Is it safe to take zostavax while pregnant or breastfeeding?

Nope & Unknown: If you're pregnant, you should not get the zostavax vaccine [it's a live virus]. After you get the vaccine, you should wait 3 months before you get pregnant [4 weeks according to the cdc]. If you're breastfeeding, we don't know how vaccine gets into your breast milk [usually they don't. Cdc says not contraindicated]. Zostavax has been tested in ages 50 and older.

Above 60 year : Zostavax vaccine is indicated above age of 60 years. It is not safe to have this vaccine while pregnant.

Indicated above 60yr: Zostavax vaccine is indicated above age of 60. Not safe to have while pregnant or breastfeeding.

Over the age 50: It is not to be given to pregnant mothes and is only given to people over the age of 50 Not safe while pregnant