Pregnant women should be
informed of the importance of
being rubella immune for future
pregnancies and should use their
six-week postnatal maternal
appointment as an opportunity
to check with their health visitor
or GP if they have had two doses
of MMR vaccine. Any missing
doses can then be given to protect
future pregnancies against rubella
infection. As with preconceptual
advice outlined above, if there is
no reliable immunisation history,
the postnatal woman should be
advised to have two doses of MMR