Women who receive the influenza or whooping cough vaccine during a twin pregnancy do not face a higher risk of birth complications, University of Queensland researchers have found. The study—which showed 72% of women pregnant with twins were unvaccinated against influenza and whooping cough—has found the vaccines are safe and do not increase the risk of preterm birth, stillbirth or small-for-gestational-age infants. The study is published in the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
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