Flu jab during pregnancy

[NishaaS123]

Who's had a flu jab during pregnancy and when? My midwife said I should get flu jab and whooping cough vaccination in my 20th week I think. I am coming down with a cold now so I was wondering shall I get it earlier then that?

You can have the flu jab anytime.. I had mine around 9 weeks. Phone your GP & ask although on the whole, they tend to tell you to wait if you are poorly.

Whooping Cough has to be after 20 weeks as it’s to protect baby when they are born until they get their first round of vaccines! So it can’t be given any earlier or the immunity baby gets from it would lapse!

The flu jab is protection for you, and can be given any time. The whooping cough one is for the baby and you have from 16 weeks. They won't give either if you're unwell at the time.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/flu-jab-vaccine-pregnant/
This also mentions the whooping cough vaccine further down the page.

Oh okay thank you guys so shall I just wait for the cold to go away and then get the flu vaccine to be on the safe side?

Flu can be significantly worse for pregnant women than other people, yes you should definitely have it to protect yourself and to baby. And also whooping cough to protect the baby

Yes, once you're well you should have the flu vaccine. You're midwife will probably prompt you to book the whooping cough one, it's now from 16 weeks but I think it used to be 20.

I got both done though separately. I had my whooping cough vaccine at just over 16 weeks. Pregnant women between 16-32 weeks are eligible for the whooping cough vaccine in Scotland and it’s advertised as the sooner the better so that your body can make more antibodies and pass them onto your baby. You can still get the vaccine after 32 weeks but it offers less than optimal protection. Flu jabs are recommended at any stage but flu season is Oct to March (peaking I believe in Feb) so I’d get that as soon as possible if I were you, irrespective of whooping cough timeframe.

I had the cold too for one of my vaccines - I was told a cold or a cough was fine so long as I didn’t have a fever.

Cold and flu are notning to do with each other. If you have a cold, and get the flu vaccine it's not going to make you get better. You need the flu vaccine to protect.you as you are more likely to become very unwell if you catch it. Get it as soon as you can. You can get it until march.

I was 6 weeks when I had my flu jab and I'm booked in to get the whooping cough vaccine at my 24 week midwife appointment x