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so can the flu shot potentially help protect the LO

momthatliftsmomthatlifts member
in May 2014 Moms
From getting the flu? I mean it's definitely Not news, I plan to get mine. But can it help protect LO from getting any strain that is protected my the flu shot? Especially with this whole ebola thing. I know there is no shot for it but it's got me all paranoid.

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  • momthatliftsmomthatlifts member
    Yeah I guess that's the obvious answer but I just had to ask before I assumed. Thanks!

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    Pretty sure if you're nursing you'd also pass antibodies on to baby as well.

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    I ff :/

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  • momthatliftsmomthatlifts member
    I breastfed fir almost 4 months. So she has some of my antibodies. I know it wasn't judgment sorry if I came off all sensitive lol!

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  • momthatliftsmomthatlifts member
    And yes the antibodies in your bm can help protect against illness

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  • momthatliftsmomthatlifts member
    Good to know!

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  • laurblumlaurblum member
    Does the flu shot help at all with the enterovirus thing? I don't know much about it. Is it related to the flu or completely different?
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    laurblum said:
    Does the flu shot help at all with the enterovirus thing? I don't know much about it. Is it related to the flu or completely different?

    Nope. The flu virus is the flu virus and the enterovirus is the enterovirus. Even still, an enterovirus vaccine would have to include the particular strain that's causing all those issues.
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  • RachelCA29RachelCA29 member
    edited October 2014
    So if I get the flu shot and breastfeed is it still worth my LO getting it too? If they have to do 2 small doses he won't have the second until January, but I can get mine at a pharmacy in early November.
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  • lilbeautysxtlilbeautysxt member
    I get the flu shot every year. At LOs 4mo check up the pedi said she may need to get it at her 6mo appt.
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  • chillypenguinchillypenguin member
    I recommend getting the flu shot for your LO as well, but it's obviously a personal choice. DD1 got influenza A at 4 months old because she was too young for the flu shot, and it was absolutely awful, she almost had to be admitted to the hospital. I had to feed her with a syringe and she could barely eat. I will do everything I can to avoid that again!
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  • momthatliftsmomthatlifts member
    Wow that terrifying and so sad. I would hate to see my little baby go through that. I have never gotten the flu shot before but now that I have a kid I will be getting it. And I'm hoping the pedi will just flat out ask if we want it but of not I will ask him myself.

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