We are expecting our 1st grandchild in October. I was just informed by my husband that our daughter called him in tears 6 weeks ago because her doctor is insisting that all members of the family that will be around the child must get a flu shot. Our daughter unfortunately is a liberal and will follow that rule but she also knows how I feel about vaccines. My husband has known about this for 6 weeks but has been afraid to mention it to me because he knew I was not going to like it. This has put me in a horrible position. My husband even said that if I wanted to lie to her and tell her I got the shot, he would go along with it. I told him absolutely not! I am not going to lie. I promised my husband that I would do it but not without doing some investigation first. I don’t even know how to start investigation on this. Do any of you know if there is a way to figure out if there are different flu shots out there and how to know which pharma company is behind them? Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Personally any doctor demanding anyone coming around the child have a vaccine is BS. I’m saying you daughter thought that one up. If you don’t think so, call the doctor. If your daughter is a liberal, don’t put it past her just because she is blood kin. I know if my daughter told me that, I would tell her I am sorry but I cannot comply. Just me saying what I would do.
Having been recently pregnant in 2021 I can say they definately warn you and try to scare you to have anyone who will be near the child get whooping cough and flu including yourself. I kept telling them i'd get the shot later in pregnancy maybe after i finalized my research on it. I already knew i wasn't but it kept them from pestering me. Did the same with pediatrics.
OP - IT is hard not to see the babys first days but at least they will meet their grandparent someday. Dont harm yourself with a shot.