Hello, looking for some advice / experience. I'm going on holiday to the Dominican Republic at the end of August. I went to the doctors today to have my travel jabs. The recommended jabs are Typhoid and Tetanus. She gave me the Typhoid one but refused my Tetanus as I'm trying to conceive. She didn't seem to be too concerned but Just said 'try not to stand on anything sharp or rusty'. Not sure about the risks abroad without tetanus. Should I phone back up and request one?? Any advice appreciated. Thanks!
You really need to follow this advice very carefully. Honestly I would either not TTC as recommended above or I would pick somewhere else if TTC is your main priority. You AND your partner both need to take precautions against the virus if you do decide to go. But personally it would spoil my holiday if I was worried all the time as you can get this and not realise. Sorry, but I am bit shocked and surprised that people don't check these things out before they book.
@mummymeister please don't jump to conclusions. I booked this 2 years ago and only decided to ttc the last few months so you really have no clue what the situation is. Thanks for your advice though, no need for your last comment.
Apologies Kate123cl. Because Zika isn't all over the news this year like it was last year, people seem to have forgotten about it. that was really my point. Can you postpone either the holiday or the TTC at all?
I asked my ob about the tetanus booster because our paediatrician insisted on it for whooping cough and he said as long as I wasn't actually pregnant, I could have it no problem. They don't give vaccines here when you're pregnant (no whooping cough either), but your GP is talking bollocks.
TTC isn't a concern with tetanus vaccine, however if you've had your 5 in your lifetime (3 as a baby, 1 preschool, 1 as school leaver) you don't necessarily need a booster for your holiday.
We don't give tetanus every 10 years now like we used to.
Kate123cl I think your practice nurse (assuming that's who you saw) needs a professional update
There is no reason to avoid DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and polio) if trying to conceive. It's not a live vaccine.
Live vaccines are contraindicated in pregnancy and we advise avoiding conception for 1 month after having a live vaccine such as MMR.
lupins I think kikibo isn't in the UK as she mentions an OB - they don't have a pertussis programme for pregnancy in most other countries as far as I know.
The last thing I heard about the whooping cough vaccine was that they were considering it here, but the ob community seems to be quite conservative here in that they won't give any vaccines at all in pregnancy as a rule, not even non-live. If not strictly necessary obviously.
Which is why I asked in the first place, because I didn't want to have to tell my paediatrician I could be pregnant if he asked why I didn't want the vaccine... not his business.
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