Whooping cough vaccine

[Claire2225]

When do you get the vaccination in pregnancy?? I’m in the Uk I know some countries have different policy’s!!

[LauraGU]

It's from 16 weeks x

[Amanda86]

I had mines at just over 16 weeks xxx

[Shanks_21]

I had mine a couple of weeks ago I was around 22 weeks x

[Hopful85]

Hi Claire2225 that’s something I’ve been wondering. Does your GP do it?

[kt_11 in reply to Hopful85]

I got it done by the practice nurse at the GPs

[Shem008 in reply to Hopful85]

I just rang my doctors surgery, told them I was pregnant and my midwife had recommended I get the vaccine soon and they booked me in with the nurse.

[Claire2225 in reply to Hopful85]

I’m booked in for next week I will be 23 and 6 days xxx

[Shem008]

You can have it from 16 weeks to 32 weeks. I had mine at 23 weeks.

[Tezzabell86]

In the UK it will be somewhere between 16 and 32 weeks. It is a vaccination I won’t be having as I had a severe reaction to it as a child which caused me to start having seizures xxx

[Hopful85 in reply to Tezzabell86]

Oh really? So do they just vaccinate the baby when born in that case? Xxx

[Tezzabell86 in reply to Hopful85]

They do the vaccine now so they are protected for the first 8 weeks and then they will give it to the baby around 8 weeks old I think. Xxx

[Tezzabell86 in reply to Tezzabell86]

But it’s a question that I will have to ask because none of my siblings were allowed the whooping cough vaccination when they were younger because of how I reacted. X

[Hopful85 in reply to Tezzabell86]

I suppose it’s one on those things were you don’t know how you’ll react until you have it. I hope you don’t have any long lasting effects xxx

[Tezzabell86 in reply to Hopful85]

Luckily enough the seizures stopped and I’m fine xx

[Hopful85 in reply to Tezzabell86]

Thats good to hear xxx

[Hopful85]

Thanks ladies I’ll call my GP and get it booked xx