StaceyinLA Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I'm just curious about this, as dd is still really struggling with the vaccine issue, mainly the DTaP. IF your kids have had pertussis, were they vaccinated? Poll on that to follow. If you could embellish in the thread, were they vaccinated on schedule or delayed, and how hold were they when they contracted the pertussis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy1k Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I thought I'd respond, as I was the lone responder. ;) My daughter had it in February. She was vaccinated, but hadn't had the booster yet. She turned 11 in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy1k Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 There have been many cases in my area in vaccinated children. I personal know several of the children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy1k Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My son's very close friend was diagnosed on July 5th...he is 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I can't really answer the poll as none of my kids have had it, and they haven't been immunized for it either, but, I came from a family of 7 kids and 5 of us as well as my mom had pertussis and we had all been vaccinated and were up to date with our immunizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy1k Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 For the record, my daughter's case was relatively mild...once she was treated. The same for the friend. We were with them on the fourth and he sounded awful. I saw him the next week and he was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2squared Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My oldest ds has it when he was 6yo. Our doc told us that the current belief in the medical community is that vaccinations work for 70%ish of the population. By vaccinating most of the population, they hope that the 30% who are succeptible either don't catch it or catch a milder version. He also told me that now my ds has had whooping cough, he should be immune for 5+ years. I am continuing to vaccinate all my kids against whooping cough. It's a nasty disease, and I am very glad my ds had a mild version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Dd was not vaccinated. She, DH, and I all got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar7709 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My kids have not had it (and they are vaccinated) but a close friend of mine had it last summer. She was not vaccinated. Her husband and DS were vaccinated and did not get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My ds had it 2 summers ago. He was fully vaccinated, with the last vac occuring 2 years prior to the onset (so it wasn't like a reaction or anything.) However, once the dr. confirmed that it was pertussis, he was given proper meds and recovered easily. Dd never caught it from him and she was also vac'd on schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I've been exposed to it several times in my profession and have never contracted it. I've been vaccinated multiple times for it. When I need an update on my tetanus...I get the DTP instead of just the Td. Because whooping cough is NOT something you want to get. They don't call it the 100 day cough for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Some were, some we not. My oldest dd (6 at the time) was vaxed and brought it home from school. My partially vaxed 2 yo had the lightest and easiest case of all. She was breast feeding, though. My fully vaxed to the teeth dh got it the worst, but still nothing I cared to vax my subsequent children for. I think people overreact about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) My youngest, unvaccinated, got it first. My two vaccinated but no booster shot kids got it next. We stayed home for about a month (during Christmas break). Everyone felt fine except for the cough which would come and go. ETA my kids were 9, 12 and 14 at the time. Edited August 3, 2012 by jelbe5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busymotherof4 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My daughter caught it when she was 7. She gave it to her grandma and grandpa but nobody else in the family caught it. She was vaccinated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My dd was vaccinated, thankfully, and got a very mild case last year. Even that was horrible to see. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker of Schole Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 The little boy I watch had it, he was fully vaccinated. Neither of my DDs nor I came down with it. I have never had a booster, 4yo dd has not been fully vaccinated, 17yo dd had been fully vaccinated with booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakim Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Half of my children are vac'd, half not. The one who brought pertussis into the family a couple of months ago is fully vac'd. Asthma did complicate it for my children who have asthma, but other than that, there was no difference in severity or duration between my vac'd and non-vac'd dc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Many4 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 All three of my kids had either croup or whooping cough. They were vaccinated and had very mild cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My kids have not had it (and they are vaccinated) but a close friend of mine had it last summer. She was not vaccinated. Her husband and DS were vaccinated and did not get it. Same with us. Many people we know are anti-vaccination. Pertussis has been going around here, but my vaccinated kids didn't get it at all, and they usually pick up every. single. thing. that's around. Not sure what you're hoping to achieve by a poll though. What is your dd's issue/query around vaccination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TX Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 (edited) We have had whooping cough in our family twice. The first time my kids were 4, 2, and 6 months. Only my 4yo got it. None of them were vaccinated. We put the 6 month old on antibiotics as a precaution. She was also breastfeeding. The second time around the one who was 6 months old the first time around was 11. She got it but it was just a dry hacking cough that would not go away. I didn't know it was whooping cough until the younger kids got it and had the "whoop". My other kids who got it were 9, 7, 6, 4, and 18 months. None of them were vaccinated. The 4 year old and 18 month old had it the worst. My oldest, who was then 15 got it again. My 13yo (who was 2 when we got it the first time didn't get it. I think she has a natural immunity.) Both times we had it was in the summer. And we know where we got it. Both times it was caught from other unvaccinated homeschoolers. Susan in TX Edited August 4, 2012 by Susan in TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I had it twice--in 3rd and 4th grade. I had been vacinated on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I had pertussis when DS1 was an infant. He didn't get it, nor did DH. Just lucky me. I have been fully vaccinated. Pertussis sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I had it at 24. My last booster had been at 10-11 (I forgot which?) but anyway definitely pre-puberty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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