{"id":71368,"date":"2016-07-27T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T00:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=71368"},"modified":"2016-07-27T16:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T20:11:15","slug":"your-pregnancy-protecting-baby-starts-now-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=71368","title":{"rendered":"Your Pregnancy: Protecting Baby Starts Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"immunizations\"<\/a>From the moment you found out you were pregnant, you started protecting your baby. You might have\u00a0changed the way you eat, started taking a prenatal vitamin, and researching the kind of car seat you\u2019ll\u00a0buy. But did you know that one of the best ways to start protecting your children against serious\u00a0diseases is by making sure you get the whooping cough (Tdap) and flu vaccines while you are pregnant?<\/p>\n

The vaccines you get during your pregnancy will provide your baby with some disease protection\u00a0(immunity) that will last the first months of life. By getting vaccinated during your pregnancy, your baby\u00a0may benefit from passive antibody transfer that will help protect against diseases. This early protection is\u00a0critical for diseases like the flu and whooping cough because infants in the first several months of life are\u00a0at the greatest risk of severe illness from these diseases. However, they are too young to be vaccinated\u00a0themselves. Passing maternal antibodies on to them is the only way to help directly protect them.<\/p>\n

Passing the protection to your newborn isn\u2019t the only reason you should get vaccinated. Whooping\u00a0cough and flu vaccines are also important for you. In cases when doctors are able to determine who\u00a0spread whooping cough to an infant, the mother was often the source. Once you have protection by\u00a0getting the Tdap vaccine, you are less likely to give whooping cough to your newborn while caring for him.<\/p>\n

When it comes to flu, even if you are generally healthy, changes in immune, heart, and lung functions\u00a0during pregnancy make you more likely to have a severe case of the flu if you catch it. If you catch the flu\u00a0when you are pregnant, you have a higher chance of experiencing pregnancy complications, such as\u00a0premature labor and delivery. Getting a flu shot will help protect you and your baby while you are pregnant.<\/p>\n

You can also rest assured that these vaccines are very safe for you and your baby. Millions of pregnant\u00a0women have safely received flu shots for many years, and the Centers for Disease Control\u00a0continues to gather data showing that the flu shot is safe and effective during pregnancy.<\/p>\n

The whooping cough vaccine is also very safe for you and your unborn baby. Doctors and midwives who\u00a0specialize in caring for pregnant women agree that the whooping cough vaccine is important to get during\u00a0the third trimester of each pregnancy. Getting the vaccine during your pregnancy will not put you at\u00a0increased risk for pregnancy complications.<\/p>\n

You can get the whooping cough and flu vaccine at the same time during your pregnancy. You can also\u00a0get them at different visits. If you are pregnant during flu season, you should get the flu vaccine as early\u00a0as possible. You should get your whooping cough vaccine between your 27th and 36th week of\u00a0pregnancy, but you can get a flu shot during any trimester.<\/p>\n

Breastfeeding moms also can get some vaccinations. A mother can pass antibodies against diseases she\u00a0has had in the past, and those she has been vaccinated against, through her breastmilk.\u201cWhen you get\u00a0whooping cough and flu vaccines during your pregnancy, you will have antibodies in your breast milk that<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you get\u00a0whooping cough and flu vaccines during your pregnancy, you will have antibodies in your breast milk that\u00a0you can share with your baby as soon as your milk comes in,\u201d said Cheryl Geiler, Director of Community\u00a0Health.If you wait and get vaccinated after delivering, your baby will not be born with protective<\/p>\n

If you wait and get vaccinated after delivering, your baby will not be born with protective\u00a0antibodies.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about pregnancy and vaccines, talk to your doctor, nurse or midwife or visit www.healthymadisoncounty.org. The Madison County Health Department holds Immunization clinics\u00a0each week and appointments may be scheduled online or by phone at 315-366- 2848. Most insurance\u00a0plans are accepted. Some fees may apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the moment you found out you were pregnant, you started protecting your baby. You might have\u00a0changed the way you eat, started taking a prenatal vitamin, and researching the kind of car seat you\u2019ll\u00a0buy. But did you know that one of the best ways to start protecting your children against serious\u00a0diseases is by making sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-iz6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/immunizations.jpg?fit=2067%2C830&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}