Confident Mom Tells Hospital Doctor NO HepB Vaccine After Birth Of Twins
Confident Mom Tells Hospital Doctor NO HepB Vaccine After Birth Of Twins Jaime Cromer, an informed mother, researched, and then knew her infant twin daughters did not need to be injected with the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth. She knew it was unnecessary — she did not have hepatitis. If the mom of an unborn child does not have hepatitis B, she cannot pass it in vitro or to her newborn. Yet this vaccine is pushed across hospitals to most newborns and again between one and two months old, and again, between six and 15 months. According to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Hepatitis B vaccine is currently “recommended regardless of the infection status of the mother.” However, less than one…