital, they are state mandated.
The baby should not be receiving any vaccinations after birth.
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wannabemom
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by Blissful
The only thing the baby should be receiving in the hospital, pending no other medical complications is a vitamin K shot and erythromycin ointment for the eyes. Boh you Can NOT refuse in the hospital, they are state mandated.
The baby should not be receiving any vaccinations after birth.
they DO frequently give hep B along with the vit. k and the ointment... but you can request they don't do the hep B.
I frankly don't understand why a kid needs that shot in the first 5 min of life... it's not like they were born in the primate facility of the bronx zoo or something!
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| Posted 9/25/08 2:48 PM |
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Blissful
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by wannabemom
Posted by Blissful
The only thing the baby should be receiving in the hospital, pending no other medical complications is a vitamin K shot and erythromycin ointment for the eyes. Boh you Can NOT refuse in the hospital, they are state mandated.
The baby should not be receiving any vaccinations after birth.
they DO frequently give hep B along with the vit. k and the ointment... but you can request they don't do the hep B.
I frankly don't understand why a kid needs that shot in the first 5 min of life... it's not like they were born in the primate facility of the bronx zoo or something!
They are suppose to get permission ahead of time for that since it is not a mandated vaccine....unfortunately some how there seems to be a loop hole and many times they just give it.....
I know the hospital I worked at asked the parents about this one ahead of time.....
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| Posted 9/25/08 2:50 PM |
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wannabemom
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by Blissful
Posted by wannabemom
Posted by Blissful
The only thing the baby should be receiving in the hospital, pending no other medical complications is a vitamin K shot and erythromycin ointment for the eyes. Boh you Can NOT refuse in the hospital, they are state mandated.
The baby should not be receiving any vaccinations after birth.
they DO frequently give hep B along with the vit. k and the ointment... but you can request they don't do the hep B.
I frankly don't understand why a kid needs that shot in the first 5 min of life... it's not like they were born in the primate facility of the bronx zoo or something!
They are suppose to get permission ahead of time for that since it is not a mandated vaccine....unfortunately some how there seems to be a loop hole and many times they just give it.....
I know the hospital I worked at asked the parents about this one ahead of time.....
oh they better NOT sneak that puppy in... I'm afraid they'll either circumcize scone or give him shots out of habit w/o permission..... this is my paranoia at its best (or worst) 
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| Posted 9/25/08 2:53 PM |
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Blissful
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by wannabemom
Posted by Blissful
Posted by wannabemom
Posted by Blissful
The only thing the baby should be receiving in the hospital, pending no other medical complications is a vitamin K shot and erythromycin ointment for the eyes. Boh you Can NOT refuse in the hospital, they are state mandated.
The baby should not be receiving any vaccinations after birth.
they DO frequently give hep B along with the vit. k and the ointment... but you can request they don't do the hep B.
I frankly don't understand why a kid needs that shot in the first 5 min of life... it's not like they were born in the primate facility of the bronx zoo or something!
They are suppose to get permission ahead of time for that since it is not a mandated vaccine....unfortunately some how there seems to be a loop hole and many times they just give it.....
I know the hospital I worked at asked the parents about this one ahead of time.....
oh they better NOT sneak that puppy in... I'm afraid they'll either circumcize scone or give him shots out of habit w/o permission..... this is my paranoia at its best (or worst)
make sure your ob has it written in your chart and if you are writing a birth plan have it written in your birth plan.....
also tell your nurses when you are in labor and make sure your DH reminds them as well...........
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Before the baby left the delivery room i had sign paperwork.. and the hep b was one of the things they need my sign on inorder for them to give her.
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| Posted 9/25/08 3:02 PM |
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oobabyoo
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Are the laws the same for all states or are they different? I am in CT. TIA!!
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| Posted 9/25/08 3:30 PM |
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Blissful
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by oobabyoo
Are the laws the same for all states or are they different? I am in CT. TIA!!
I'm in CT as well....the laws are the same in CT and NY.....
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by wannabemom
oh they better NOT sneak that puppy in... I'm afraid they'll either circumcize scone or give him shots out of habit w/o permission..... this is my paranoia at its best (or worst)
At Stonybrook they asked my permission for the HepB. You have to be far more vigilant about forced retraction than circumcision in my experience.
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| Posted 9/25/08 3:46 PM |
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by greeneyes361708
Posted by wannabemom
oh they better NOT sneak that puppy in... I'm afraid they'll either circumcize scone or give him shots out of habit w/o permission..... this is my paranoia at its best (or worst)
At Stonybrook they asked my permission for the HepB. You have to be far more vigilant about forced retraction than circumcision in my experience.
