Yes, it is safe for a breastfeeding moms  to get flu shot.  Moms spend a lot of time with the newborn so getting a flu shot is strongly recommended . Children under the age of 2 are at high risk of complications from flu. It is important to keep healthy  to protect your baby. The shot is also recommended once a year for children who are older than 6 months.

The virus in the injected flu shot are inactive or dead. They stimulate your body to produce antibodies to the flu which will fight the virus  when you are exposed to flu later in the season. Because the virus in the flu vaccine is dead, there is no way it  can give you or your baby a case of flu.

It is also important for pregnant moms to have the whooping cough vaccine for adult known as Tdap. This duet the rising rate of whooping cough infection.

When you get a vaccine, you protect your baby in two ways.

• It reduces your chances of getting sick and exposing your baby to the infections
• Because breastfeeding passes antibodies along the milk, it is possible to pass your immunity to your  baby.