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News Review From Harvard Medical School -- Study: Pregnancy Flu Shot Protects Baby
Pregnant women who get a flu shot can protect their babies too, a study suggests. This could help babies under age 6 months, in particular. Flu vaccine is not recommended for these babies because it hasn't been proven safe for them. The study included 340 women and their babies. Half received a flu shot while pregnant. The others did not get shots. Researchers kept track of the women for 24 weeks after the births. Babies born to women who got flu shots were 63% less likely to get flu. They also had lower rates of other respiratory illness. HealthDay News wrote about the study September 17. It was published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.

I asked my RE about this. I almost never get a flu and I never had a flu shot. He suggested I skip it (he's old school, 30 years of practice), which agreed with my opinion. My kid will be at home with me and later with my MIL and later with a nanny until a year old. Not much chance of him catching a flu if we don't and I'm just wary of vaccines in pg.

Though i'm in my second trimester I've gotten my flu shot due to many things in my life right now. Its been about 4wks ago for me and i'm doing fine. Good luck and God bless

I got my flu shot almost 4 weeks ago and besides a sore arm... nothing. I got to a high risk doctor and he says he sees a lot of still births and such from women getting the flu while pregnant. I was kind of torn but having had four losses, I decided it was in the best interest of me and my baby to get it. I know you can read things to support it and things that tell you not to do it but I think in the end, it is your decision. Good luck to you.

I have never gotten the flu or the flu shot but am going to this year. My ob strongly suggested it and said that the flu can be deadly to the baby if I were to get it.

Get it. You are still getting immunity naturally. Just exposing your body to the killed virus which causes your body to make antibodies. Flu is very risky for infants and can cause hospitalization or death. Just because your baby is at home doesn't mean someone won't bring it in. If you choose not to vaccinate yourself do what they call cocooning. Vaccinate everyone that will be around you and the baby. This is what I usually do since I have a very mild egg allergy. My DH and I both teach college. College kids are as bad as toddlers about basic hygeine when sick. Plus our 3 year old is in preschool. This year I got the shot. I don't want to risk another loss. Do make sure you ask for the preservative free flu shot (no mercury) though.

I was told the same and a lot of the "dont' get the flu shot" scare is from old school hype and superstition (bad speller today lol). I used to say "oh the flu shot makes me sick" but really it's like half the time I get a mild fever or a sore arm and it's nothing that a tylenol doesn't get rid of AND chances are that I would of gotten that anyways and it was just a small bug I was getting anyways. If you've ever had a newborn baby with the flu would you would be sure to take it just to do anything you could to prevent goign through that again... trust me that is why I got the flu shot this time. It's a dead virus and can't hurt you and if there is even a chance it could prevent something bad to you or the baby go for it. There is WAY more evidence of it doing good than any harm (which actually evidence can't say for sure it was the flu shot that caused the problem in the first place)

I'd get it. I feel the same way that you do about meds. Whenever I get sick, I try to let my body fight it on it's own until I can't take it anymore. I've never had the flu in my life either, but this time, I got the shot...for the 1st time ever. I also read the article that here4fun quoted, and I'm doing it for my baby more than anything.

Even though I will be the primary caretaker of my child, you never know where they could get it (a trip to the grocery store where someone sneezes or touches them, a family member who didn't wash his/her hands and has the flu, etc.) I didn't want to take any chances. It's kinda like car insurance. You could be the best/safest driver ever, but who's to say that some careless jerk won't run into you? That's why we have insurance! So, that's how I see this also.

I haven't gotten sick from it. Just a pretty sore arm.