You can start protecting your baby from whooping cough before birth

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; American Academy of Pediatrics. ; American Academy of Family Physicians.
• Description:
  Whooping cough (sometimes called pertussis) is a serious disease that can cause babies to stop breathing. Unfortunately, babies must be 2 months old before they can start getting their whooping cough vaccine. The good news is you can avoid this gap in protection by getting a whooping cough vaccine called Tdap during your pregnancy. The recommended time to get the shot is your 27th through 36th week of pregnancy, preferably during the earlier part of this time period. By getting vaccinated, you will pass antibodies to your baby so she is born with protection against whooping cough.
  
  To learn more about vaccines recommended during pregnancy, visit www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pregnancy
  
  fs-protecting-before-birth.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Pertussis Vaccine Pregnant Women Whooping Cough
• Series:
  Information for Pregnant Women
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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