A group comprising obstetricians and gynecologists is recommending pregnant women receive four vaccines prior to giving birth.
The federal government only recommends three.
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) on June 10 released its own maternal immunization schedule saying that pregnant women should receive shots against influenza and COVID-19 at any stage of pregnancy.
The tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine should be received at some point from 27 to 36 weeks gestation, and the maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccine should be received at some time from 32 weeks to 36 weeks, 6 days of gestation, according to the organization.
Pregnant women may also take four other vaccines depending on their risk factors, according to the schedule. Available vaccines against measles, human papillomavirus, and varicella, or chickenpox, are not recommended at all, the group said….