Parents Worrying About Family's Health Risks

“My brother in law and his wife are anti-vax. They have a four year-old and a one year-old. We have a 2 1/2 year-old and a three month old. It’s been extremely challenging navigating a newborn with anti-VAX cousins because we are so close and see them all the time. My two-year-old goes to daycare on Monday and Tuesday and then my mother-in-law watches her + my nephew and niece on Wednesdays and Thursdays. I’m on maternity leave until January, and I’ve tried to keep my newborn distanced as much as”

“Made a request for tdap to be within the last 5 years if our close family/ couple of friends were going to be holding the baby and frequently visiting before baby’s first dose. This is based off the research suggesting waning immunity after 4 years. CDC still recommends every 10 years, so I’ve had pushback. Just frustrated because it really is simple; I don’t care about your choice but you also have to be comfortable with the consequences that come with it. What did you guys do? I’m being made t”

“My husband’s relatives will be visiting from Pennsylvania this weekend. With the measles outbreak in PA, I have concerns about whether it’s worth seeing them or not. Our son is 12 weeks old. As of now the plan is to ask everyone in advance if they have any cold symptoms and/or aren’t vaxxed before making a decision to go see them. Obviously, if the answer to either is yes we won’t be going. But just wanted to gauge folks’ opinions on how you would feel visiting with family in general given where”

“I’m really on the fence about giving my baby the Covid vaccine. My family is in my ear about not giving him the vaccine. He’s about to be 7 months old. I feel like all the anti-vax talk is getting in my head. I used to feel confident about the decision to vaccinate against Covid, but now I’m just confused. submitted by /u/Imaginary_Math_4918 [link] [comments]”

“Think of it this way. If you bend and let them see the baby because you’re “close“ and feel you might need their help and your child becomes sick and critically ill or God forbid dies you will never forgive yourself.”

“My wife and I are expecting our first child in about a week. Brought up to my family recently that the recommendation is the TDAP in the last 10 years and flu shot for anybody that wants to see the newborn in person. My wife’s family agreed to it, but my entire family is apparently huge anti-VAX. I knew they were against the Covid vaccine, but since me and my three siblings, literally all have all of our scheduled shots as babies, I didn’t realize how deep this ran. I am wondering, if all of the”

“My wife and I are expecting our first child in about a week. Brought up to my family recently that the recommendation is the TDAP in the last 10 years and flu shot for anybody that wants to see the newborn in person. My wife’s family agreed to it, but my entire family is apparently huge anti-VAX. I knew they were against the Covid vaccine, but since me and my three siblings, literally all have all of our scheduled shots as babies, I didn’t realize how deep this ran. I am wondering, if all of the”

“So I read several other posts and I just wanted some targeted advice. I'm pregnant with my first baby and I support vaccinating, my brother and his partner do not. Let me preface this by saying I love my brother and SIL deeply and I hold no ill will towards them or their decisions. Please keep them in mind when talking about them. They have a 12 year old who is fully vaxxed and in public school, a 5 year old who is partially vaxxed (I don't know exactly what, just that he "got his f”

“Just learned yesterday a close friend of mine doesn’t vaccinate her kids. Which whatever chose to do what you want with your children, but I am worried about how my child could be affected. My son is up to date with everything so I know his chance of getting whatever is low. But I somehow feel kinda uncomfortable with this because the chances aren’t zero. We go over often for play dates both of us are SAHMs so it’s nice for us too. Other than this we agree on most things. I just am worried now.”

“I live in Sweden and have a relative who wants to come from Portugal and visit my newborn who'll be 8 weeks then. I warned him to take the Tdap vaccine before coming. I'm worried though of things that he might encounter on the way here though (at the airport, airplane, and train). He'll only stay for 3 days, so it'll be hard to enforce a quarantine. Baby will take the rotavírus vaccine at 6 weeks. After that, the next vaccines are scheduled for the third month. What prec”

“I’m due in December, and have shared with my family I’d like them to have their COVID and flu vaccines. (Upon an article I found on Cleveland Clinic, I’ll also be asking for Tdap). Unfortunately, there’s some drama around that. I won’t get into it. How old should baby be before getting around people who may not be vaccinated? submitted by /u/realespeon [link] [comments]”

“Safety risk for me being pregnant and for future child? One of the mums didn’t get the whooping cough vaccine for herself too. They’re so in deep with anti vax there is no convincing them. I just want information for my safety and future babies. submitted by /u/kadat3 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 3 weeks tomorrow and prior to birth me and my husband discussed that immediate family (parents + siblings) can meet baby in the hospital then give us some time to recover at home before we have visitors. That didn’t end up happening and they came in the hospital and also came over multiple times to our house. He acknowledged it wasn’t what I wanted and apologized and we moved past it. We scheduled baby’s 2 month vaccines for end of September. I let him know again I’m not comfortable w”

“First time mom here. My husband and I live out of state from any family. We have family who I really want to meet my baby. The family is vaccine-hesitant/borderline completely against, which I don’t condemn, I get the fear around it and feel every mom can choose what they think is best. My baby will be getting their first vaccines at 9 weeks and will be 13 weeks old when this family member visits with their two toddlers. The older one had some vaccines as a baby and the younger one has not had a”

“My son is 5mo and has been vaccinated according to the recommended schedule thus far. We waited on Hep B because we did not feel it was necessary as a newborn. Aside from temporary irritability, mild fever etc. he has shown no signs of adverse reactions thus far and is a very happy, smiley, active baby. As we approach his 6mo wellness appointment, I am continuing my research on vaccinations to make sure we are doing right by him. I’ve heard stories about children exhibiting adverse, lasting reac”

“My baby is coming up 12 months and has had all his vaccines needed so far. We have a lot of people close to us who are anti vax and a lot of mums I’ve met recently say they refuse certain vaccines like hep b, MMR, etc. I have always been of the understanding that vaccines are safer than contracting the disease itself however, hearing all these opinions and being sent stories on people who died after vaccines etc is making me very anxious. I’m wondering what the reasoning is predominantly behind”

“Trying to prepare for how to handle this family issue when our baby is born this winter. My sister in law turned good friend revealed to me that she is not vaccinating her infant son (my nephew). My husband and I are very evidence-based and plan to vaccinate, whereas her evidence comes from some Instagram page. Our family is local and very close-knit, with frequent family dinners, ski trips, activities, etc. We routinely see each other, and I have spent a good amount of time with my nephew since”

“I’m not beyond the bump yet, but trying to prepare for how to handle this family issue when our baby is born this winter. My sister in law turned good friend revealed to me that she is not vaccinating her infant son (my nephew). My husband and I are very evidence-based and plan to vaccinate, whereas her evidence comes from some Instagram page. Our family is local and very close-knit, with frequent family dinners, ski trips, activities, etc. We routinely see each other, and I have spent a good am”