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I wasn't offered it I had to ask my self for it and I'm sure that's standard procedure now you have to ask your self when you hit 28 weeks.
Whooping cough vaccine
When are you offered the whooping cough vaccine. My mum says I've had all my childhood immunisations but I think I'm just in the age bracket where they stopped routinely immunising kids for it. A colleague at work had whooping cough and was off work for weeks. She was coughing so much it would literally make her vomit. I don't want my baby to catch it and it's doing the rounds amongst all the school kids as is croup.
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I was offered a flu jab at my 1st midwifed appointment ? I'm guessing that's not the same thing ?
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I was offered at my 8week appointment but declined as I don't believe it is worth the hassle after reading into this years vaccinations the new strain is less affective then in previous vaccinations .
De
I've already had the flu jab. I got it in September literally the week before I fell pregnant.
I had whooping cough two years ago so didn't need the vaccine as my body now produces the antibodies on its own. However, I think it would've been given at 28 weeks. Definitely ask if you haven't been given it. I was off work for six months and could barely get out of bed for most of that as the coughing gave me post-viral exhaustion. I had days where I thought I would never feel better and a ten minute walk meant two days in bed to recover. I can't bear to think about how a baby would suffer.
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