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Vaccines
in Preemies
| Q.
My preemie son has his four month appointment this month and I know
I am going to meet resistance from the Pediatrician about wanting
to postpone his vaccinations. Is there anything printed that I can
take with me that supports the decision to delay beyond the schedule
used in the US? I've been planning to vaccinate him on a modified
schedule (two shots each time instead of four), leaving out the
Varivax, Prevnar and the Hepatitis B. A.
All of the conventional medical literature says that preemies
should be vaccinated on schedule and not adjusted for gestational
age. I disagree because the immune system should be allowed to
mature. If a doc believes in vaccines, why not get the "most
bang for your buck?" That is, get the maximum antibody response
and protection for each vaccine given. There is nothing written,
that I know of, to support this.
The schedule you
propose sounds pretty reasonable to me.
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