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Whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy

toothndnail4u · 2016-05-05 14:20:30

I've been recommended this vaccine by my gp after my 28th of pregnancy. There's a lot of conflicting info online. Has anyone received the vaccine in their pregnancy recently or at all? Jut wondering should I get it. I'm in two mind. I had whooping cough as a child, so am I immuned? And do I pass on that immunity to my…

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#62 06-10-2016 9:33am
StarBright01

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I still have a lump/bump on my arm from the whooping cough vaccine.... a week later! Doc said its normal enough unless it looks infected or I have a temp/fever

Getting flu vaccine next week.

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#63 06-10-2016 6:04pm
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4 days later and I have had no effects from the jabs. I didn't find them sore either.

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#64 06-10-2016 8:04pm
Dizzy bee

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Lol....beanybabog, I was the opposite! Barely felt the whooping cough jab and absolutely no irritation afterwards but the flu jab stung a bit and felt a bit bruised for a day or two. Nothing major.

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