Rsv and whooping cough vaccines ?? Would you say they’re mandatory ?

I hate vaccines, and always worry about what's in them, any side effects etc. But I had my whooping cough when I was just past 16 weeks and it was absolutely fine I had no illness afterwards either which is unusual for me.

I have my rsv in 2 weeks time. I had honest conversation with my midwife about it and her own baby had rsv and it sounded horrendous what her baby went through. I actually went to get my rsv last week but totally forgot uou have to be 28 weeks, so im going back in 2 weeks time.

First of all, nothing is ever mandatory. You must never feel forced into getting them. They are recommended to protect baby rather than yourself.
Us as midwives will respect your choices either way.

WC vaccine you can only have up until 32 weeks and you are best to leave a 2 week gap in between the 2 vaccines.
I’d recommend, if you wanted to get it, get it sooner rather than later.
RSV is up until 36 weeks.

Sooner you get the vaccines, more time your body has for your immune system to react, create antibodies (which is immunity) and then pass those through the placenta to baby.
Baby doesn’t get the vaccine, it gets the immunity you make from them :)

Hope that helps x

Whooping cough vaccine has been around along time ive had with all 3 babies and will with this baby my 4th at 30 weeks ' but im still undecided about rsv as this is a new on and there's not alot off off research on it im still not sure if want to have it x

both vaccines are incredibly important. they are not mandatory but i hope you will get them, there's lots of research on both and the RSV vaccine isn't new! it's just new here in the UK.