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Please let me know is it safe to take whooping cough vaccine while pregnant?
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Yes: Most recommend that you wait until past the first trimester out of extra caution and the lack of need that early.It is a safe, non living product and can help baby have some whooping cough protection for their first months. Living vaccines like MMR are avoided during pregnancy, although i know of no record of a bad outcome when someone got it by accident.
Answered 6/10/2014
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It is RECOMMENDED: Pertussis vaccine is now given as tdap vaccine in late second trimester or third trimester. It gives protection to the mother as well as limited protection to the baby. It is recommended that all pregnant women should receive Tdap Vacie during every pregnancy regardless of when you received the last dose to pass passive immunity against Whooping Cough to the New Born
Answered 4/20/2015
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