At a time when any information about vaccines is questioned, it is important to offer truthful data and help the population know the reasons why vaccination is recommended. In the case of vaccines during pregnancy There is greater ignorance and great concern, so it is also important to have such information.
Starting because the mother's vaccination status must be part of the pregnancy planning and going through the appropriate vaccines or those that should not be applied during pregnancy, let's see how the issue arises.
The Propositus are fact sheets without established periodicity prepared by the Spanish Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECEMC). Its objective is to disseminate important aspects related to congenital defects among health professionals and families of those affected in an updated, summarized and clear way.
In the last issue we can consult the state of the matter in a clarifying article prepared by specialists from the Center for Research on Congenital Abnormalities, from the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid and centers specializing in rare diseases.
In it, it is emphasized that girls vaccination It is related to their probable future as mothers, since correctly carrying out the vaccination calendar prevents diseases that would pose serious risks to the health of the embryo and the fetus.
Vaccines can be applied during pregnancy provided they are inactivated vaccines or those that use toxoids, fractions or are genetically engineered.
By cons, Live virus vaccines should not be applied during pregnancy, because the risk of transmission of the vaccine virus to the fetus cannot be ruled out, although it does not appear to be adequately proven in existing studies.
Therefore, if a woman is inadvertently vaccinated with live viruses while she is already pregnant, or becomes pregnant during the four weeks after vaccination, she should be reassured, since existing evidence on the potential risk of embryo-fetus involvement is not they would be sufficient to reasonably consider the possibility of terminating the pregnancy.
The importance of prevention
If we want avoid unnecessary risks during pregnancy, prevention is important. For this, vaccination plans must be fulfilled during childhood and adolescence.
If the pregnancy is planned, it must be done taking into account the immunization status of the future mother, and in case you are missing any of the vaccines, such as rubella, hepatitis B or chickenpox, you can administer them before becoming pregnant.
Gynecologists would have to ask about their immunization status to the woman who plans the pregnancy or who makes her first visit in the state, since a complete vaccination is not always supposed.
Personally I do not remember that my gynecologist asked me about this issue at the time and, sinning unconcerned, I did not locate my vaccination schedule to verify that everything was in order. If there were a third time, and after knowing this information, I think I would be more interested in locating the vaccination card (come on, I would ask my mother for it to see if it is reachable).
These preventive actions will favor the good prenatal development of the children, and we will avoid the concerns of vaccines during pregnancy, although as we have seen they are not totally incompatible.
