 [ Symptoms ] can a mother who is gotten tdap vaccine give pertussis to 2 month old baby  i was vaccinated for pertussis by getting the tdap shot at 32 weeks pregnant when my newborn was 6wk old she received first dtap shot & went to daycare next week 2 weeks in she got first head cold but after a persistant cough we tested & confirmed she is whooping cough at 11 weeks old did i give baby whooping cough or did she get it from a daycare provider we are starting rx today but if she returns to daycare before completingmeds she may continue to be exposed to the bacteria there [ Disease ] the pertussis vaccine cannot cause disease it is not a live vaccine if the baby developed pertussis it was because she was exposed to someone who had the disease at a time where she was not completely protected by her vaccines