Flu Jab and Whooping Cough Vac in one go?

[Clintmole01]

Hello,
I am 33 weeks pregnant. I have been advised (read strongly urged/told) by my GP to have the flu jab and whooping cough vac done when I have got over my current cold.
I can see the benefits of the whooping cough; the risks of not having it done are far greater to my unborn baby.
However, the flu jab worries me. I have a very mild form of asthma so I took a doctor's advice and I had the flu jab in 2005; a couple of weeks later I developed bronchitis followed by a secondary chest infection.
In November 2010 I also had the flu jab and 10 days later I came down with pneumonia followed by 2 chest infections in the early spring of 2011. When I have not had the jab, I usually only catch the common cold and I manage to fight if off - I am a firm believer in good diet and plenty of exercise. The times I have had the flu jab I have been very unwell.
The GP believes it is only co-incidental but my instinct thinks otherwise.
I am finishing work in 3 weeks time and I can't afford to be ill especially as my due date is fast approaching.
Has anyone else had both the whooping cough and flu jabs done in one sitting? Any side effects from the Flu jab?

Thank you!

Pack information insert which lists side effects

When a complication of flu, infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia are generally more lethal. Flu is generally more serious during PG. Your doctors will be advising you in the basis of what actually happens to the population. Having a good diet is of course good for you, but diet is only relevant if a) it means you are an outlier for the population for which the advice has been calibrated (donesn't seem likely in this case) or b) you are malnourished, which often makes things worse.

The jab version of the flu vaccine contains inactivated virus, so can be given together with any other immunisation.

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