bookbard Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 when we started ttc, we were advised both to get Hep B, so we did that. We were both given the DPT (that is diptheria/pertussis (whooping cough)/tetanus) for free when I fell pregnant (it was free at the time for parents and grandparents of newborns, not sure if that has changed). I then got the chicken pox booster after blood tests showed I might not be immune (even though I'd had it before) I think I had to pay for that, can't remember. I get the flu shot free every year as I'm an asthmatic. Before that, my last shots had been before travelling to do aid work, so early 20s. This is Australia - none of the shots too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Measles and tetanus within past 10years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I think it was a measles booster, about 40 years ago, in 5th grade. They actually came to the school and gave them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 young adult...I don't recall exactly what (probably for college) What is weird is I only fairly recently read about getting boosters. No doctor as an adult has mentioned it and I have gone for some physicals and stuff. I don't quite know why they don't mention it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 a few years ago when my tetanus required a booster. As a hiker and rock climber, I would be dumb to let that expire. And 12 years ago a whole huge batch because immigration. Visitors can spread all manner of disease, but if you want to have a work permit, you need to have all kinds of vaccinations and health checks.Makes no sense, but you jump through whatever hoop they make you. Yes. I had to get all sorts of vaccines as part of the immigration process too. The only one we were allowed to skip was the tetanus shot because there was a nationwide shortage at the time. I was due for a tetanus booster this year, so I got the dtap and the flu vaccines earlier this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 a few years ago when my tetanus required a booster. As a hiker and rock climber, I would be dumb to let that expire. And 12 years ago a whole huge batch because immigration. Visitors can spread all manner of disease, but if you want to have a work permit, you need to have all kinds of vaccinations and health checks.Makes no sense, but you jump through whatever hoop they make you. Yeah like colleges. If you are part time, no vaccines required. If full time, vaccines. They'll kick you out if you don't get them! I guess part timers don't spread disease. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Tdap when pregnant with my 2yo. Before that was when I started at university. I did an associates degree at a community college first and didn't need any, but when I went on to the university for the bachelors, I had to get a couple that weren't part of my childhood series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 And 12 years ago a whole huge batch because immigration. Visitors can spread all manner of disease, but if you want to have a work permit, you need to have all kinds of vaccinations and health checks.Makes no sense, but you jump through whatever hoop they make you. I didn't have to get any 12 years ago for immigration because mine were still up to date at that point. But they did want chest x-rays for TB, because they didn't think the Mantoux test I'd had a year earlier proved anything. And, at the time (and quite probably still), NL had lower TB incidence rates than the US. But, I was an immigrant, so chest x-ray for TB it was. And then when I wanted to enroll in college a few months later, they didn't think the x-ray proved anything, and the previous Mantoux was too old or something, so I had to do the Mantoux again - it was crazy. The good news is that each of the 5(!) TB tests I've had from 17-23yo was negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_JWM Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I just had a bunch for hospice volunteering and nursing school. Fortunately, my titers came back positive for MMR and varicella, so I didn't have to have those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Last month - HepB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I can't remember. At all. Too many kid vaccinations to keep track of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I've had boosters for tetanus and whooping cough within the last three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Boot camp, 19 years ago. 7 shots and oral polio. I don't even know what they were. I felt like death afterwards, and a bunch of girls passed out. I think they just dosed us up with everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Somewhere around 1999 when I was bit by a prairie dog, I went and got a tetanus booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificent_baby Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Tdap around 6 years ago right before my niece was born (I babysat her the first 2 years of her life). That makes it easy to remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificent_baby Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Pneumococcal vaccine, last year. Boy, I wish I'd gotten a pertussis booster. Everyone, go get a booster. Whooping cough is terrible. Totally agree especially if you are going to be around a newborn. Pertussis (whooping cough) is really on the rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Got a tetanus booster when I stabbed myself between thumb and forefinger and needed stitches. It had been at least 10 years, so no big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Three-ish weeks ago? I got the DTaP booster, as it is now recommended at least two weeks before giving birth. DS21 came down with pertussis (whooping cough) when he was 6 weeks old and it was the scariest thing I had ever