Vaccines and pregnancy
What’s recommended during pregnancy (pertussis, flu, RSV…), what to avoid, and, once baby arrives, their vaccination schedule.
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Which vaccines are recommended during pregnancy?
Pertussis is the key vaccine of pregnancy in Belgium: one dTpa dose at every pregnancy, ideally between weeks 24 and 32, free of charge, to protect your baby from birth, before they can be vaccinated themselves. Flu is recommended at any stage of pregnancy during the season, and COVID if you are not yet vaccinated.
Against RSV there are two options: a vaccine for you around weeks 28 to 36, or an antibody for the baby at birth. Only one of them is reimbursed, and the choice is made with your doctor. Vaccines during pregnancy: the Belgian guide covers each vaccine, with its window and its official sources.
What to avoid
Live vaccines are to be avoided during pregnancy: MMR and rubella, chickenpox, yellow fever. Which is why checking your immunity to rubella before you are pregnant is worth it. If a trip is planned, raise it early: the yellow fever vaccine is only considered during pregnancy when the travel is unavoidable, and travel vaccines are planned 6 to 8 weeks ahead.
After an MMR vaccine, the Belgian recommendation is to wait about four weeks before considering a pregnancy. If you received a live vaccine without knowing you were pregnant, raise it with your doctor or your midwife: that is assessed case by case, and these pages do not replace that advice.
After the birth: the baby’s schedule
What follows is already mapped out: the baby’s first dose, hexavalent and pneumococcus, is due around 8 weeks, and the appointments then run on through adolescence. The interactive vaccination calendar turns that programme into your child’s real dates, according to your region, and the child schedule age by age details every step. The dTpa booster of pregnancy counts for you too: the tetanus booster explains when the next one falls. Everything else is gathered in childhood vaccines.
Where does emmunity fit in?
emmunity is a family vaccination record still being built: the app is not available yet, and this page replaces neither your midwife, nor your gynaecologist, nor your doctor. The aim is to keep your pregnancy vaccines and your baby’s in one place, with a reminder before every due date, rather than a paper booklet and a date written down somewhere. The waitlist only exists to tell you when it launches.