Tdap Vaccine

The vaccine to prevent whopping cough in pregnancy is Tdap vaccine. It is one of the initiative to keep your newborn healthy from the start.

  • Whooping cough (medically known as pertussis)is a serious infection that causes long bouts of coughing and choking in a newborn baby,making it hard to breathe.
  • The “whoop” is caused by gasping for breath after each bout of coughing, though babies don’t always make this noise.
  • In new born, pertussis (whooping cough) can be a life threatening illness.
  • Young babies with whooping cough are often very unwell and most will be admitted to hospital because of their illness.
  • When whooping cough is particularly severe, it can prove fatal.
  • Pregnant women can help protect their babies by getting vaccinated -ideally from 27weeks upto 36 weeks pregnancy.
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  • Tetanustoxoid, diphtheriatoxoid and acellular pertussis (Tdap) is a combination vaccine that protects against three bacterial infections in a single injection.
  • A single dose of Tdap during every pregnant protects the newborn from pertussis.

  • The only way you can help protect your baby from getting whooping cough in their first few weeks after birth is by having the whooping cough vaccination yourself (during your pregnancy between 27-36 weeks).

  • Getting vaccinated while you’re pregnant is highly effective in protecting your baby from developing whooping cough in the first few weeks of their life.
  • At SAAVI were commend each pregnant mother to vaccinate herself for it.

  • The best time to get vaccinated to protect your baby is from 27 weeks up to 36 weeks of pregnancy.
  • The immunity you get from the vaccine will pass to your baby through the placenta and provide passive protection for them, until their first dose of pertussis vaccine.

  • There’s no evidence to suggest that the whooping cough vaccine is unsafe for you or your unborn baby.
  • A number of countries, including the US, UK, Argentina, Belgium, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, currently recommend vaccination against whooping cough in pregnancy.

  • Yes, you should get re-vaccinated (between 27 weeks to 36 weeks) in each pregnancy to maximize protection for your baby.

  • Yes, because any protection you may have had through either having whooping cough or being vaccinated when you were young is likely to have worn off and will not provide sufficient protection for your baby

  • Yes,you should take for prevention of pertussis.
  • 3rd dose of tetanus won’t have any adverse effect on you or your baby.

  • 1st - injTT -Between 13-26 weeks of pregnancy
  • 2nd-Tdap vaccine -Between 27 to 36 weeks

  • Yes,you can have the whooping cough vaccine when you get the flu vaccine,but donot delay your flu dose. (Get the flu vaccine as early as possible in pregnancy)

  • Yes.Your Tdap shot vaccine will protect them for first 2 month of life, your baby will still need to be vaccinated according to the normal vaccination schedule, when they reach two months old. (According to your pediatrician’s advice.)

  • Mild side effect like pain, redness, mild fever or swelling in arm where shot is given.

  • A person who ever had a life- threatening allergic reaction after a previous dose of any diphtheria, tetanus or pertussis containing vaccine.
  • Anyone with history of any severe allergies.
  • Anyone who had coma or long repeated seizures within 7 days after a childhood dose of DTP or dose of Tdap.

  • Have history of seizures or another nervous system problem.
  • Had severe pain or swelling after any vaccine? containing diphtheria, tetanus or pertussis.
  • Ever had a condition called Guillain Barre ? Syndrome(GBS).

Vaccinate yourself with Tdap vaccine & protect baby against possible whooping cough(Pertussis).