Vaccines advice pleeease

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Hi, i'm 35 have been married nearly 8 years and think i do want kids afterall and ready to have them now. I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years back, its not too bad - i'm not over weight and periods are pretty regular - but went to see my GP just in case and to check re the rubella/measles vaccines. My GP said they would only give vaccines once i'm pregnant including the rubella/measles one....which didnt ring true as my SIL who lives in Australia said she was given a booster vaccines and was told she shouldnt try to conceive for the next 3 months.

Can someone advice please?

Ps i posted this elsewhere and was told to check here so if you're seing a repeat, my apologies

Your gp is wrong. You cannot have a rubella jab while pregnant as it contains live vaccine - see here for nhs guidance. It's only really rubella that needs to be checked for.

Measles vaccine isn't routinely given or tested for, but there is a bit of an increase recently so that may change.

Go back armed with that linked info and ask for a blood test. Or try a better gp.

Very sensible to do all this beforehand OP. Best of luck with ttc.

I've got pcos and had to have clomid. BEFORE they let me try I had to have my rubella vaccine then have a blood test (think it was roughly 6wks after) to make sure I was immune

I was told not to TTC until 3 months after having the measles vaccine when it was offered to me (because I was going to a country where it was needed). This was about 2.5 years ago just before I got pregnant with my first.

They also normally test for rubella immunity with the first blood tests in pregnancy (around 8-12 weeks in my area) so I'm not sure how this ties up with having the vaccine in pregnancy? You could get in touch with the midwife at your surgery who might know better than the GP.

I think the GP must have meant the NHS doesn't routinely test for rubella immunity till you're pregnant. I had it done privately, but on the NHS it's part of the first group of bloods you have, and then you know whether you need to take extra precautions and get vaccinated after the birth in case of subsequent pregnancies.

Thank you ladies. Missing..thanks so much for the link.

I'd gone to the see the female GP at my surgery, i've not got an appointment with my regular mid-50s male GP for Monday. He's good and i'm going ask him for all this and if he says no then i will insist armed with this link.

Teapot, i told her specifically that i wasnt immunised as a child for either of those so my mom asked me see her and get them done...they might not do it routinely but surely when they kniow i havent they should immunise me?
I dont mind going private if i have to, which i'm considering actually depending on the outcome of Monday's appointment.

Hi, thought to update the thread in case anyone else searches for this topic. I went to see my usual GP today. Started telling him that we are planning to have kids and i was born and raised in a country where immunisation is not a matter of course and he started talking about getting antibodies done, asked about diabetes in the family and said a fasting test, vit D, and asked if i was ever aneamic and doing that test too.

Geez, glad i went back to a proper doctor. He said she wasnt right to have sent me away because, as you pointed out, its a live vaccine and cannot be given during pregnancy as it poses risks.