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Are you planning to have the whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy?

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Yes
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No
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gemdan2004

I think its better to be safe than sorry and jab protects the baby for the first 2 years of life until can have its own

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Skyblueboston

I will, coz as a newborn I got it, and now I have bad lungs! Wouldn't want my child to go through what I have

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Snowball84

I'm a children's nurse have seen how terrible whooping cough is and how poorly the babies get, I didn't think twice about having it done

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mummysboys

Wasn't going to until some people near me had symptoms of whooping cough so got it at 33 wks better safe if it is going around

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