Ask a doctor: Vaccines during pregnancy | 10.25.24 | Risk Less. Do More.
Oct 25, 2024
Dr. Felicia Hamilton, an OBGYN with MedStar Washington Hospital Center, recommends flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines for pregnant people. Getting vaccinated during your pregnancy helps protect your baby from severe illness in their first months. Learn more at cdc.gov/RiskLessDoMore.
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while getting the flu or covid-19 during
pregnancy can increase your risk for
serious maternal illness and poor
pregnancy outcomes vaccination during
pregnancy can help protect against
complications caused by these viruses
for example covid-19 vaccines lower your
chances of experiencing pre-term birth
or still birth if you get sick during
pregnancy your vaccine is your baby's
vaccine proteins your body makes in
response to the vaccine are passed to
your baby and can protect them while
they're young vaccines can prevent your
baby from serious cases of flu and
covid-19 in their first 6 months of Life
RSV can also be serious it hospitalizes
more infants than any other illness a
maternal RSV vaccine gives your baby
better protection from severe RSV talk
to your doctor about when during
pregnancy you should get an RSV vaccine
so you can risk less and do more for
yourself and your baby risk less do more
get the season vaccines learn more at
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