I'm 24 weeks pregnant and am booked in for whooping cough and flu jabs later this week.
I was planning to get the whooping cough jab done anyway as I know it can be very serious if the baby catches it in the weeks after birth.
However, I'm having real doubts about the flu jab. I know several people who have been quite ill after having the jab and am concerned that the same could happen to me. I've read on previous MN threads that the jab isn't "live", so it's impossible to get ill from it afterwards - but it does seem from anecdotal evidence that it can make you unwell.
I've never had flu in my life (am mid 30s) and mostly work from home so don't come into contact with a lot of people on a regular basis. From what I understand, unlike whooping cough the flu jab is solely to protect the mother, not the baby.
My instincts are telling me not to have it, but I'm nervous to go against NHS advice.
I'm booked in for both jabs at the same time - are they separate injections or combined and if so, could I opt to have whooping cough only on the day?
Help!