Vaccinations During Pregnancy
The one vaccination we recommend routinely to all pregnant women, regardless of trimester, is the influenza vaccine. Please see section: Influenza Vaccine and Pregnancy.
Otherwise, we have listed recommendations for common vaccinations in the table below.
| Vaccine |
Recommendation |
| Anthrax |
Postpone pregnancy 1 month after receiving |
| BCG (tuberculosis) |
Avoid |
| Chicken pox (varicella) |
Avoid, recommended after delivery if not immune |
| Hepatitis A |
Postpone pregnancy 1 month after receiving |
| Hepatitis B |
Sometimes recommended, limited info, only for women at high risk** |
| HPV |
Appears safe, but still being studied |
| Influenza/H1N1 |
Recommended, all women, all trimesters |
| Japanese encephalitis |
Postpone pregnancy 1 month after receiving |
| Measles |
Avoid |
| Meningococcal |
Sometimes recommended, limited info, only for women at high risk** |
| MMR |
Avoid |
| Mumps |
Avoid |
| Nasal spray influenza |
Avoid |
| Polio |
Postpone pregnancy 1 month after receiving |
| Pneumococcal |
Sometimes recommended, limited info, only for women at high risk** |
| Rabies |
Sometimes recommended, limited info, only for women at high risk** |
| Rubella |
Avoid; recommended after delivery if not immune |
| Smallpox (Vaccinia) |
Postpone pregnancy 1 month after receiving |
| TB skin test |
Safe |
| Tdap |
Recommended after delivery |
| Typhoid |
Postpone pregnancy 1 month after receiving |
| Yellow fever |
Postpone pregnancy 1 month after receiving |
| **High risk: work in a health care facility, travel to areas where infection is common. This should be discussed with your physician. |
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