text: The symptoms of German measles can be so slight you miss them entirely.\n\nThe light rash can come and be gone in a couple of hours or less. It doesn't cover your body and may be so light as to be unnoticeable. You may have a few slight cold like symptoms.\n\nYES you can get it after immunisation - its supposed to lessen the symptoms if you are immunised.\n\nA doctor can order a blood test - a rubella titre - to check your level of immunisation. In Australia its a routine test during pregnancy.\n\nThe problem of course is that German measles is known to cause birth defects so if you are pregnant - avoid anyone even suspected of having German measles.\n\nIf you think you have got German measles, had it, or been exposed to it, while pregnant - go to the doctor.