Vaccines

Thoughts on getting the flu vaccine and tdap vaccine while pregnant?

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I have taken the tdap every pregnancy to give baby the immunity to whooping cough. I have not taken the flu shot though. In my opinion the flu shot is a hit or miss. The way they formulate the shot is they take the most common strain from the year before and what they assume will be the most common strain for the upcoming flu season and base the formulation off of that. Whereas the tdap is straight up the same shot no matter what. I don't take my baby out that much during flu season and if I do they are covered in the carseat. That's just my opinion on it. I worked in a pharmacy for 13 years and didn't get the shot more times than I actually did, but I never took it while pregnant.

I’ll be getting both!

I get the flu shot every year and I’ll be getting it this year too (and my husband will be getting it). Especially welcoming a winter baby I want that flu shot. I had tdap within the last few years after an injury, but need to talk to doctor about if I should get it again for baby

I used to get the flu shot yearly but have stopped since I got the flu 2 years in a row with it, haven’t had the flu or the shot now in 5 years

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