adult pertussis vaccine

i'm sure we've all seen that commercial... with the woman holding the baby & the sounds of whooping cough in the background

before that commercial, i never knew there was a vaccine for whooping cough for adults

so my quesion is, is this something that you ladies are going to get after giving birth? do you think its important to get it?

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i am going to get it and the tetnus booster.
a friend of mine who gave birth 2 weeks ago told me her OB said that anyone who will be spending lots of time w/ your LO needs to be up on their vaccines so they don't spread it to the baby.

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I don't know yet. I know I should , but I don't know if I will. I was the same with the flu shot with DS. He was also a winter baby and my OB offered it to me but told me it was up to me, I declined because I had never gotten the flu shot before and had never gotten the flu. I probably should have gotten the shot, but I didn't. I'm torn....

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Yes you should def get the vaccine! You can choose to get it postpartum or during pregnancy. I would def have DH get it as well. You will most likely have to get it from your Family Pract. rather than OBGYN. (obgyn's usually do not carry most of the vaccines)

I have already received the vaccine 2-3 yrs ago and making DH and family receive it as well.

I sell vaccines for a living, so I can certainly help with any quetions!

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P.S. In California they currently have a Pertussis Epidemic. Already I believe 7 Infants have died and thousands of reported cases of pertussis. Usually when an infant gets pertussis it comes from someone in that same household.


Here is an older article on it from June,

ARTICLE

The number of cases are much worse sine this article ( from june)

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I wish my OB was giving it, but they aren't. I plan on asking for it at the hospital, I assume SOME immunity can then be passed on through breast milk?

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after giving birth at winthrop they offered DTaP, which i took them up on. i think it is worth it...i can handle it and it could help keep my kids healthy. they don't get tdap for a while.

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I will definitely look into this now. I feel kind of clueless on all of this stuff

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my mom is a pediatric ER nurse and highly recommended that dh and I get it- we both will.

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I got it in the hospital and am currently breastfeeding so DD is getting my immunities. However, when DH tried to get it the receptionist at his Dr.s office claims they do not carry it and are not giving it. Anyone else have trouble getting it? I am going to call them back to see if maybe the person on the phone was confused but I wonder if this is common.

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I got it in the hospital after my DS's birth and I am very glad that I did!

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I got my tetanus vaccine last year and it HURT for over a week after!!! OUCH!!! If you're going to get that while PG, get it before you need to be carrying anything (ie: baby) soon after.

I'd probably get the pertussis vaccine if someone offers it to me. I still need to get my flu shot / swine flu shot. I wasn't TTC last year when it was around, but the baby is due in January and I don't need to worry about getting the flu between now and then.

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thanks for all your replies ladies!! i will def be talking to my OB about this at my next visit!

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I won't be getting the vaccine.

And I had whooping cough as an adult. . . so that says something anyway. My Doctors were pretty sure I got it from a child.

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I was given the pertussis vaccine in the hospital when I had DD/ Her pediatrician told me to get it if it was offered to me so I did.

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I only just saw the commercial for this last night. Glad you guys brought it up because I was all watching the commercial. I'm going to ask my doctor about this at my next appointment!

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I was offered the TDaP in the hospital after having my son. We had a child in my girls' daycare who was diagnosed with pertussis last winter- so it was a no brainer for me.

DH got his free at the health department.

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When I met with our pediatrician I brought this up. She said she will give it to both DH and myself at the hospital. Many cases of whooping cough are passed from parents to newborns.. since newborns cannot be vaccinated until 6 months for whooping cough. Cases are now springing up all over the US, so we're going to get it for sure!

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