TDap Vaccine

Who is getting the vaccine? I have an appointment Wednesday and I think they're going to offer it to me then. Honestly I don't know if I want to get it now or wait until after I have her. It doesn't make sense to me that my baby's little body couldn't handle the vaccine until 2 months, so how is it safe for me to get it while she's in my uterus? *** NEXT PART MAY CAUSE WORRY*** Plus on the insert I found online is says it isn't proven to work and isn't proven safe on pregnant women, so naturally I search stories and there are quite a few stories of women who had stillborns days after getting it. Of course there are tons of women who got it and nothing happened. I don't know if I'm willing to take the chance though. I'm honestly so scared to get it while pregnant. What did you ladies do? 
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Ob

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Baby is feeding off and storing your antibodies. So your body does the heavy lifting creating the antibodies with your immune system, then passing it to the baby.

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Obie-One 💙💑👶 • Jun 5, 2017
plus think of the sources you may be reading and their creditibility. who wrote it, published it, who funded the research, and of their sources is creditable as well. it's easy to find biased research :)

Al

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I will probably get flack for this but I've declined it during pregnancy. I just had it a few years ago and it was very painful and I didn't respond well to it so I'm not going through it again. My boy will have all of his vaccines as soon as he is old enough but for my own personal (selfish, whatever) reasons I'm not doing it during pregnancy.

An

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I had my Tdap vaccine last week and I had a sore arm. No other reactions to the vaccine. My daughter will benefit from the immunoglobulin G (igG) that my body makes and passes onto her via the placenta. Since I can make the igG antibody for her, she will be much less likely to get infected with tetanus, diphtheria, or pertussis aka whooping cough. Getting the vaccine after she's born might help a little, it's nothing compared to what you can do for her immune system while you're pregnant. As far as the possibility of stillbirth, the way vaccine safety is reported is pretty confusing. If anything bad happens after you get the shot, it gets reported. Sometimes these things are actually caused by the vaccine and many times they just happen at the same time. So when everything gets reported, even though some of it had absolutely nothing to do with the vaccine, other people who need to blame something for a tragedy will blame the vaccine. It's just the natural human cognitive bias. Please talk to your healthcare provider and nurses if you have questions. Write them down and take them to your appointment if you have to. I hope you get the Tdap vaccine and that you have a happy, healthy baby. If you get it, relax your arm, move it as much as possible after you've gotten it, and then treat the pain with your favorite scoop of ice cream. 

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Am • Jun 5, 2017
Using your arm is important!!! I got mine in my dominant arm so I would be forced to use it and I think that really helped keep the soreness down.

Co

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I'm not getting mine until after. I had mine before getting pregnant so technically I still have the antibodies... Plus antibodies are transferred via breast milk. The insert is correct, it's a class C drug which has never actually been tested or proven safe for pregnant women. Everyone that will be around the baby the first two months will be vaccinated, plus in my state 99.5% of those who had whooping cough were vaccinated so I prefer keeping her sheltered until she can get the vaccine at an older age. These facts came from Washington State health department and cdc website, not just radical Google sites. I am for vaccinating children, but not whole going through fetal development 🤷 I don't think there is a right or wrong. They have only been doing it for five years so my mom and my husbands mom, etc, never did it and had all perfectly healthy babies.

Tr

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I got mine last time with my now perfectly healthy 2 year old and I will be getting it again at my next appointment. I had no negative side effects, not even a sore arm. The thought of my little tiny baby suffering through whooping cough was enough to convince me. At the time when I got mine during my first pregnancy there was a video going around Facebook of a little baby who had whooping cough and the poor thing had to work so hard just to take a breath. I would do anything to prevent my baby from suffering like that. 

Ll

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My doctor recommended me it, he said that in our town and a few other towns he works in, nobody has had any negative side affects, and there have been less infants that got whooping cough as well as a few other secondary things it treats. He told me he recommends it mainly for baby WHILE your pregnant cause it helps baby build immunity to those diseases in the womb because it wouldn't be able to build immunity on its own until 2-3 months old

Br

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Getting it while you are pregnant is best as your body is able to build and pass antibodies to the baby. Also, vaccines don't work the second you get them. It often takes 2-6 weeks for your body to have any sort of immunity. Getting it after you are pregnant puts your baby at risk for contracting pertussis for multiple weeks when they are at the highest risk for death due to pertussis. Get ur while you're pregnant and at least 4-6 weeks before delivery so you are sure you are immune before baby comes. 

As

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I got it the day I was in labor with my because I forgot to get it while I was pregnant. This actually reminds me I need to ask him if I need another booster, I'll just get it at my next appointment if I do

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Ashley • Jun 5, 2017
with my second*

Am

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Yes, I just got it at 28 weeks. Arm was a little sore and that's it. My son will get all his vaccines. 

Cl

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Recently my son had a bad cough and when we took him to the pediatricians office I was told he was being tested for pertussis. I was confused considering we had both gotten the vaccine, but was told with all the anti-vaxxers nowadays that they do see it more often. This is reason enough to get the vaccine. Btw my son was okay, but the thought of it happening to your child is terrifying enough.