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Miss Bryony Jones
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care - Maternity
What vaccines are recommended during pregnancy?
Miss Bryony Jones, Consultant obstetrician, explains recommended vaccines during pregnancy in this video, covering maternal immunity, protection for mother and baby, and why vaccination is offered during pregnancy. This offers practical, patient-friendly guidance for those considering private care.
Transcript
All pregnant women, their immune system, the way their body fights infection, doesn't work as well as when they're not pregnant.
And therefore you will be offered a number of vaccines both for your health but also to try and optimise the health of the baby and reduce the chance of baby having infections after the birth.
For women they'll be offered a COVID vaccine, flu vaccine, season dependent.
But you may also be offered an RSV vaccine or whooping cough vaccine.
These are primarily for the baby's benefits as although these are part of the normal immunisation programme for all children in the UK, there are some babies who are vulnerable before they are fully immunised.
And we found that by vaccinating mothers during the pregnancy, this helps protect those babies until they themselves are fully vaccinated.