My doctor keeps telling me to get the flu
shot but i'm worried. I looked it up on
the internet and I got mixed messages.
Did anyone here get a flu shot after they
found out they were pregnant? And did
everything go ok? I don't know what to
do!
Thanks!
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fatfamily02
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Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 11-25-05 15:22pm
I would not, but that is me personally
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diamondsz
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Posted: 11-25-05 16:56pm
You can get the flu shot while pregnant,
they kept trying to shove it down my
throat till I showed them their own proof
that it doesnt protect against every
strain of flu only certain types.
Just an fyi to everyone, whenever you get
sick and fight it off you build antibodies
which are passed through you breastmilk
when your baby is born, so the ppl who
have been really sick in their life your
child may not have to go trhough it.
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Jackie27
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Indiana
Posted: 11-25-05 18:48pm
I have been trying to get the flu shot but
everytime I go where they are giving it
they(the nurses) cancel i've been to 3
different places it's very frustrating.
I want to get it because I didn't want to
go on antibiotics. I had the flu a
couple years ago and thought, "just shoot
me" but today I went to the doctor and I
have strep throat, so, now I am on
antibiotics.
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 11-25-05 19:40pm
diamondsz
wrote:
you can get the flu shot
while pregnant, they kept trying to shove
it down my throat till I showed them their
own proof that it doesnt protect against
every strain of flu only certain types.
Just an fyi to everyone, whenever you get
sick and fight it off you build antibodies
which are passed through you breastmilk
when your baby is born, so the ppl who
have been really sick in their life your
child may not have to go trhough
it.
that is a wonderful thought. I had never
thought of that. But it makes sense.
I have this belief that the more they are
introduced to stuff the better they will
do. The child that never goes around
other kids, never to daycare, never
outside when it rains, he will get sick
someday and I mean bad. That is how I
look at that subject. I know it's a
little of the subject--but....
When introduced to things they make
immunity to it, then wont get it next
time, or at least not so bad---right?
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Capagrl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 34 Location: PA
Posted: 11-28-05 13:07pm
I never had a flu shot w/ my first two
pregnancies, but my work was offering them
at no cost, so I asked the doctor and he
said I should do it.
I guess, given everything else our
pregnant bodies are going through in
trying to grow healthy babies, fighting
off the flu shouldn't be on the list. I
went ahead and got it - so far, so good (i
was worried i'd get sick from it). It
may not defend you from every single
strain on the planet, but if it helps you
with, say, 10-20% or more, I think that's
worth it.
I think the odds are better that the
damage done to your baby in utero if you
have a super high flu-induced fever is
greater than their risk as a child being
exposed to the flu. That's my take on it
anyway.
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sbslove
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 82 Location: Vail, IA
Posted: 11-28-05 16:52pm
Getting the flu shot while pregnant is not
that big a risk. I don't know if u alot
of ppl know this but the flu shot is not a
live virus. So it is pretty safe. It
is only introduced to ur body so it can
make antibodies against it. It should
not make u sick. But whatever u do do
not get the flu nasal spray because that
is made with a live virus and should not
be taken when pregnant.
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dandylion
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 48 Location: Canada
Posted: 11-29-05 09:02am
Well, I was reading up on it and some
people think that because of the levels of
mercury used in the flu shot--makes it
unhealthy for the baby. I don't know. I
think I have to many doubts to actually
take it.
