Created for Public Health Scotland
Are you unsure which vaccines you’re eligible for in pregnancy, or at what stage you should receive them? Perhaps you have concerns about how vaccinations might affect your pregnancy or breastfeeding?
- Public Health Scotland has invited specialists in midwifery, obstetrics and public health to answer your questions on vaccinations for Covid-19, flu and whooping cough during pregnancy.
-The experts will be back to answer some of your questions over the next few weeks. So don’t be shy, feel free to ask away!
Meet the experts
Bobbie Coughtrie - Senior Charge Midwife, now working as Screening Improvement & Development Manager at NHS Ayrshire and Arran
'I’ve worked in a variety of settings, including community, antenatal/postnatal, and intrapartum care. Midwifery encompasses everything I value. I consider myself fortunate to have had the opportunity to advocate for women, and their families, during a pivotal time in their lives. I am passionate about empowerment and supporting individuals to have the pregnancy and birth they desire. I consider myself to be an ambassador for exceptional and accessible midwifery care for all'
Karen McAlpine - Midwife, Senior Educator at NHS NES
'I originally trained to be a midwife in Glasgow in 1990, which began my 32-year career in the role. After working in the city I finally set up home and family in the West coast of Scotland, Argyll and Bute, where I continued my midwifery career in a remote and rural community maternity unit for over 20 years. I now work for NHS Education for Scotland as a Senior Educator and provide maternity and neonatal clinical skills training'
Dr Sarah Stock - Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal and Foetal Medicine at Edinburgh Usher Institute
'My aim is to improve care options for pregnant women and develop strategies that improve the health of their young children. I have a laboratory science background and now primarily focus on carrying out clinical trials and analysing data from across the world to help develop the care of women. My specialist and subspecialist clinical training was undertaken in Edinburgh, with periods in Glasgow, London and Australia'
Dr Rachael Wood - Consultant at Public Health Scotland and the University of Edinburgh
'I’m a public health doctor who works in maternal and child health, and currently I co-lead the COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study. Our study monitors COVID-19 infection and vaccination in pregnant women in Scotland. Our findings are helping us to understand both the impact of infection during pregnancy on mums and babies, and the safety and effectiveness of vaccination during pregnancy'
Here’s what Public Health Scotland has to say
^'If you live in Scotland and are pregnant, you’re eligible to get the COVID-19, flu and whooping cough vaccines. We know there’s a lot of information out there (and everyone has an opinion!) so we’re giving you the opportunity to put the questions that really mean a lot to you to a panel of trusted experts...If you have any immediate questions that just can’t wait, or you’d just like to find out more information on vaccines and pregnancy in Scotland, you can visit //www.nhsinform.scot/vaccinesinpregnancy'^
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