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Preg and swine flu vaccine

TelycoTelyco
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Any thought on this....I'm really f-ing p!ssed!!!

We have decided that I should get the swine flu shot...for both my safety and so that DD can have immunity once she is born. We have read up on how that shot is made and I am totally comfortable with it and wont feel like a guinea pig....BUT is HAS to be mercury free.

My OB - who I LOVE..isn't getting any and said I have to go through my primary. My primary is Lifetime Health...and they have their own OB dept...and they are basically telling me that I can't get it b/c I'm not an OB patient. They told me to call Children's which I did - and could only get ignorant secretaries that can barely speak proper english telling me "I dunno, we ain't got none here, you best keep callin places round the city."

So do I seriously need to switch to another OB for a week in order to get a GD shot??

Are any of the other pg ladies getting the shot? Does anyone know where I can get a merc free one? I'm so emotional - I can't take this stress!

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  • abba916abba916

    I would call your local health department...they might have doses or at least know where you can go for it...

     

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  • sunnygirl05sunnygirl05
    I don't know what the heck to do!!!  I basically have until the 22nd to decide. That's my next OB appointment and my Dr. told me at the last visit that the shot will most likely be available then.  She is highly recommending it.  I go back and forth with this.  Today I am leaning towards getting it.  However, I saw that you posted about the mercury on the upstate board and so I was just doing some on-line research.  I'm going to ask my Dr. about that as I never even thought about the mercury.  I wish I was really close to my due date.  I probably wouldn't get it if that were the case but I still have a few months before then.  I work in the mental health field and see a lot of clients, so it worries me.  From what I'm hearing though, it isn't much different than getting the regular flu shot which I got about a month ago.
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  • TelycoTelyco

    imagesunnygirl05:
    I don't know what the heck to do!!!  I basically have until the 22nd to decide. That's my next OB appointment and my Dr. told me at the last visit that the shot will most likely be available then.  She is highly recommending it.  I go back and forth with this.  Today I am leaning towards getting it.  However, I saw that you posted about the mercury on the upstate board and so I was just doing some on-line research.  I'm going to ask my Dr. about that as I never even thought about the mercury.  I wish I was really close to my due date.  I probably wouldn't get it if that were the case but I still have a few months before then.  I work in the mental health field and see a lot of clients, so it worries me.  From what I'm hearing though, it isn't much different than getting the regular flu shot which I got about a month ago.

    Sometimes I wish I didn't read about any of this stuff. But I really, truly believe in a link between some of the metals in vaccines and the rise in autism/ADD/ADHD/etc...these metals affect the brain on purpose - so the vaccine can adhere to the nervous system...so I just don't see how they can officially rule out a link...just because they haven't found it yet (I also believe this is just one of the factors - environment, preservatives in food...)  But anyway...

    It's like choosing between two "chances" - either the chance of getting the flu and maybe ending up in the hospital OR choosing to put metal in my body (and therefore DDs body) and the chance that may affect her down the line.

    And I know what you mean...we have cousins expecting a LO in a few weeks...and how I wish I was due sooner!!!!

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  • olivia_eveolivia_eve
    I would wait- doctors still don't have the vaccine, so in a few weeks when they get them it will be much easier to find answers.  All you need is a single dose vial or syringe- all the multi-dose vials contain mercury, but the single dose ones don't.  So in a few weeks you can call the Health Department or your doc and ask if they have single dose vials or syringes. 
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  • jewelsonujewelsonu
    i   can let you know as soon as walgreens get them.  We had 3 different kinds of regular flu shots this year.  so there might be a chance we get the mercury free one
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  • TelycoTelyco

    imagejewelsonu:
    i   can let you know as soon as walgreens get them.  We had 3 different kinds of regular flu shots this year.  so there might be a chance we get the mercury free one

    That would be great!!!! I didn't know that Walgreens would be doing swine flu...I've only heard that they are going to PCPs and OBs.

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