Another Whooping Cough Vaccination Question

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I know that this vaccination is being offered to all pregnant women in the UK at the moment because of the whooping cough outbreak. I'm not currently living in the UK. This vaccination is not being offered where I live because they do not have a problem here. Which would be fine, except we have relatives planning to come over to help at various times around and after baby's arrival.

Does anyone know, is it possible for these people to get the vaccine in the UK seeing as they'll be coming into contact with a baby with no protection? If they can, would it be unreasonable of me to request they get it before visiting?

I'm pretty sure that the NHS won't provide the vaccination for non at-risk individuals to protect an individual outside the UK. If it makes you feel better, they wouldn't get it if you were in the UK either.

They might be able to get it privately, or you will have to trust that they don't have it. I would be somewhat taken aback at being asked to have it, especially as these people are going out of their way to help you.

Thanks for the info. I wouldn't really say they are going out of their way to help me as such though, although it is lovely that they are planning on coming over. They're going out of their way to be around when their first grandchild/nephew/god child arrives because they are desperate to be part of his life and have him in theirs. Help wise, I'm lucky enough to have my adult daughter living here plus my husband gets 2 months paternity leave. 'We're coming to help you' really means 'we're coming to squeeze in as many cuddles as we can before he gets old enough to tell us to get lost' :o

Can't see why you wouldn't be able to get it where you live if you agree to pay for it privately and explain your reasoning. They won't get it on the nhs here I'm afraid.
Despite the increase in risk the risk is still small. The alternative is to ask them not to visit til after DC has had his/her jabs. Though doesn't sound likely!
Best of luck

I'll ask my midwife if it's possible to get here in the circumstances. I'm not even aware of there being any sort of private medical services . I'm probably worrying about nothing. I appear to have morphed into a bag of nervous, anxiety ridden, paranoia with this pregnancy. With my daughter I was so laid back, everything just passed me by.

We are in the UK, we tried to get one for my husband to try to be extra safe but couldn't get one on the Nhs or privately in the UK. Privately it seems it's the only one not stocked and on Nhs he's not high risk so they wouldn't give it. In the end he got it done privately when we were on holiday abroad a few weeks ago.

When I got my vaccine I asked about visitors as none of my SIL's have ever been vaccinated for anything!
I asked if they would put baby at risk and the nurse said to ask them politely to wash hands before coming close and if they have any symptoms not to come.
I don't think that is unreasonable as think of how terrible they would feel if they infected DC. Most people are reasonable and the nurse thought this was enough of a precaution - however I was getting the vaccine at the time so she may ave thought the protection that offered would be enough.
Sorry cant be more help