{"id":524,"date":"2025-05-30T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/vaccinations-and-infections\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T16:54:08","slug":"vaccinations-and-infections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/vaccinations-and-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinations in Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You will be offered vaccines during your pregnancy. These are the best way to protect your baby from serious illness. The antibodies you develop after getting a vaccine transfer from you to your unborn baby. This helps give your newborn baby protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recommended vaccinations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are pregnant, NHS Scotland recommends that you have the:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/healthy-living\/immunisation\/vaccines\/whooping-cough-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">whooping cough vaccine<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 from 16 weeks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/healthy-living\/immunisation\/vaccines\/rsv-vaccine-during-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 from 28 weeks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/healthy-living\/immunisation\/vaccines\/flu-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flu vaccine&nbsp;<\/a>\u2013 at any stage in your pregnancy during flu season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>Find out more about the recommended vaccinations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealthscotland.scot\/media\/32633\/vaccines-in-pregnancy-leaflet-in-english_april2025.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/04\/Ready-steady-baby-2025.png\" alt=\"Ready steady baby 2025\" class=\"wp-image-4329 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/04\/Ready-steady-baby-2025.png 457w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/04\/Ready-steady-baby-2025-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealthscotland.scot\/media\/32633\/vaccines-in-pregnancy-leaflet-in-english_april2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ready Steady Baby! Vaccines in pregnancy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The leaflet is available in additional languages and formats: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/vaccinesinpregnancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vaccines in pregnancy | NHS inform<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will be offered vaccines during your pregnancy. These are the best way to protect your baby from serious illness. The antibodies you develop after getting a vaccine transfer from you to your unborn baby. This helps give your newborn baby protection. Recommended vaccinations If you are pregnant, NHS Scotland recommends that you have the:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-524","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"You will be offered vaccines during your pregnancy. These are the best way to protect your baby from serious illness. The antibodies you develop after getting a vaccine transfer from you to your unborn baby. This helps give your newborn baby protection. 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