Guidance

COVID-19 vaccination: women who are pregnant or breastfeeding

Information for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.

Applies to England

Documents

COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding (English print version)

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COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy poster (print version)

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Details

COVID-19 vaccination is strongly recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Leaflet

This leaflet is for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination and includes information on the autumn booster. Paper copies, translations and alternative format versions will be available soon.

Paper copies of the previous version are available free to order or download in the following languages and formats:

English, English large print, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional, Cantonese), Estonian, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Yiddish and Yoruba.

An easy-read version of this leaflet is available for people with a learning disability and their carers.

British Sign Language videos are available to view and download.

A Braille version of this leaflet is available to order.

An audio version is available to download.

A quick links poster with QR codes to the COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding and the Pregnancy: how to help protect you and your baby leaflets is available to download.

Posters

This is a set of 4 posters aimed at pregnant women encouraging them to have both of their COVID-19 vaccinations. These posters are available for download only.

English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.

There is a set of social media cards to go with these posters and they can be downloaded and shared on social media and websites.

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Published 6 December 2020
Last updated 10 January 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added link to updated audio version of leaflet.

  2. Updated links to translated and alternate versions of the leaflet.

  3. Updated information on breastfeeding.

  4. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding.

  5. Updated page title, summary and details section.

  6. Added link to the quick links QR codes poster.

  7. Added order links to English, large print, braille, audio, French, Pashto, Romany, Tagalog and Yiddish versions.

  8. Updated 'COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding'.

  9. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding.

  10. Updated 'COVID-19 vaccination: a guide on pregnancy and breastfeeding' and links to translated versions of the poster and social media cards.

  11. Added pregnancy poster and link to social media cards.

  12. Added links to large print and Braille versions.

  13. Added links to the Estonian, Greek and Panjabi translated versions.

  14. Updated to reflect translations are available to order.

  15. Added links to translated versions.

  16. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for all women of childbearing age, pregnant or breastfeeding (English version).

  17. Added Ukrainian, French and revised English leaflets, and link to easy-read leaflet.

  18. Added link to updated BSL video.

  19. Added Urdu leaflet.

  20. Added Chinese, Farsi, Kurdish, Nepali and Somali leaflets and British Sign Language video link.

  21. Added Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi leaflets.

  22. Added Hindi leaflet.

  23. Added Albanian and Tagalog leaflets.

  24. Added Spanish and Romanian leaflets.

  25. Added Polish leaflet and revised large print English version.

  26. Added Turkish version.

  27. Added more information about COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

  28. Added a large print version of the leaflet and its product code.

  29. First published.