RE: [ozmidwifery] RUBELLA SCREENING

[Larry & Megan]

I'm not entirely sure on this , but I remember hearing that there is a risk to the next baby if  a woman has rubella vaccination after a birth. That is the rubella is a live virus and takes time to be passed through the system, if a woman was to get pregnant during this period, the effect of the vaccination could impact on the health of bubs. For more info I suggest women contemplating this vaccination to get in contact with a vaccination information and support group in their state. A girlfriend had never received a vaccination for rubell and when pregnant was told to stay away from high risk areas, blah, blah. The doctor at the hospital told her she would have to be vaccinated straight after her baby was born (before leaving the hospital) and put it in her records. I was a able to give her some info on this and she then made an informed choice not to. Her main concern was what if she reacted to the vaccination and what would the impact of it on her ability to care for her newborn. Being a first time mum is hard enough without that in your body. Think of those women trying to breastfeed, what effect on the baby, etc. Another friend has been re-vaccinated after each child because she doesn't seroconvert, expecting baby no.4 and in the past 6 years has had 2 or 3 rubella vaccinations. Not Good.   regards Megan. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kirsten Blacker Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2002 3:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] RUBELLA SCREENING (OR CALL ME LORETTA) Interesting arguement. Which supports rubella screening BEFORE pregnancy so that women can be immunised. The other value of rubella screening is to identify people who aren't immune so they can at least be immunised after pregnancy with the hope that they will be immune in their next pregnancy. There is of course a small percentage of the population who won't seroconvert no matter how many times we immunize them. Kirsten