Anyone already had their flu shot? I'm going in an hour to get mine. Anyone had any weird reactions? I hate the flu shot in general, but I'm not going to take a chance of exposing baby or getting super sick when I have an infant.
I would definitely tell them you are nursing before you get the shot... While I got mine the other day, I was telling the lady about my new baby, and right before she stuck me, she had a weird reaction and said "oh my gosh, you're not BF, are you?!" and she pulled the shot back... When I said no, she stuck it in... I just thought that was a really weird reaction, since it isn't on the questionairre you have to fill out ahead of time, so it must not be THAT big of a deal... But she obviously wanted to know first, so maybe some people think it does matter?
I had one a couple of weeks ago. It made me tired and my arm hurt. They gave me the preservative free one since I'm nursing. The first clinic I went to wouldn't even give me the stupid shot, I had to go somewhere else.
Re: BFing Moms-Flu shot ?s
Yes. My work also insisted on the thimerisol free vaccine for me because I am bfing.
My arm wasn't nearly as sore as previous years, and it didn't sting much either.