Flu shot?

Somvan18 · July 2014

Hello everyone! I always lurk never comment.. I'm due feb 19th with fourth child. Just wondering if everyone is getting the flu shot this fall? I only ever got the flu shot once and that was after the birth of my twins. Not sure if I should get it while pregnant. Thanks!

Ducktale · July 2014

Yes, absolutely.

jmcgra06 · July 2014

I was told to get it with our first baby, especially since she wasn't able to get it herself for the first six months. I got pregnant in September, and I think I got it after the first trimester was over.

jennjilljo · July 2014

I got it with my first pregnancy and I'll get it again this time. I didn't have any problems or even illness last time so I don't foster a different outcome this time.

AnotherSun · July 2014

I'm not a big fan of flu shots but I always get one when pregnant!

michelle142 · July 2014

Yep.

Somvan18 · July 2014

See I am not a big fan either and when I got one with my twins I got really sick with a fever so it really makes me nervous. I know this sounds weird but I am always afraid it is one of those things drug companies and doctors push and then come back a couple years down the road and say oh maybe that wasn't a good idea. But I also want to do everything in my power to deliver a healthy baby. How many of you have had it while pregnant?

umbcpt · July 2014

It's a requirement for my employment, so I will get it for sure!

HerHighness · July 2014

Absofuckinglutely!

PeaceofKia · July 2014

Definitely. My doctor highly suggested it.

kefttsc · July 2014

I was given one with my first pregnancy, as highly recommended by my OB.

CoachAP · July 2014

HerHighness said:

Absofuckinglutely!

x2

lilybug319 · July 2014

I've never gotten a flu shot before so I won't start now.

mamabisme · July 2014

CoachAP said:

HerHighness said:

Absofuckinglutely!

x2
x3

junesunsplash · July 2014

Yes...I get it every year. I'm a Kindergarten teacher so I'm cautious.

mrsherr22 · July 2014

Most OB offices will make you. I used to never get them but since I started working in an urgent care I've seen people who were so miserable and looked like death. It's worth getting! Also we usually have people get vaccinated in October/November since Flu season goes until late June. The vaccine only has active immunity for 4 months. Also, I'm a huge huge huge advocate for the Tdap (pertussis) vaccine everyone who is going to have interaction with your newborn should be up-to-date. I personally know a baby that was life flighted to a children's hospital at 6 weeks old because she contracted pertussis. She was on a ventilator and the Pediatricians told the parents she would most likely die. The way she looked & sounded when she coughed was heartbreaking. She spent months in the Hospital. Happy ending: She survived and is healthy now. That's my long rant for the day. Sorry ladies

Allie429 · July 2014

Yes, definitely!!

annagrya · July 2014

I won't be. We're irresponsible antivaxers :-O I got one with dd but have since revised my position on the issue.

Mom2DrG · July 2014

I had one when pg with DS. Its the only one I've ever had but I will next time I'm pg.

nohalo21 · July 2014

Yep! My office usually gives it in October.

Valentino2013 · July 2014

I get one every year anyway because of my job (pre-school teacher of 1 year olds) and my ob strongly recommended it. I do think this year I will look into the kind with out Thiomersal.

starrynight1658 · July 2014

Without a doubt. Protection can be passed to the baby, and with this LO being born right in the middle of flu season with an older brother in daycare, I'm not taking any chances.

lizjennings81 · July 2014

Yep, sure will. And it's required for my job (hospital related).

I told my husband he had to get one, too. He's grumbling, but he'll do it.

Lchanek · July 2014

Yes! I've had one with pregnancy 2 & 3. DS has heart defects so it's extremely important that we get them so that he stays healthy.

triplej9 · July 2014

Get it; protect your baby!

I got mine during second tri. last pregnancy, and had zero side effects.

krispy83 · July 2014

Absolutely without a doubt. Especially since the baby will be born at the height of flu season. DH and DS will get them as well. DH doesn't like to get them (hates needles) but he sucks it up because he hates being sick more. :P

My aunt got the flu at the very end of her first pregnancy and was extremely ill with a high fever when she delivered. The baby died either during or right after birth due to complications from my aunt's illness. I know that it was 40+ years ago and medicine has changed and improved greatly since then, but because of that I do everything humanly possible to reduce the risks of getting the flu while pregnant.

everam01 · July 2014

I get one every year, including my last pregnancy.

cls78 · July 2014

I have never gotten one, but this year my husband and I will before the babies get here.

mle106 · July 2014

I'll definitely get one. I read to get the shot but not the nasal spray one.

CatLadyTX · July 2014

My OB actually administers it for her patients.

jmcgra06 · July 2014

annagrya said:
I won't be. We're irresponsible antivaxers :-O I got one with dd but have since revised my position on the issue.

@annagrya‌ - no flu shots, or no vaccines at all?

Ducktale · July 2014

jmcgra06 said:

I won't be. We're irresponsible antivaxers :-O I got one with dd but have since revised my position on the issue.
@annagrya‌ - no flu shots, or no vaccines at all?

Going to open this can of worms, are we?

jmcgra06 · July 2014

Ducktale said:

jmcgra06 said:

annagrya said:
I won't be. We're irresponsible antivaxers :-O I got one with dd but have since revised my position on the issue.
@annagrya‌ - no flu shots, or no vaccines at all?

Going to open this can of worms, are we?

Why not? This my happy hour

krispy83 · July 2014

Ducktale said:

jmcgra06 said:

I won't be. We're irresponsible antivaxers :-O I got one with dd but have since revised my position on the issue.
@annagrya‌ - no flu shots, or no vaccines at all?

Going to open this can of worms, are we?

