“I was a healthy pregnant woman, worked out, went to gym, ate very healthy, had a natural birth, and somehow in the last two weeks of my pregnancy I managed to get whooping cough”.
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The first time mother later went on to catch the potentially deadly disease and eventually gave it onto her newborn baby girl, Eva. Within two weeks, the cough became pretty scary.
Eventually, Eva was admitted to the intensive care unit.
And don’t forget to protect your little one by encouraging everyone who comes in close contact with your baby (like your partner, grandparents, and child-care providers) to get vaccinated against whooping cough, too.
“It’s a lot of suffering for a tiny, cute, little thing that you love so much”, Cornit says. “They go red, from red they go blue and sometimes they go a bit black and for a moment you think they are dead in your arms”.
According to the CDC, it’s best to get the Tdap vaccine against whooping cough during the 27th and 36th week of your pregnancy.
“She is into week four”.
“If I could turn back time I would have protect myself”.
A first-time mother who declined a whooping cough vaccination has pleaded with others not to make the same mistake after she passed on the infection to her baby. Her body creates antibodies against the disease and they are passed along to the unborn child, thereby preventing infection after birth.
The emotional mea culpa has since gone viral with more than 90, 000 views since it was posted earlier in the day.
Avital says that she rejected the vaccination when it was offered because she thought it was unnecessary, given that she is a “bulletproof lady” who has traveled the world without any health problems at all. On Facebook, her story has received messages of support and hope – and naturally, her choice has also attracted a fair share of anti-vax dopes. The other thing is that people are not really conscious of the risk of some of these serious infectious diseases such as whooping cough. Ive had 3 newborns and this baby looks very fake.
Booster vaccines are also recommended for those who are going to have close contact with babies.
“I think generally we do well, but you always want 100%”, Dr Rudd said.
Avital detailed her experience in a recent video for Gold Coast Health, noting that the symptoms started off like a common cold but worsened into something much more horrific.
Cormit soon learnt her daughter Eva was diagnosed with whooping cough.
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Dr. Van Buynder told the BBC this week that Eva is improving and will likely be able to come home in a few weeks.
