November 2015 Moms
JLB24
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Whooping cough vaccine while pregnant
JLB24
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Anyone's doc pushing for this? Mine are....I did not get it while pregnant with my first two (who are 4.5 and 3 so it's not like it was super long ago). ApparentLy the FDA has recently recommended all pregnant women get it. When I went to CVS to get it done the pharmacist read the package insert and it said not to administer to pregnant women. So I passed. I'm hesitant bc this FDA rec is "new." Im torn on what to do. Im usually one to follow Doctor rules and recommendations to a T, but this one has me unsure.
Re: Whooping cough vaccine while pregnant
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I know there has already been a thread on this as well OP.
The whooping cough vaccine is not a "live" vaccine. This means it doesn’t contain whooping cough (or polio, diphtheria or tetanus), and can’t cause whooping cough in you, or in your baby.
In Australia pregnant woman actually get this vaccine free and the government is thinking of taking away benefits to those who dont get it. There has been a 300% increase of this infectious disease in my State due to anti vaxxers which can be fatal for a newborn. There's no evidence to suggest the whooping cough vaccine is unsafe for you or your unborn baby so i urge you to please do your research.
All my close friends and family are having their booster shots and vaccinations before bubba is due.
Babies have died because of this preventable disease
Sorry i dont mean to sound like i am pushing or persuading and i dont know what it like in the US (we have had a whooping cough outbreak and if my baby was to get it i would be devastated) but i just would love for you to do some research.
Goodluck xxx
ETA I also had it when pregnant with my son 2.5 years ago with no issues.
My youngest daughter is 9, and when she was 3 weeks old she contracted whooping cough, she was extremely poorly and it was touch and go.. It took 8 days for the diagnosis as the doctors kept telling me she had a viral infection.. I had very little sleep in them 8 days because every time she coughed the lack of oxygen she was getting was turning her face purple/blue.. So I just didn't sleep.. After a week in hospital she was on the mend, but it was by far the most frightening experience with my baby I've ever experienced.
So when my midwife recommended it I was there like a shot to get it
The point is you're passing on a small immunity to the baby, so they have something until their first lot of jabs- where whooping cough is one of them.
In the U.K. They bought it out for us about 2/3 years ago. I didn't have it with my son who is 4 but did have it with my daughter who is now 2. I had it at 36 weeks with this pregnancy, along with my flu jab.
I don't know if you're anti vax or just unsure on it, but I would do some research and speak to a doctor about it.
It is better to get it while pregnant, but getting it after birth will still help protect your baby with herd immunity if you have not had a TDaP vaccination within the recommended amount of time. You could pass pertussis on to an infant without getting symptoms. That's why it is recommended for close family members to get it as well (or have had it within the past 10 years).
They now recommend getting it every pregnancy because of the benefits to baby's immunity.
1. Family history of severe vaccine reactions.
2. In looking at studies, the majority of those who get it were up to date on their shots so I don't see the benefit.
Not anti vaccine here by the way, just limited on what we choose to do. Just do some research and make your own decision. Don't let anyone decide for you.
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If you get it while pregnant your body passes on some of the immunity to baby which will help them until they can get their own vaccinations around 8 weeks. It's not 100% though, which is why they also recommend anyone spending time around the baby in those first few weeks to get it as well (although I did read somewhere that they recommended it for anyone who was going to be around a child under a year, but not sure where I read that)
Just get vaccinated.
Kbye