Let us first of all look at what a vaccine is, it is any preparation that is intended for active immunological prophylaxis, made either of killed microbes of virulent strains or living microbes of attenuated strains.
In other words, it is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. It stimulates the immune system to recognize some diseases as foreign and destroy them.
Immunity is defined as a state of having enough biological defense to evade infection.
Immunity could also be regarded as a system of biological structures and processes that defend the body from disease.
When babies are born they naturally do not have enough immunity to combat disease that they will be exposed to in the first 6months if their lives, vaccine prepared the body system to do this.
It is important that pregnant woman be vaccinated against diseases, this gives artificial immunity that protect the mother and fetus, a pregnant woman shares everything with the unborn baby through the placenta, women should should stop being afraid of vaccines, when a pregnant woman recieve vaccine, she not only protect herself but also protect her unborn baby.
CDC has guidelines for the vaccines you need before, during, and after pregnancy. Some vaccines, such as the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine, should be given a month or more before pregnancy. You should get the Tdap vaccine (to help protect against whooping cough), during your pregnancy. Other vaccines, like the flu shot, can be given before or during pregnancy, depending on whether or not it is flu season when you’re pregnant. It is safe for you to receive vaccines right after giving birth, even while you are breastfeeding.
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