I'm just being the worried mom and envisioning a moment where everything is swirling around scone at triple time and things that are standard procedure are 'forgotten'.
what is forced retraction? 
oh never mind, I just looked it up...
all I have to say is  , and thank you soooo much for letting me know about that!!!!! I'll stay on the lookout for any situations that may require cathetarization and speak up ASAP.
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| Posted 9/25/08 4:04 PM |
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by BabySammie
The only shot they offered to give dd was the Hepatitis B vaccine. we waived it and had done in our peds office.
This is what we intend to do. Our pediatrician said to waive it because she'll give it to her at her first appointment a few days later. Plus, if the baby develops a fever in the hospital and got the Hep B vaccine, the docs won't know if the fever is from the shot or something else.
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2BEANS
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by Christina
Posted by BabySammie
The only shot they offered to give dd was the Hepatitis B vaccine. we waived it and had done in our peds office.
This is what we intend to do. Our pediatrician said to waive it because she'll give it to her at her first appointment a few days later. Plus, if the baby develops a fever in the hospital and got the Hep B vaccine, the docs won't know if the fever is from the shot or something else.
Plus i think i remember the nurse telling me the version the hospital uses is mixed with something else.. reason alot of parents with no insurance chose to have done in hospital.
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| Posted 9/25/08 4:28 PM |
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Re: Shots in the hospital
they get a vitamin k shot, and the hep B shot if you choose to get it. otherwise your ped will do it. I chose to do it in the hospital
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Hep B and Vitamin K. You can accept or refuse both or either.
We did Vitamin K but not Hep B.
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| Posted 9/25/08 4:57 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Shots in the hospital
I didnt refuse anything. I was asked appropriately and Abby got both. I have no issues with it. I feel there are reasons why things are done the way they are done and I am not a fan of being indoctrinated by non-professionals. JMO.
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by Goldi0218
I didnt refuse anything. I was asked appropriately and Abby got both. I have no issues with it. I feel there are reasons why things are done the way they are done and I am not a fan of being indoctrinated by non-professionals. JMO.
what she said
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wannabemom
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Re: Shots in the hospital
well, for the record, to quote my ped 'It's totally unecessary to give hep B so early. Scone only needs it after age 2'
so not all these things are so clear cut, and do not always originate from 'non-professionals'
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| Posted 9/25/08 5:29 PM |
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by wannabemom
well, for the record, to quote my ped 'It's totally unecessary to give hep B so early. Scone only needs it after age 2'
so not all these things are so clear cut, and do not always originate from 'non-professionals'
My pediatrician says the same thing...my pediatrician also recommends delaying vaccinations and only doing one at a time, she was actually trained in India and Great Britain and did her fellowship at Yale New Haven, I qualify her to be a professional.....her example is that it is the same as when you start introducing foods to a new child..you always start 1 at a time incase you get a reaction you know exactly what cause the reaction.....
ETA: the reason for Hep B being done in the hospital is primarily for the lower income population that may not get adequate healthcare and whos chld may be more predisposed to being infected by Hep B because of the areas they live in etc. they are decisions made and pushed byt hte public health departments
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by wannabemom
well, for the record, to quote my ped 'It's totally unecessary to give hep B so early. Scone only needs it after age 2'
so not all these things are so clear cut, and do not always originate from 'non-professionals'
I agree. No Hep B for my child unless it's from their Ped, thanks.
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by Blissful
Posted by wannabemom
well, for the record, to quote my ped 'It's totally unecessary to give hep B so early. Scone only needs it after age 2'
so not all these things are so clear cut, and do not always originate from 'non-professionals'
My pediatrician says the same thing...my pediatrician also recommends delaying vaccinations and only doing one at a time, she was actually trained in India and Great Britain and did her fellowship at Yale New Haven, I qualify her to be a professional.....her example is that it is the same as when you start introducing foods to a new child..you always start 1 at a time incase you get a reaction you know exactly what cause the reaction.....
ETA: the reason for Hep B being done in the hospital is primarily for the lower income population that may not get adequate healthcare and whos chld may be more predisposed to being infected by Hep B because of the areas they live in etc. they are decisions made and pushed byt hte public health departments
I wasn't referring to doctors as non-professionals. I'm referring to other sources of information. I don't need a resume from anyone. I had information spewed at me when I was TTC, dealing with IF issues, when I was PG and now that I am a parent. And each and every bit of advice I took with a grain of salt - trusting my heart and my gut rather than the net or people who thought they knew best based on THEIR experiences. My heart and gut won out over everything and everyone else and all others were completely disproven.
We will all do what we feel is best for our kids. I simply cannot and will not subscribe to what I feel in my heart and gut are scare tactics. It may not be what the general population at large does for themselves and their kids. Fine for them. Its not for me. I am well read and educated too.
