Vaccines support both your health and your baby’s health during pregnancy. Talk to your doctor about how they can fit into your prenatal care plan.
Protecting yourself and your baby from severe respiratory complications of flu and COVID-19 is easier than you think. Here’s how vaccines can help.
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What Pregnant People Need to Know
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Pregnancy increases your risk of complications from the flu or COVID-19. Vaccines are a safe and effective way to protect both you and your baby.
Research shows that vaccination reduces the risk of flu-related hospitalization during pregnancy by 40%.
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Getting vaccinated during pregnancy doesn’t just protect you — it also helps protect your baby from flu and COVID-19 for their first six months of life.
Most babies hospitalized for COVID-19 are born to mothers who did not get vaccinated during pregnancy.
Got vaccinated last year? You should still get a shot this year and every year.
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be serious for infants—in fact, it’s the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the U.S.
In most of the U.S., expectant moms can get vaccinated against RSV during weeks 32 through 36 of pregnancy (assuming those fall during the months of September through January). This can help protect their babies in the first six months of life.
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If you get the RSV vaccine during pregnancy, you pass protection against severe RSV disease on to your baby before they are born.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends all pregnant people get a flu and COVID-19 vaccine during the winter virus season when flu and COVID-19 are common.
