The Importance of Vaccines and Immunity
Humans are immune to a number of infections because we have had a certain disease such as chickenpox for example, that a lot of us had when we were children and which made our immunological systems build antibodies to the virus, or because we were vaccinated against them.
Rubella for example, is a common example. The doctor will check if you are immune to rubella through a blood test that will detect antibodies. If you are not immune to rubella, the doctor will probably recommend you to get vaccinated against this disease three months before you become pregnant. However, getting pregnant before the three months are up will probably not become a problem. There have not been any cases in which a woman that got pregnant before the three months were up had a baby with problems.
Most people are immune to measles, mumps, poliomyelitis
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and diphtheria, and it is not likely that the doctor will check your immunity to these diseases; besides this, they are not directly associated with adverse effects in the baby. Chicken pox however, does have a chance of risk that the baby gets the infection from the mother. If you have not had chicken pox before or do not remember, make sure to talk to your doctor about it.
If you have HIV, make sure to get a test before considering having a baby. There are some countries now that require the doctors to do an HIV test to all the pregnant women. If you have been infected with HIV, taking certain medications during pregnancy decreases the possibility that the baby will get the virus as well.
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