It's an immunization day for my baby. Every first week of the month is the schedule.
My goal is to go there early because last month, the Pentavalent vaccines were just a few. 13 vaccines were the only available at that time.
7 am when I woke up. Preparing my baby, taking a bath, and getting the baby book. 9 am when we arrive at the barangay health care center. It took 2 hours to prepare. That's why my husband calls me slow.
A lot of mommies and babies are already on the line. Waiting for their name to be called.
Right now, it's just me and my baby.
No assistant hubby. Should I call myself independent now? He's at work, so I don't have a choice but to go here independently.
Entering the door, I handed the baby book to one of the Barangay Health Workers. They assist me in weighing my baby and measuring his height. After that, I got the waiting number 29, which showed that I was too far away to get the vaccine.
While waiting, they handed us papers to be signed.
It's a consent form plus a questionnaire regarding the immunization. Questions if we allowed them to immunize our babies, if we think negatively about it, the effect on them, etc.
After signing it, one mommy talked to me regarding her baby. She's a cesarean mom. Also hard to provide milk for her baby, I mean to breastfeed her baby. She's drinking vitamins to have an additional supply of milk, but it's not effective for her. Now the only solution is to feed the baby with formula milk.
She's also bothered by the time of sleep, of her and also the baby. They're awake at 2 am till 3 pm. Is this normal for a 2-month-old baby? I think that's too tiresome if I'm in her situation. But still, they look healthy and wouldn't notice the problem.
After almost 2 hours of waiting, I heard the nurse call my name. It's time for my baby's shot. They give him an Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and an Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). One was taken orally as drops, and the other one was injected into my baby's left thigh.
Of course, he cried after the shot. But instantly stopped after I stood up.
I donated 20 pesos as a way of saying thank you, but it's totally free as a part of the government provisions.
Now it's time to go home. And as you can see Mr. Sun is genuinely giving the heat.
And I can't glimpse any tricycle. I should wait a little more than walking in this hot weather.
Good thing, after this selfie, a tricycle driver called me. We rode home and paid 15 pesos.
The nurse told me not to feed my baby 30 minutes after the OPV. So I did. I also checked his thigh to see if there was a sign of redness at the injection site.
I think it's fine. He's now tired and sleepy. Let's now be quiet before he wakes up and asks for milk. 😅
Disclaimer: All photographs by me, unless otherwise stated.
Cover photo edited in Canva.
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