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Blissful
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by Goldi0218
Posted by Blissful
Posted by wannabemom
well, for the record, to quote my ped 'It's totally unecessary to give hep B so early. Scone only needs it after age 2'
so not all these things are so clear cut, and do not always originate from 'non-professionals'
My pediatrician says the same thing...my pediatrician also recommends delaying vaccinations and only doing one at a time, she was actually trained in India and Great Britain and did her fellowship at Yale New Haven, I qualify her to be a professional.....her example is that it is the same as when you start introducing foods to a new child..you always start 1 at a time incase you get a reaction you know exactly what cause the reaction.....
ETA: the reason for Hep B being done in the hospital is primarily for the lower income population that may not get adequate healthcare and whos chld may be more predisposed to being infected by Hep B because of the areas they live in etc. they are decisions made and pushed byt hte public health departments
I wasn't referring to doctors as non-professionals. I'm referring to other sources of information. I don't need a resume from anyone. I had information spewed at me when I was TTC, dealing with IF issues, when I was PG and now that I am a parent. And each and every bit of advice I took with a grain of salt - trusting my heart and my gut rather than the net or people who thought they knew best based on THEIR experiences. My heart and gut won out over everything and everyone else and all others were completely disproven.
We will all do what we feel is best for our kids. I simply cannot and will not subscribe to what I feel in my heart and gut are scare tactics. It may not be what the general population at large does for themselves and their kids. Fine for them. Its not for me. I am well read and educated too.
Its great the way you made your decision, you should always go by what your guts says. I think I was taken a back by your comment because I have done a lot of research, I am considered to be a medical professional and I feel that there really isn't a true answer to what is right and wrong when it comes to vaccinations. I think some physicans are better educated on teh subject than others.
I also don't trust everythign a doctor tells me word for word because I have on more than 1 occasion had to fix the "mistakes" of those doctors that almost cost my patients their lives.
I feel that as a parent to be it is my job to do as much good research as possible on a praticualr subject and make my decision with the backing of a physician I am comfortable with and trust.
We all get info spewed at us left and right. It is our job as parents or future parents to filter what is relevant to us and make the decision that is best for our individual families, and that may not be the same for everyone but thats ok!
I commend you for your thinking and decision making process and for going by what your gut tells you to do even though I may not necessarily agree with your views on this particular issue. But thats ok because what a boring place this world would be if were all thought the same way!
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by Blissful
Posted by wannabemom
Posted by Blissful
The only thing the baby should be receiving in the hospital, pending no other medical complications is a vitamin K shot and erythromycin ointment for the eyes. Boh you Can NOT refuse in the hospital, they are state mandated.
The baby should not be receiving any vaccinations after birth.
they DO frequently give hep B along with the vit. k and the ointment... but you can request they don't do the hep B.
I frankly don't understand why a kid needs that shot in the first 5 min of life... it's not like they were born in the primate facility of the bronx zoo or something!
They are suppose to get permission ahead of time for that since it is not a mandated vaccine....unfortunately some how there seems to be a loop hole and many times they just give it.....
I know the hospital I worked at asked the parents about this one ahead of time.....
that's not universally true at all and is going to scare people for no reason.
i had to sign a waiver saying i was giving hep b at the first doc appt and not at the hospital. i would have had to sign a paper saying i wanted them to give it in the hospital as well.
there was no loophole. i would have had to sign the paper either way.
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Blissful
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Re: Shots in the hospital
Posted by browneyedgirl
Posted by Blissful
Posted by wannabemom
Posted by Blissful
The only thing the baby should be receiving in the hospital, pending no other medical complications is a vitamin K shot and erythromycin ointment for the eyes. Boh you Can NOT refuse in the hospital, they are state mandated.
The baby should not be receiving any vaccinations after birth.
they DO frequently give hep B along with the vit. k and the ointment... but you can request they don't do the hep B.
I frankly don't understand why a kid needs that shot in the first 5 min of life... it's not like they were born in the primate facility of the bronx zoo or something!
They are suppose to get permission ahead of time for that since it is not a mandated vaccine....unfortunately some how there seems to be a loop hole and many times they just give it.....
I know the hospital I worked at asked the parents about this one ahead of time.....
that's not universally true at all and is going to scare people for no reason.
i had to sign a waiver saying i was giving hep b at the first doc appt and not at the hospital. i would have had to sign a paper saying i wanted them to give it in the hospital as well.
there was no loophole. i would have had to sign the paper either way.
Here is the document from NYS department of Health regarding the Hep-B vaccination, as I said earlier there are certain instances in which parental permission is NOT needed for the vaccinatinoa and if you try to refuse it they will report it to Social Services..........
I'm not a fan but it is what it is.........
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