experienced. (His father and I also were very sick with it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Boy, I wish I'd gotten a pertussis booster. Everyone, go get a booster. Whooping cough is terrible. Been there, done that; December 1995. It was horrible! I feel for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 What is weird is I only fairly recently read about getting boosters. No doctor as an adult has mentioned it and I have gone for some physicals and stuff. I don't quite know why they don't mention it. I knew about getting a tetanus shot every 10 years but none of my OB's/midwives (I had different ones for each kid) ever told me to get a pertussis booster. I only got it in 2015 because it was required for school. I'm surprised at all these posters saying they got a pertussis booster with each pregnancy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 ladybugs Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Tetnuss (or however it is spelled) 8 years ago (my oldest was a few months old). Before that I had to get an MMR when I started college in 1998. I ALMOST got a chicken pox/shingles vaccine about 4 years ago before I got pregnant with my youngest. However I had a routine oncologist appointment and in passing (totally didn't think she would have an issue with this) I told her I was going to get this vaccine. She told me not to and that they were doing clinical trials to figure out why people with a history of Lymphoma were dying from the vaccine! Needless to say, I now ask her before I do ANYTHING health wise that I haven't asked her before on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I had a Tdap when my daughter got pregnant. I totally regret that now that I've read all the FDA studies about how you can transmit pertussis without having symptoms. I did it to protect my young grandbabies and I've actually put them more at risk because I could give them pertussis without even having a symptom (at least if I have symptoms of illness, I can stay away from them). It makes me so angry at myself because I research EVERYTHING, but didn't research this fully before I did it. Thank goodness we had researched enough that neither of my dds had it during pregnancy or after birth. I'll never have another vaccine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I actually forgot - I have to get the rhogam shots after every pregnancy. Does that count as a booster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I had a meningitis vaccine for travel a little more than a year ago. Tetanus was maybe 7 years ago. Get the flu shot every year due to immunocompromised family member + belief in vaccines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Tetanus and wooping cough about 5 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I had TDaP two years ago. Oh, I think that's the one I got 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Tdap in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 TDap when pg with the last one. Flu shot every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I got Tdap in 2013 and also another pneumonia vaccine in that year too. I was due for the Tdap and there was a lot of pertussis going around and I certainly didn't want to get that as I have bad asthma. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 MMR about 15 years ago. When I got my job at the hospital, they tested me and I was not immune. I will probably get my tetanus booster when I go for physical in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I knew about getting a tetanus shot every 10 years but none of my OB's/midwives (I had different ones for each kid) ever told me to get a pertussis booster. I only got it in 2015 because it was required for school. I'm surprised at all these posters saying they got a pertussis booster with each pregnancy. I was surprised, too, considering that I have had 3 other kids in the last 7 years and had never heard of it before. But, it was asked this time and I said yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 TDAP and another booster (can't remember) 3 years ago when pregnant. The one I cant remember they tested my titers for, they were low, and said it's something that can be dangerous for unborn children. Wish I could remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Tetanus booster last spring, about 6 months behind schedule (10 year anniversaries of boot camp is how I remember). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 4 1/2 years ago, don't remember the acronym but it included pertussis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frugalmamatx Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Some time in high school, so I think 1998 or 1999? And it was either MMR or DT. Triggered the start of my auto-immune issues IMO. I was past due for MMR and they caught me up too fast - I think I had the series of 3 shots in about 3 weeks so I could go back to public school from homeschool. I stopped all vaccines for myself in college after realizing I had severe auto-immune issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalypso Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Maybe Tetanus in 1998? I can't remember. Before that - who knows? I'm thinking maybe I should look into getting Tetanus the next time I have a physical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 TDAP and another booster (can't remember) 3 years ago when pregnant. The one I cant remember they tested my titers for, they were low, and said it's something that can be dangerous for unborn children. Wish I could remember. Rubella maybe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Yes!!' Thank you maize! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 After DD was born, 11 years ago. I'm probably due for tetanus again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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