Flu Jab

My GP surgery is holding a flu jab walk in on Saturday. I never received a text about it but my mom did, so I called the GP to check if I can attend. They told me that Pregnant women are not allowed the flu vaccine before 28 weeks. I was told otherwise by the pharmacy, who said I'm in the priority category. Are my GP surgery correct? Or is it worth just turning up Saturday and trying my luck?

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Unless something has changed with the vaccine itself, then that's the only explaination I could think of🤷🏼‍♀️ When I was pregnant with my firstborn, I had the flu vaccine twice (once quite early on in my pregnancy & then again just before I had her. When I was pregnant with my 2nd baby last year, I decided against having it.

As far as I'm aware the flu jab can be given at any stage. The RSV vaccine is 28 weeks onwards.

I was offered the flu jab at my GP this year, just had it this afternoon and I’m 22w! You can get whooping cough from 20w and my midwife said I could even have them one after the other

@Cheryl I think the receptionist is getting the flu jab and RSV vaccine confused

you can have the flu jab anytime between 7 weeks up until you give birth so id turn up anyway as the receptionist is obviously wrong about that, had my flu jab with my first when i was 14 weeks and one at 19 weeks with my second. everyone is right rsv is 28 weeks x

Iv not long had my flu jab I'm 22 weeks pregnant and it's made me really poorly so I won't be having it again !!

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