If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, vaccination is an important step in keeping you and your baby healthy. Mothers who are vaccinated before and during pregnancy can also pass antibodies across the placenta to help protect their babies from certain diseases in the first few months after birth.

When your baby is born, he or she will be checked to make sure that he or she is healthy. Midwives will use the Apgar score to evaluate your baby at 1 minute and 5 minutes of life. These scores will be recorded in the patient's medical record.