Protecting Your Baby From RSV, Maternal Vaccine vs. Infant Monoclonal Antibodies

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

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🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus, a common respiratory virus that usually causes upper respiratory illness with mild, cold-like symptoms. For some groups, like infants, RSV can be a severe lower respiratory tract illness. With no licensed vaccine available for babies, there are two options for protection against RSV. One option is a maternal RSV vaccine during pregnancy between 32 and 37 weeks from September through January. The other option is monoclonal antibodies administered to newborns within a week after birth. The vaccine and antibodies for RSV are both relatively newly approved treatments. This episode examines the available research to evaluate the safety and efficacy of these options so you can make an informed decision for yourself and your baby.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In this week's episode, we're talking
0:17.1	about RSV, which stands for respiratory sensicial virus. This is a common respiratory virus that usually causes
0:26.1	upper respiratory illness with mild cold-like symptoms. For some groups like infants RSV can be a severe lower respiratory tract illness.
0:37.0	There's no licensed vaccine that's available to babies.
0:41.0	So there are two options to protect infants against
0:44.0	against RSV.
0:45.9	One option is a maternal
0:47.6	R.S. vaccine during pregnancy.
0:50.4	This is given between 32 and 37 weeks from September through January.
0:56.9	The other option is monoclonal antibodies administered to newborns within a week after birth.
1:04.0	Both the vaccine and antibodies for RSV are relatively newly approved treatments.
1:10.6	So in today's episode, we're going to examine the available research to evaluate safety and
1:16.2	efficacy of these options and compare them a little bit so that you can make an informed decision
1:22.0	for yourself and your baby.
1:24.0	You can find the complete article and all of the resources for this episode
1:29.1	at pregnancy podcast. access to the last year of episodes. Become a pregnancy podcast premium member and get access
1:46.9	to the entire back catalog. That includes hundreds of episodes that have thousands of hours of research involved in them on every
1:56.6	topic relating to pregnancy, planning for birth, and caring for your newborn.
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2:06.1	to the private podcast feed with the whole back catalog every single episode, all of the content is ad-free, plus when you sign up you're going to get
2:15.9	instant access to the your birth plan book. That walks you step by step through creating your
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