MMR vaccine in adult whilst breastfeeding?

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Due to not being immune to rubella I was advised to have vaccine. I had this done yesterday by the nurse at doctors but I am now wondering is this safe as I am still b/f 8 month old baby? Should of queried this yesterday but completely did not register! Anyone know the answer? Have contacted surgery this morning waiting for call

thanks

Absolutely fine to have it while brf, says Hale. One newborn came up with rubella like symptoms after her mum had it, but that may have been coincidence.

thanks zebra mumsnet alot quicker than reply from doctors!!!

Neudstaedter says it may not be safe. I'll just quote the bit from the book.

"A questionnaire administered to mothers of autistic children revealed an alraming connection to vaccinations..... Of the 240 women surveyed, 25 had receieved a rubella vaccination or MMR vaccine during the postpartum perio, and 20 of these women (80%) had children with autism. 9 of these children were born just prior to the vaccinaiton and it is presumed that transmission occurred through the mother's breast milk. The rubella vaccine insert states that "lactating postpartum women immunized with rubella live attenuated vaccine may secrete the virus in breat milk and transmit it to breastfeeding infants". The author states that "caution should be exercised when the vaccine is administered to a nursgin mother."

Now the study looks a bit ropey to me- and I would want to know how old the babies were etc (rubella caught when pregnant can lead to autism in the child)- An 8 month old being exposed to rubella virus is a little different from a newborn (ds1 caught rubella when ds2 was 8 months -0 and ds2 is about as far from autistic as you can get). May be worth contacting the docs etc though, but also depends on whether you are planning on stopping or not anyway. I have no idea how long the virus would be excreted in the breastmilk- maybe you could express for that time instead- but that kind of depends on what else you are giving or whether your baby will take a bottle etc.

Meant to say - although that study is certainly a bit ropey I doubt the relevant good research has been done so you may have to go with what you are comfortable with- but I would talk to your GP.

thanks jimjams Doctor has said its ok to continue to b/f however I have slight concerns now. Compounded by the fact my ds will not take a bottle/cup/ only very occasionally so I am in a bit of a dilema. If ds would take bottle I would stop b/f now as I am back at work and it would be so much easier and less stressful also would then negate concerns re injection. I just cant believe that I was not asked if I was b/f I had ds with me as well. Should of asked would not be in this predicament now.

That's because it's deemed safe from br'feeding mums. From a conventional medical standpoint, Hale puts a br'feeding mother having the Rubella vaccine in the same risk category as having a daily cup of coffee...