What has your OB told you about getting the Flu Shot??

mattsbride2006 · August 2009

My work is giving them out free starting in Sept or October.I will be in my last month or so of the pregnancy. The CDC recommends that pregnant women get the vaccine (only the shot not the nasal spray) and my OB says that I can get it if I want. Just wondering if that was the general consensus throughout the U.S. from other OB's because most studies show that most pregnant women refuse them for some reason even though it's recommended they recieve them.

kle+spd · August 2009

I actually haven't even thought about the flu vaccine yet this year. I've been concentrating on the H1N1 vaccine and trying to research that lately. I'm not sure I want that vaccine just yet...!

I've never gotten the flu vaccine and not sure I will this year either...

majors31 · August 2009

mine gave me mine in the first trimester. i don't remember what it was about getting it later, but he wanted to make sure i got it as early as possible for some reason. it could have nothing to do with the shot, though - my brain doesn't function properly anymore Smile

Brownie_222 · August 2009

Yes, I would get it if I was still going to be pg. Since I'll be taking care of an infant, it's also recommended that I get one this Fall. I get one every year.

Manderlin923 · August 2009

I was pressured into getting one when I was seeing an OB (before I switched to a mw) and it honestly didn't feel right to me to get one. But I did because I thought they knew best.

I've had fears on and off throughout this pregnancy because they say flu vaccines are the only ones that really still have a high level of mercury in them. I am not "anti-vaccine" by any means but the though tthat I might have put that into my teeny tiny baby scares me.

You are so far along I wouldn't worry. But that's just me. I would have rather gotten the flu then stressed that I gave my baby brain damage or something. That might sound dumb but we can't help what we stress about you know? I just wish I would have done more research before I did it.

Good luck whatever you decide.

lovesazzie · August 2009

I've never gotten one. I don't like shots so that is my typical reason... I might get the nasal one (I won't be pregnant in the fall anymore) since I'll be taking care of a baby... but who knows.

mrsgarrison · August 2009

I just asked about this at my appointment on Friday. She said absolutely yes, to go ahead and get it because I can pass it on within my breast milk while BFing.

angie05161 · August 2009

I hadn't really thought about it, but I usually get the flu shot every year. They give them for free at work. I have also heard they are recommended for preg women, so I prob wouldn't even have asked my dr otherwise. I'm a little hesitant about the H1N1 vaccine just like PP...it's just so new.

MargaretNYC · August 2009

I actually aksed my OB about this this morning. She said the next flu shot will be available in October and it will address H1N1 (each year the they try to predict which flus (sp.?) will be a problem and the shot cantains vaccines for those specific flus). She suggested that I get one. I'll be in the final weeks of my pregnancy then. She also recommended that my husband get one, to protect the baby when she's born (since she won't be able to get the shot herself). I am definetely going to get the shot. I have no qualms about it.