If you are a woman of childbearing age and you are not immune to rubella, you should get the MMR, or rubella vaccine as soon as possible. There is no evidence that the vaccine will harm unborn children, but you should not have it while pregnant. You should wait at least three months after getting the vaccine before becoming pregnant. Young children who are given the MMR vaccine are no danger for pregnant women. One or two weeks after getting their needles, about 1 in every 7 people will have a rash or swollen neck glands.
Some people feel pain, mumbness or tingling in their hands and feet.
The chances of getting encephalitis from the measles disease though is 1,000 times greater than getting it as a reaction to the MMR vaccine. Taking a vaccine does present risks for some people who may have allergic or other reactions. But these risks are very small when you consider what happens if you get any of these diseases. About the Diseases Measles is the most serious of the common childhood diseases. Children may suffer from rashes, a high fever, coughing, running noses and eyes that water for up to two weeks.