Aquadream13

I am a nursing student and I gave birth to a boy in February 2008. My son was breech so he was born via emergency c section and he had trouble nursing after birth, was yellow (but tested negative for jaundice), and had mucus and spent the first night in the nursery after he was born. He was born on a Wednesday morning and on Thursday morning the doctor came and talked to us about Hepatitis B vaccination. I had asked about vaccinations in my prenatal appointment, this was a different doctor, and I told her the doctor said the first one they administer is at one month old. The doctor told me I should consider doing the the Hep b shot now because it was on the AAP schedule and they recommend it even though it can be delayed until one month. I discussed it with my husband and he read the CDC sheet and said that he was concerned about the yeast allergy because both him and his mother are allergic to yeast and have several severe food allergies. The doctor told us that does not mean our son has the allergy and she said there is no way he can be tested for the allergy before the administration of the vaccine. She said that if we were concerned about the allergy we HAVE to have to vaccine now or at one month and if he had an allergic reaction now he could go to neonatal and be treated and if we waited until one month he could die on the way to the hospital. Our hospital is a while away because we live about an hour from the city so my husband said she had a valid argument. He accompanied the doctor to the nursery where she administered the vaccine. Afterward my son was extremely tired and cranky and I am worried that he had an adverse reaction. At 26 days old he had his one day appointment (it was early because of scheduling and the fact he was born in February). At this appointment I had to argue with them that he already had the Hep B in the hospital because they said their standard practice was one month. They insisted on giving him a second dose even though I thought it had to be a full month and I asked if it could be delayed since he was breech and in a Pavlov harness. They said no and gave him the vaccine. Afterwards I changed practices after they refused to space the 2 month vaccines over my concern for allergic reactions. I went to a new doctor and got my son the DTAP at 2 months. He screamed for four hours afterward, had a fever, I gave him Tylenol, and I was up all night talking to the on call doctor. She said he was having a normal reaction and to bring him in the next day. I brought him in the next day a Saturday and was told the doctor had left early that day. His reaction was never documented. After all of this I went and got him an exemption because I couldn't sleep at night thinking about the vaccines and I have had nightmares about them especially reading all of the dangers of the hep b at birth including autism. According the doctors now my son is developing normally and is a happy and healthy five month old. I am currently not vaccinating him and am not planning to vaccinate my next baby at all. I still have trouble sleeping and have extreme guilt over getting him the Hep b vaccine at birth and worry about the potential long term effects. Please share your thoughts!