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July 2013 Moms
JennyLynne
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Flu shot?
JennyLynne
member
Watched the news this morning and can't believe how bad influenza is this year. Apparently 5 people in my state have died? I didn't get a flu shot, but I usually never do. Isn't there a special version of it that you're supposed to get when Pg? And do they have that at Walgreens? Or should I just wait and talk to the doc at my first spot next Thurs?
BFP # 1 11/2011, MC 12/2011
BFP #2 11/2012, Delivered at 21 weeks on 3/16/13 due to complications with bilateral renal agenesis.
~~Missing Astrid Lynne~~
BFP#3: 09/2013, EDD 5/14/14
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Re: Flu shot?
Me:27, DH:28 - DX: MFI, varicocele repair Nov 2011
Post-Op SA: Count- 15 million, Motility- 75%, Morphology- 3%
IVF with ICSI - Stimming 10/4/12 - 10/13/12, Lupron Trigger
ER 10/18/12, 12 eggs retrieved, 8 mature, 5 fertilized
5 day transfer 10/23/12, 3 frosties
Beta #1 11/5/12: 453, Beta #2 11/7/12: 1,013, DD born 7/19/13
Me too. I get asked every time I go in. I had my shot way back at the end of September, maybe the beginning of October. Well before I got my BFP. Glad I was proactive this year so it was done.
Not to say don't get the shot, but still take the normal precautions too!
My OB and midwife wanted me to wait until 2nd trimester as well as an added precaution. I admit the reports frighten me considerably.
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Carla, I love you. Get out of my head! I was also reading this surprised that pregnant women have not been told to get one. It was my understanding that its very important to get the flu shot when you're pregnant. I got mine just a few days before I got my surprise BFP. At my first OB visit he asked me if I had my flu shot and was impressed and pleased that I already had.
This. I found it at Walgreens as well. The flu is brutal this year, so I would definitely go get a shot to protect you and your baby.
There are two main strains this year, one is in the flu shot and one is not. The one tht's not seems to be low grade fever/flu like symptoms for a few days, and coughing & fatigue for a couple weeks.
BFP #1 5/27/12- m/c 7/9/12 @ 10w2d (cytotec induced @11w).
Fibroids, Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism
BFP #2 11/18/12 EDD 7/27/13
While getting the flu while pregnant is not good, you probably won't die of it. Many people don't realise that the flu is a disease that causes many, many deaths on a yearly basis - my grandfather died of it. However, most of these are elderly people who were having health issues already, or people with an otherwise heavily compromised immune system. While we all should be aware of the dangers of the flu, in healthy women, even pregnant ones, flu is usually not deadly.
I'm pretty scared myself. I live in Belgium, and they don't give vaccines to women in 1st tri. The peak of flu season is approaching here, and I'm done waiting, getting my vaccine this Friday. Still, it will take two weeks to work... Talk about a 2ww.
There's a lot of new years cocktail events going on, and I felt a bit silly about not attending them because of the flu. But now that I read all of your replies, I definitely don't mind taking a nap at home instead.