felix555
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please have a read here:
https://www.patient.co.uk/health/Pregnancy-and-Rubella.htm
today there was some confusion regarding my status and for a minute the midwife thought i was not immune to this (actually in the end i was so phew)
i am 16 weeks and this is not something i thought of before TTC.
but I think it's worth checking this before you actually fall pregnant.
most people should be OK but just make sure.
Before you become pregnant
You should have a blood test before you become pregnant. The blood test checks for antibodies in your blood to show that you are immune to rubella.
Children in the UK are immunised against rubella as part of the routine childhood immunisation programme. However, in an extremely small number of children, the immunisation does not work well. In these children, when they become adults, their body does not have enough antibodies to protect against rubella.
The only way to check whether you are immune is to have the blood test.
This blood test may be offered in routine well woman checks given to younger women who have not yet become pregnant. If you have not had a test, your practice nurse can arrange for this to be done.
In particular, women who have come to the UK from overseas may not have been immunised and are then at risk of having a baby with congenital rubella syndrome.
If the blood test shows that you are not immune, you should be immunised (see separate leaflet called 'Rubella Immunisation').
https://www.patient.co.uk/health/Pregnancy-and-Rubella.htm
today there was some confusion regarding my status and for a minute the midwife thought i was not immune to this (actually in the end i was so phew)
i am 16 weeks and this is not something i thought of before TTC.
but I think it's worth checking this before you actually fall pregnant.
most people should be OK but just make sure.
Before you become pregnant
You should have a blood test before you become pregnant. The blood test checks for antibodies in your blood to show that you are immune to rubella.
Children in the UK are immunised against rubella as part of the routine childhood immunisation programme. However, in an extremely small number of children, the immunisation does not work well. In these children, when they become adults, their body does not have enough antibodies to protect against rubella.
The only way to check whether you are immune is to have the blood test.
This blood test may be offered in routine well woman checks given to younger women who have not yet become pregnant. If you have not had a test, your practice nurse can arrange for this to be done.
In particular, women who have come to the UK from overseas may not have been immunised and are then at risk of having a baby with congenital rubella syndrome.
If the blood test shows that you are not immune, you should be immunised (see separate leaflet called 'Rubella Immunisation').
