Vaccines That Should be avoided by Pregnant Women

A benefit of the vaccine is to maintain good body immunity in children and adults, men and women. The immune system is strengthened by the vaccine is useful to keep the body from diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and many more diseases can be prevented with vaccines.


But sometimes the vaccine is need to avoided by the mothers who are pregnant. Though in principle, all the vaccine has passed the trial period is long enough. In addition, the regulatory body the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also centers of disease prevention and control of the U.S. (CDC) always supervise and control the use of vaccine safety.

Despite the trials that were fairly long and long and rigorous oversight the FDA and CDC, not all vaccines should be given to pregnant women. Only vaccines that contain no active viruses or attenuated viruses that can be given to pregnant women. Giving the vaccine that contain active virus is feared could harm the mother and fetus.

Some vaccines should be avoided because it can affect the fetus that can result to miscarriage, premature birth, or birth defects. Here are vaccines that should not be given to pregnant women:

- Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR): To prevent infectious diseases fever, mumps and German measles, vaccine MMR conducted in childhood after the age of 15 months and in adolescence. Vaccine material is made of active virus. For immunization is a woman is not allowed to get pregnant, at least three months after being immunized.

- Varicella: This vaccine is useful to protect the body from the chickenpox. At least one month after the immunization, you are only allowed to get pregnant. The vaccine is also made of active virus, so it is not safe for pregnant women.

- Hepatitis A: Pregnant women at risk for this infection should consult the risks and benefits of immunization with the obstetrician.

- Polio: polio vaccine can be administered by injection or orally. For oral vaccine containing the active virus, whereas inject able vaccine contains inactivated virus. Vaccines either oral or inject able polio is not recommended for pregnant women.

- Pneumococcal: The vaccine is useful to prevent the risk of infection caused by the bacterium streptococcus pneumoniae, which is the cause of pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia. Vaccine safety has not been evaluated. If it will be given to women who are at risk of the disease, should be done before pregnancy.