Whooping Cough Vaccination

[Louise3000]

Hi everyone, I'm 32 weeks now and have just been advised to get a Whooping cough vaccination. This means the antibodies will transfer into my baby and cover her for the first 8 weeks. Not sure if I should get it or not? Is it safe? Any advice welcome. thanks

Erm, yes. It's specifically to protect your baby. That's why it's recommended.
There's a few threads in this so have a peek at the others.

I've had it. Wasn't even painful and it protects your baby at the time that they are too young to have the jab but most at risk if they got whooping cough. It's a horrible thing to get as a baby.

Yes it's safe!

Whooping cough is an awful disease. If you get it you'll feel awful for weeks - if your baby gets it, it could kill them. I nearly died of it as an infant. It really is grim. Once you've seen a baby with that cough you'll never forget it. You can cough so hard you break your ribs.

The jab is safe, effective and the worst thing you'll get is a sore arm.

Whooping cough comes in cycles of about four years. We are due another big peak in cases this year. It's very contagious and on the rise, due to people not getting vaccinated.

Get a flu jab while you're there as well.

This is my answer on the other whooping cough thread as well:

I had whooping cough when I was pregnant with DD in 2012, in the last 'cycle'. I had the vaccine but it was too late. Not only did I feel horrendous and pulled muscles in my stomach before I went into labour, once I'd had DD I could rest her on my chest and cough and she'd sleep through it because she was so used to it in utero.

The first time we went out after she was born, DH thought he was going to have to call an ambulance for me. Every time I took a breath of cold air, it would trigger another coughing fit - along with classic 'whoop' noise (which I think was the point at which we realised that it was actually whooping cough, not a particularly persistent chest thing). For over a year afterwards whenever I had a coughing fit I would vomit.

If my immunity isn't intact for this pregnancy I will have the immunisation again. Being that unwell definitely affected my feelings about the end of my pregnancy, and the first 6 weeks of my new baby's life.

Of course you should get it.