Haha my thoughts exactly.. didn't even take until 2nd tri!

boxerrrmama85 · July 2014

I will get vaccinated. I think that children who are not vaccinated should not be allowed to attend public school, participate in publicly funded programs or have play dates with my future child!

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/whatifstop.htm

mamabumkin · July 2014

I don't do the flu shots. I rarely get the flu, and have only had the flu shot a few times in my life. After the last time I got it (when the whole H1N1 scare was going around) and I ended up catching H1N1 anyway, plus I ended up in the hospital for 6 days in isolation with pneumonia that nearly killed me...I'm not going to bother with flu shots. Every time I've gotten a shot I end up catching the flu and it's worse than it really should have been.

Since I had that bout with the H1N1 I haven't had the flu, in fact I've only had 2 very minor colds in the last 5 years. I attribute it to quitting smoking by switching to vaping, eating healthier, and drinking more herbal tea. Plus whenever my older children get sick, I wear a surgical mask around them and bleach or rubbing alcohol every surface they come in contact with, along with quarantining them to their rooms until they are better.

Honestly, I have a hard time just accepting what doctors and the CDC push as public health, after I've been dealing with their utter ignorance in my business industry's fight to not be over regulated by these yahoos. Whenever money is a major player in anything, all true concerns for public health go out the window. We've seen out right lies, purposeful mis and disinformation put out through the media, and (as much as I hate being that person) a serious conspiracy to eliminate vaping as a competitor to traditional cigarettes. Many of us ex smokers have started to feel that Big Pharma and the government are purposefully working to keep a portion of the population smoking in order to sell them treatments for the inevitable diseases they will develop, or sell them smoking cessation products that rarely work. It's scary to think people really might want us sick to make a profit. But that's what we've been dealing with for the past year.

Vaccines are a multi-billion dollar a year business...of course big pharma uses fear to move their product, it's just like buying insurance. And the government requires that we do both, vaccinate our kids to put them in school (public but many private as well) and we have to have insurance both health and car. (But that is a whole other rant of it's own.)

While I'm not an anti-vaccination kind of person, both of my kids are vaccinated against most of the major diseases, and I have no problem putting my new LO on a delayed and slower vaccination schedule this time around (though I don't agree with all things they are vaccinating for now, like chickenpox.) I do however see how in general the flu vaccination is anywhere from 20-58% effective in the general population at either keeping a person from getting sick or reducing the symptoms of illness. It is no where near 100% effective.

There was this study done here (please ignore that it is being hosted on an anti-vaccination/autism site-- I don't agree with their philosophies, however the study is interesting and not connected to the anti-vaccination movement.)

That study shows that there was very little difference between unvaccinated mother's and their infants instances of being hospitalized vs mothers who were vaccinated and their infants, when comparing influence like illnesses causing hospitalization both inpatient and outpatient vists. It also concludes (which is usually the most important part) that the disease risk for either group (unvaccinated and vaccinated) is low.

I really have no problem walking around in January and February, until I give birth, in public with a surgical mask on and washing my hands before I touch my face or eat...just simple hygiene steps can keep you from getting sick. I live in New England where flu season usually hits full force the end of Jan through mid March as our weather goes into extreme cold temps and warms up to strange warm spells. People also tend to get sick up here around Halloween when the weather changes, and in the spring when the weather changes.

I'm not trying to convince anyone not to get it if that's what you plan on doing. I'm just giving the reasons why I am choosing not to. I don't think they necessarily harm you, though there could be some possibilities -- as big pharma does really like to hide things like that-- I think it's mostly about making informed choices in everything we do that not only effects our body, but the life we are carrying inside of us.

ordinary1 · July 2014

Big pharma would make more money off of people being sick with diseases than vaccinating against them.

annagrya · July 2014

@jmcgra06‌ none at all for the time being. There's a lot to the whole issue and I don't really want to debate. A few of our concerns are: the way vaccines are created (in non human tissues or aborted fetal cells), the actual effectiveness, the potential for harm to the body esp children with gut health issues, the risk of not developing natural immunities, the whole propaganda/money incentive for big pharma, etc. This is in no way meant to question anyone else's decision. My husband and I feel that this is the best decision for our family.

@boxerrrmama85‌
Well we're seriously considering homeschooling anyways but I'll be sure to avoid playgroups with your future child

Mrsgclark81 · July 2014

I've never gotten one before, If I'm back in the classroom maybe.

camilu87 · July 2014

Everyone will do what they feel is right for their families and their babies. I truly believe that is EVERY mother's right!

With that said, I think anyone that doesn't vaccinate their children for fear the government or drug companies are out to get them or make more money off them are silly. You aren't thinking about the disease that vaccine is protecting from! Regardless of how you feel about the vaccine it works against what it is designed to protect you and your family from (ie smallpox). These diseases haven't come back around yet because the vast majority of the population is vaccinated. With the new movement to not vaccinate, this will likely change in the near future! I pray you don't ever have to experience it but I will protect my children from it.

Flu vaccines are totally different tho. I got my first flu vaccine last year (only because we were ttc and ob insisted it was needed). I had no symptoms/reactions and as a teacher I even didn't get sick! I will probably keep it up while pregnant but doubt I will continue after that, we will see.

Edited: dang auto-correct

Ducktale · July 2014

camilu87 said:
Everyone will do what they feel is right for their families and their babies. I truly believe that is EVERY mother's right

First of all...no, not every decision every mother makes is right. But I get your point, and I generally agree that you know your family the best and we should not judge the decisions people make for their own families.

HOWEVER, this is not one of those instances, not vaxing does not only affect you and your family. I've read the studies the anti-vax crowd like to reference. I'm already getting firery, so just...no.

Also, how dare those big pharm bastards essentially curing once rampant and deadly diseases. Money hungry slobs and their keeping children alive. Assholes.

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