PREGNANCY AND IMMUNIZATION

Pregnancy is a period which immune system becomes weak and both mother and newborn is under infection risk. Live attenuated viral or bacterial vaccines, toxoid vaccines, inactive viral vaccines and immunglobulins can be used for immunization during that period. Always the most appropriate immunization agent must be selected with making profit and loss count, benefits of both mother and baby must be observed. As a rule, application of live viral or bacterial vaccines during pregnancy is contraindicated. Toxoid vaccines, inactive vaccines and immunglobulins are approved safe in pregnancy and they can be used at any period of pregnancy (ideally after the first trimestr)