Fred Coleman Dr. Fred Coleman is a perinatologist, or maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist. There is no risk that we know of. Unfortunately, that doesn't say much because the vaccine hasn't been out long enough to be sure. Still, from my previous vaccination experiences, we have not found there to be a problem with either transmission to the mother or, if the mother were to get it, transmission to the baby. Overall, I don't think there is anything to worry about.
Most people have immunity to it even if they think they have never had chicken pox.
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