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Immunizations During Pregnancy

Immunizations during pregnancy must be carefully considered, weighing the risk of the immunization against the risk of acquiring the disease for which the patient is being immunized.

Some immunizations are generally considered safe...some are not. Here is a partial listing of some of the immunizations considered during pregnancy.

 

Tetanus Booster

Safe during pregnancy.

Diphtheria Toxoid

Safe during pregnancy.

Hepatitis B vaccine

May be safely given to pregnant women who are at high risk of exposure.

Influenza or pneumococcal immunization

May be given to pregnant women if they are at increased risk of these conditions.

Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

Do not give to a woman while pregnant but defer until after the pregnancy.

Yellow Fever

Can and should be given to pregnant women traveling to areas where Yellow Fever endemic.

Polio

Can and should be given to pregnant women traveling to areas where polio is endemic.

Anthrax Immunization

Do not administer during pregnancy.

Immune globulin

May be given any time it is clinically indicated.

 

 

 

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