WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2000: Re: Vaccines while pregnant any danger-concerned about unborn baby

Re: Vaccines while pregnant any danger-concerned about unborn baby

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:05:36 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 28 Dec 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am very concerned about the health of my sisters unborn baby. she is
>in the military and got pregnant while overseas and did not let her
>command know so she was getting vaccinations such as anthrax and tetanus
>and hep b and others once I expressed my concern she will not tell me
>all the vaccines she received but I know there were more as well as
>getting no prenatal care until she was 5 months. On top of that she was
>drinking and smoking. she has not told her current dr about these
>things. she feels that since she was told her ultrasound at 5 months
>was ok that everythin with her baby will be fine. I am very concerned
>with this and have been pleaded with her to tell her dr all these
>things. Is there any need to be concerned I mean could the vaccines
>have harmed her baby and maybe it didn't show on the ultrasound. I'm
>very afarid and concerned please help me so maybe I can better help her.

Without knowing exactly what she got, it is hard to say. Some of the "traveling abroad" vaccines are safe and some are not. I am not sure specifically about the anthrax vaccine, but I suspect, there is no definitive answer to this one as yet. There are certainly abnormalities that cannot be distinguished via ultrasound... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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