It is very important to take care of health during pregnancy so that the health of the coming baby is good. While Becoming A Mother, women also have to get some vaccines. Today we will talk about the same vaccine. Which vaccine is very important for pregnant women, and which vaccine can be skipped? Apart from this, what should be the timing of getting this vaccine? Today we will try to find the answer to these questions.
Vaccine for pregnant women
Tetanus vaccine
According to India’s National Vaccination program, pregnant women should have a tetanus vaccine. The tetanus vaccine has two doses. Doctors should give the first dose of this vaccine during the fifth month of pregnancy. And the second dose of it should be taken by you during the seventh month. However, your doctor recommends taking it forward or backward for a week. But it is always taken care that there must be a gap of at least one month between the two doses. Both these doses were of tetanus in earlier times, but now some progress has been made regarding this. The first dose in it is of tetanus only, but the second dose of vaccine is a booster.
The name of that booster is TDap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) It has been seen in this that it protects the mother, and the baby is also protected from pertussis. If you look at the vaccination chart of a newborn baby, you will also see the name of this vaccine. Babies are most at risk for serious, life-threatening complications from pertussis. TDap has been recently combined with the tetanus vaccine.
Covid 19 vaccine
This vaccine has been approved in India recently that pregnant women should have the vaccine of Covid 19. As we all know, due to not taking the vaccine, covid can take such a frightening form. The immunization of Covid 19 is very good for both mother and child. However, before getting this vaccine, you must accept the advice of your doctor.
Influenza vaccine
This is an optional vaccine that you can get or skip if you want. This vaccine is also for viruses that have caused the flu virus, such as the H1N1 virus or the swine flu virus. The swine flu virus is also a type of respiratory virus. When it spread, the WHO also declared it an epidemic, but due to the early development of its vaccine, it was quickly controlled by our doctors. So it is an optional vaccine. Although doctors recommend taking it because it is for those whose immunity is weak.
You have to get these vaccines during pregnancy, but some vaccines should be given before pregnancy. If you are planning a baby, then this list of vaccines is being provided for you, which you should get done in advance.
- MMR Vaccine
- Hepatitis A and B
- Chickenpox
- Cervical Cancer
- Meningococcal
Depending on which area you live in, which infections are there, you can take these vaccines on the advice of your doctors. However, all these vaccines are optional; You Would Never Want Your Child To Be At Any Risk As A Mother. So whenever you go to the doctor, keep this in mind and discuss it with your doctor.
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