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On friday i was informed that a girl in my class has whooping cough.i have had a lot of contact with her over the past 2weeks while she has been sick.i went and had the vaccination that afternoon. what are the risks to my baby? im 30 weeks pregnant.
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Nothing direct: In some cases we treat close contacts before they test positive to stop further transmission of the disease. If you do get it, it would have no direct effect on the fetus. It is a localized infection in the lung tissue & does not spread in the blood, which is the only way it could bother baby. If it is going around after baby is born the shot you received should provide some protection for baby
Answered 1/28/2018
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