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• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Deciding whether to give my child DTaP/IPV/Hib, Men C and pneumococcal vaccinesDTaP/IPV/Hib, BCG vaccine >> Deciding whether to give my child DTaP/IPV/Hib, Men C and pneumococcal vaccinesDTaP/IPV/Hib, BCG vaccine

Deciding whether to give my child DTaP/IPV/Hib, Men C and pneumococcal vaccines

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Reactions to DTaP/ IPV/ Hib, BCG vaccines >> Reactions to DTaP/ IPV/ Hib, BCG vaccines

Reactions to DTaP/ IPV/ Hib, BCG vaccines

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• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 02 >> She believes the 5 in 1 vaccine is safe.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib they followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Read research papers in medical journals and talked to family members. Media reports and Department of Health literature had little influence on their decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 14 >> Thought the information her GP gave her about the new 5 in 1 vaccine was biased.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Found it most useful to talk to friends who had already made decisions about their children's immunisations. Took on board recommendations of health professionals.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 14 >> Did not see any reason not to immunise her baby with the first set of immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Found it most useful to talk to friends who had already made decisions about their children's immunisations. Took on board recommendations of health professionals.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 34 >> Her decision was influenced by her parents' views and her Orthodox Jewish GP.

For all immunisations: Trusted and followed the advice of her Orthodox Jewish GP. Took in to account her parent's views and the fact she had immunisations as a child. Information from family and friends in the local community also influenced her decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 05 >> The consequences of the disease are far worse than the immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Information and advice from her brother, who works for a medical journal, experience of other children in the family being immunised with no ill effects, belief that some media reports were sensationalised and talking to the practice nurse helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 16 >> Possible reactions to the vaccine worried her but her son had been fine after all three sets of immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Found it useful to talk to their health visitor, other parents who had already had their child immunised and to their extended family. Read information in parenting magazines, a parenting web site and newspaper articles.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 02 >> Her son developed a swelling on his leg 48 hours after his injection which lasted two weeks.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib they followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Read research papers in medical journals and talked to family members. Media reports and Department of Health literature had little influence on their decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 17 >> Talking to a paediatric immunologist helped her to decide to allow her daughter to continue with the immunisation schedule, which she believed was the

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: After her daughter had a reaction to the second set of immunisations she took advice from her GP, a hospital consultant and a doctor friend. In addition she got a second opinion from a paediatric immuniologist, which helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 17 >> Short term worry that her daughter might have another reaction from the DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccines was worth it for the peace of mind that the immunisation

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: After her daughter had a reaction to the second set of immunisations she took advice from her GP, a hospital consultant and a doctor friend. In addition she got a second opinion from a paediatric immuniologist, which helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 15 >> After the 2, 3 and 4 months old immunisations, her son had flu-like symptoms for a couple of days.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Experiences of friends who had had their child immunised were useful. Gathered information from newspaper articles, Department of Health leaflets and the media. Spoke to her parents and friends.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 17 >> Her daughter had swollen eyes eleven hours after her second set of injections at 3 months old.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: After her daughter had a reaction to the second set of immunisations she took advice from her GP, a hospital consultant and a doctor friend. In addition she got a second opinion from a paediatric immuniologist, which helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 09 >> Apart from being more tired than usual, her daughters experienced no reaction to their 2, 3 and 4 month old immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Took advice from their GP. Talked to friends and her grandmother who could remember childhood illnesses before immunisation. She regarded media reports as largely biased and scaremongering.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 24 >> Her premature baby stopped breathing briefly but he was carefully monitored and he had his second set of immunisations in hospital.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Took advice from her son's Paediatrician. Information from a television documentary had an influence. Discussion with other mums of premature babies helped her to make a decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 19 >> She personally believes that injecting several vaccines in to a young baby cannot be beneficial.

For all immunisations: She read information given to her by the midwife at her birth group, in addition to her own knowledge gained through her work. She considered the motives behind the pro and anti-immunisation arguments when making her decision.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 1-2 years >> Interview 32 >> Her eldest son didn't have any reaction and her younger son was irritable and had a temperature for a day or two after his first set of immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Didn't feel the need to search widely for information but talked to her health visitor and read information in the media before making her decisions.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 08 >> Her son had a febrile convulsion after his second set of immunisations.

For DTaP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals. For MMR: Read information recommended by relatives which was both pro and anti immunisation, read NHS information leaflets, talked to her GP and to friends.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age 3-4 years >> Interview 18 >> They are fairly convinced that they made the right decision not to immunise their children.

For all immunisations: They used the Internet to search for research papers in medical journals, read books, talked to other parents about their decisions which were both pro and anti immunisation and talked to the midwife at their birth group and to their GP.

• Pregnancy & children >> Immunisation >> Youngest child's age under 1 >> Interview 10 >> Believes her children's immune system is stronger through not having any immunisations.

For DTP/IPV/Hib: Followed recommendations of health professionals for her first child. For further immunisations: Read leaflets given to her by her homeopath, read books and talked to her health visitor and GP. Gathered some information from the media but was aware that it may be biased to a specific perspective.