Hep B vaccine at birth

skibunny59

Is anyone planning on delaying this vaccine?  I had a meet and great with a pediatrician yesterday and she gave me all of the paperwork on all of the vaccines that LO would get in the first year.  She said that the Hep B is given at the hospital but if you don't get it at the hospital then they give it when they first see the baby 2/3 days after I get discharged.  The pediatrician is not affiliated with my hospital so she will not see the baby until after I get home.

As I was reading the paperwork on the vaccine I was wondering why it is necessary for it to be given to a newborn.  The hospital I am delivering at never mentioned this as one of the required newborn procedures.  DH and I had a huge fight about it last night.  He thought I was crazy for even considering not getting her the vaccine if the pediatrician recommends it.  I am very pro-vaccine and plan on vaccinating my child, I just don't understand why this particular vaccine needs to be given when the baby is so tiny.