Flu Vaccination - Will you be getting it ?

I want to preface this response by saying I am not anti-vaccine, and by no means is this meant to scare you into making a decision that isn't right for you. There is a case in Ontario where a doctor basically accused a woman of being a bad mother for turning down a flu shot at 4 months pregnant. She ended up getting the shot...and losing the baby 4 days later. She tried to sue the doctor, and she got someone from the states to give a statement saying that the drug companies have never even tested the flu shot on pregnant woman, because it's unethical! So there's no evidence to its safety. And for H1N1, the drug companies said they "didn't have time" to test it on pregnant women. So no one is saying it's not effective, just questioning the safety and all. I never got the flu shot when I was pregnant. BUT, every one of my mommy friends who got the H1N1 vaccine when they were pregnant had kids who were just fine.

I wont get it, i dont like needles, and i dont get sick often so i dont see the need for it.

Ive never had the flu and ive never had the flu shot - I dont see any reason for getting it - its just another needle i could avoid and another load of chemicals being pumped into me so no i wont be getting it.

Hmmm. I am booked in but still really undecided. This is the regular flu vaccine not the H1N1 which was around for the 2nd time when I was pregnant with DD but near the very end of the pregnancy and my ob didn't recommend it due to lack of testing. I guess I will see how I feel in the morning

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Originally Posted by Rosie85

no I don't make breastmilk beyond the colostrum which was all he got. Breastfeeding is no guarantee against the flu either especially if the mother didn't have it in the last year.

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True, but getting a flu shot actually isn't a guarantee against the flu either. Just to be fair. ;)

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Originally Posted by Pearl327

Hmmm. I am booked in but still really undecided. This is the regular flu vaccine not the H1N1 which was around for the 2nd time when I was pregnant with DD but near the very end of the pregnancy and my ob didn't recommend it due to lack of testing. I guess I will see how I feel in the morning

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My doc told me the new H1N1 strain is part of the US flu shot. Just make totally sure it's not the same one.

No, I will not be getting a flu shot. My entire family, including my newborn son, got the Swine Flu back in late 2009. It was actually "better" than the normal flu. We were all sickly for a few days and that was it.

I refused it at my 1st midwife visit....think i may get the whooping cough one at the end tho

We had the swine flu and I almost died.

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Originally Posted by Rosie85

no I don't make breastmilk beyond the colostrum which was all he got. Breastfeeding is no guarantee against the flu either especially if the mother didn't have it in the last year.

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sorry:( I was just asking because even though it will not stop them from getting a virus or bacteria it does help them cope with it. When we are all sick and coughing and dying he gets sick but nurses and nurses and is able to fight it and do ok. I am also from the camp that believe getting sick helps our immune system become stronger so just different beliefs:)