Hi Everyone...
I am wondering if people are getting the flu shot while pregnant? I am not sure about what I want to do.
I hate getting the flu shot anyways, I only started getting it in the past few years because of my job, but last fall I opted out and it was the first fall I DID NOT get sick!! So I am wondering if you are or if you aren't and your reasons for the decision while carrying such a prescious LO!?
Re: Flu Shot?
First round of Clomid in May 2012= BFP #1, DD born January 2013
BFP #2 in January 2014, DS born September 2014
I never used to get it, but my oldest has viral induced asthma and was hospitalized from RSV a few winters ago, so we do everything we can to minimize her exposure, which means we all get flu shots. This year it was more important to me since the baby will arrive during flu season. My OB said that my getting the shot while pregnant would pass some amount of immunity on to the baby, so I'm extra glad to get it.
Yes, for the same reasons others have mentioned.
As for getting sick more or less in the years you do or don't get a flu shot, there is no correlation beyond coincidence. The only thing the flu shot does is help prevent influenza. It would have no effect on whether or not you would catch a cold or a stomach bug, or anything that isn't influenza.
My silly Lily is almost 4.
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
My OB highly suggested I get it since I'm pregnant and actually gave it to me at my last appointment. She stressed not only the benefits to the baby in the first 6 months after birth but how dangerous the flu can be to a pregnant woman. I am taking my husband to get one this weekend too!
The only year I ever got the flu was the year I didn't get a flu shot. I had been sick other years, but it was NOTHING like the flu. It is terrible. So, I will be getting the shot.
Also, from what I've read, if you get the flu shot while pregnant, the baby is born with the anti-bodies. So, you don't have to worry about him/her catching that strain of flu after birth, which in February can be an issue.