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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They give that shot to every mother right after birth.  It it bundled with the whooping couch vaccine, which is a reason.  So if a woman gives birth to two kids two years apart, then the doctors are giving the shot every two years.  Whooping couch immunity only lasts about a year, so really you could get that shot every year if you needed to.[/quote]

You are NUTS.  Please stop posting on this board.  Women in the U.S. do NOT routinely get tetanus shots after giving birth!  That's just plain false.

OP, if it's been 7 yrs.  Go ahead and get one, and then you'll always remember that you are due to get a tetanus shot on a year ending in "5".  I just had my 10-yr tetanus shot 2 weeks ago.[/quote]

Many new parents get boosters for whopping cough, which are bundled in the same shot with tetanus.  Moms can get them before they get pregnant, or in their third trimester, or after giving birth.

So, while PP is wrong that every mother gets it after giving birth, but yes many new mothers get tetanus shots.  [/quote]

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