This is a very sore subject for me at the moment. Also living in the Swansea area of South Wales, finding out I wasn't given the second lot of MMR vaccine and am not immune was highly distressing at 10 weeks pregnant. I was livid to find out most of the people my age weren't given them either, and the nhs is wondering why it's spreading like wildfire in this area!
I'm sure thousands of people are saying the parents are to blame for not getting the top up jab, my mother, my MIL and best friend's mother to mention a few were all adamant that we were covered. It was supposed to happen in school at 6 years old and it seems hundreds of us were missed out. I urged everyone I knew to check with their doctors surgery that they were covered and one after the other were no, no, no! All either in my school year, the year above or the year below. The number of mid 20's with measles in this area is ridiculous and then passing it on to small children is highly dangerous.
I was sent a leaflet from my doctors surgery explaining the risks while pregnant, if you contract measles or rubella before 20 weeks you will need to meet with your midwife to discuss whether or not to carry on with your pregnancy. My mother had measles when she was a child and it severely affected her sight and had to have an operation, my grandmother was pregnant at the time and was offered an abortion (quite unheard of 40+ years ago). Measles and rubella are serious illnesses and should not be taken lightly.
The original founder of this MMR-autism thing has now retracted every thing, that's speaks volumes to me.