March 2018 Moms
sar_bear
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Flu shot
sar_bear
member
Flu vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women in 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Apparently it can offer protection for the newborn as well after birth. Just wondering who is planning to get one?
(I am not trying to start a vaccine debate.... please stay civil and respect others opinions)
(I am not trying to start a vaccine debate.... please stay civil and respect others opinions)
Re: Flu shot
Dx: PCOS
Married: June 2013
TTC#1: January 2015
BFP #1 8/24/15 | MC 9/3/15 at 6w2d
BFP #2: 12/12/15 | DD born 8/29/16
TTC#2: June 2017
BFP #3: 7/15/17 | DS born 3/20/18
I'll also be doing the whooping cough vaccine and will see how many family members I can bully into getting theirs as well.
DH is getting his this week and DS is getting his first dose on Monday.
DS was sick and bad a fever at his 1 year check up last year and couldn’t get the shot, I was supposed to call and schedule a nurse appointment but totally forgot until February (bad Mom award. Oops). So he didn’t get the flu shot last year. The first flu shot children get they need two doses, after that it is a single dose. Just an FYI. Unless your pedi is different.
Nasal spray vaccine is not considered safe for pregnancy and should never be used.
Edited because fat thumbs
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161
I don't understand why anyone would not get it. I tried to get my parents to get theirs even before I was pregnant because of their age (in their mid and late 60's) and they just refuse. My MIL is the same. I guess everyone is afraid of needles? I'm not judging, I just don't get it.
Married: 5.27.16
Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
@muggle621 Agreed. It's so easy and it's FREE. I was already at Target to pick something up and just swung by the pharmacy and was done in about 4 minutes. The shot itself stings for about half a second. That's way better than getting influenza.
I got one at my OB's office in September (they asked if I had planned on getting one and when I said yes they said "want one now?" so why not. DH get's his free from work so when they start that he'll get his and I have appointments in December for both of the kids at the Pedi's office but I might take them earlier but they're both sick now so we can't go yet....
For the whooping cough shot-it is recommended that anyone who will be coming into close continual contact with the baby (parents, grandparents, etc). When I was pregnant with DS we told our family that they needed to get the shot if they hadn't gotten it within the last 5 years (my OB said that while they'll still give the TDaP to pregnant moms if a non-pregnant person has gotten it within the last 5 years they're ok). My mom, dad, and sister all went and got the shot no problem, they understood why and wanted to do what was best for the baby. My in-laws refused. Flat out said they weren't going to do it even though we explained the benefits, offered to pay for it, etc. They both work at their local hospital (a tiny hospital that honestly is probably going to be shut down soon) but not in the medical field but because one of their friends who is a nurse said that when she had her first grandchild (who are now in their 30's so this was 30+ years ago) she didn't have to get this done and I guess they all think that nothing has changed in the medical field in 30+ years. This caused a huge rift between us and them and they stopped talking to us around the 7 month mark and were not there for his birth, his baptism, his first Halloween, thanksgiving, or Christmas. The fact that they wouldn't get it last time means they probably won't get it this time which will just start everything all over again sigh. End rant.
Married: 5.27.16
Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
ETA: I got curious and called CVS. If it's a MinuteClinic they can administer to kids 18m and older because they have health professionals there. At a regular pharmacy, the law varies by state, but in Iowa kids must be 6y or older to get the flu shot from a pharmacist. Just in case anyone else was wondering!
Both of my parents have a really weird case where if the H1N1 strain of the virus(swine flu) is in the vaccine, they can't take it. They both had a weird bought of Guillain-Barre Syndrome https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793, where their own immune system attacked their nerves. It was in the 80's so there was probably some other factors that influenced the onset of the syndrome, but now they're doctor forbids them from taking another shot with the H1N1 strain, since there is a chance of relapse.
It freaked me out from wanting to take a flu shot a little, but I'll really just have to see what my doctor suggests. I don't know if it's something that can be passed down, since it happened to my folks before they had me, and I'm not sure if there's any sort of an anti-bodies that could have passed to me.
I can’t remember who asked to tag, but our pharmacies will only vax ages 6+. DD had to wait to get hers at the clinic, the rest of us got ours before her at the pharmacy because they came in sooner there.
My mom had been the only one who was hesitant about her vaccinations. A couple of months before DS was born I shared an article with her recounting a mom's experience as her daughter struggled with whooping cough in the NICU at two weeks old. My mom apparently made her appointment right after that. She told me that she couldn't imagine the worry and guilt she'd feel if my son got sick and she wasn't vaccinated. She'd be too worried that she had been the one who had exposed him.