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2. Maternal vaccines are very safe… babies younger than one year old who cough can infect babies, since the

for you and your little one. get whooping cough need treatment disease often causes mild symptoms in

Tdap and flu vaccines are very safe in the hospital. The younger the baby older children and adults.

for you and your baby. CDC and a is when she gets whooping cough, the 4. Catching flu when you are

panel of experts who make vaccine more likely the baby will need to be pregnant can lead to serious
recommendations have concluded that treated in a hospital. While some babies pregnancy complications.
they are safe for pregnant women and cough a lot, other babies with whooping So, you think you are pretty healthy
their babies. These experts carefully cough don’t cough at all. Instead, it can or maybe you’ve had flu before, and it

reviewed the available safety data cause them to stop breathing and turn wasn’t that bad. Well, changes in your
before recommending Tdap and fl u blue. Siblings, parents, or caregivers immune, heart, and lung functions
vaccines during pregnancy. Vaccines who don’t know they have whooping
are like any medicine, which means
they can have some side eff ects. But
most people who get vaccinated have KEEP THE BEAT

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