while I will not be getting a Hep B shot for next child. There is some chance of transmission to babies during birth
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unprotected sexual contact, blood transfusions, re-use of contaminated needles & syringes, and vertical transmission from mother to child during childbirth. Without intervention, a mother who is positive for the hepatitis B surface antigen confers a 20% risk of passing the infection to her offspring at the time of birth. This risk is as high as 90% if the mother is also positive for the hepatitis B e antigen. HBV can be transmitted between family members within households, possibly by contact of nonintact skin or mucous membrane with secretions or saliva containing HBV.[
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as I said I will not be getting this vaccine for my next child, because I know that I do not have it and do not have multiple sex partners and the whatnot. Most places give this shot at birth because so many woman do have multiple sex partners and they don't want a baby slipping through the cracks. Transmission in the US is VERY VERY low