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April 2014 Moms
Get vaccinated or Get Fired!!
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Re: Get vaccinated or Get Fired!!
Exclamation! Point!
When I had my first child, I was mid pregnancy when the whole Swine Flu (H1N1) was going on, it was in the news and they came out with the vaccine where the elderly and pregnant women got first dibs. There had been a few cases in my area of people who got it. So the birthing center I delivered at put a temporary limit on visitors. I had to put 4 names down on a paper (other than DH) of people I wanted to visit me while I was there, anyone else was denied access. And before they passed the front desk they were asked if they've had symptoms in the last 7 days.
I did get the shot and I was really glad I did. Baby was healthy and fine, and neither of us had any problems with any type of Flu.
DD1- 2009, M/C- 2011, M/C- 2012, DD2- 2012, DD3- 2014
P.s. I love Rogue
I would give you a hand and add the link to the study that was included in the article which, by your reaction, I presume you didn't even bother to open when you saw it was from thehealthyhomeeconomist.com, but evidently you have to pay to read it. I can't afford to pay $32 to read the study, which is why I'm fine with the information in the article from the study. You can agree with that or not, it's not going to change my opinion of not getting a flu vaccine. I still don't think the risks are worth the rewards, given that I can't even recall the last time I had the flu.
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but it is not a valid study it is based on antidotal evidence. Chalk it up to a lesson learned and educate yourself on how to find real research based studies. You will have a lot more decisions to make as a mother and there is a lot of propaganda out there from every side. If you really want to make the best choices for you and your baby then educated yourself. BTW this is one of the least snarky boards on the bump you might wasn't to try baby gaga instead.
OP I would love to hear why you are so against the flu shot? I get it even when I'm not pg. Knock on wood I've never had the flu.
@rogue237 I will get it whenever my OB recommends it. I am going for my nurse intake tomorrow so I'll ask then.
I tried like 3 times to get the flu vaccine when I was pregnant last year. First, work wouldn't give it to me. The thing I had to sign specifically said they wouldn't give it if you were pregnant. So I went to my doctor, who wouldn't give it to me because I had come in for another issue that involved an infection and she put me on antibiotics, said come back when you're done with the antibiotics. Then my OBs office wdoesn't carry it. So, by the time I ran through all of those, I was tired, the worst of flu season was over and the copays were seriously adding up with all the doctor visits I had.
I am definitely getting it this year, I have tiny kids to worry about giving it to, and I already gave my first whooping cough when he was 2 mos old. Let me tell you how much that one sucked! It was only because we were watching him carefully for symptoms because I had gotten so sick so quickly, and brought him into the doctor's right away, that he didn't have to be hospitalized.
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
Mmmm thread hijack! @rogue237 she isn't my fave member of the xmen and I prefer post 2000s rogue but she is my 2nd fave member of the team. Gambit is my first so it's win-win eh?
I get nerd excited too
Thoughtful research is not just stumbling upon one random article and taking it at face value because it happens to support your own opinion. If that's how you choose to make your decisions, awesome, but don't go citing anecdotal evidence as truth on a public message board -- it doesn't help anyone out nor does it lend much credibility to anything else you claim in the future.
Oh no you didn't! It is on like Donkey Kong now!
@Rogue237 - Nope nope nope. I'm sure he carries Hulk-spray for that specific reason.
When I asked my dr about when to get one yesterday at my appt I never got a clear answer of whether I could get on today from work or wait till 2nd tri. I opted to get it today at 10w rather then wait another couple of weeks since there's something going around the community
Make a pregnancy ticker
https://m.nbcnews.com/health/flu-fever-linked-autism-pregnancy-study-1C7002572