Flu shot or not?

[newmommy10_06]

How do you mommy's feel about receiving the flu shot while still pregnant? I'm a FTM,37 weeks and my doctor suggested it since it's the beginning of flu season.

[purplekhb6316]

I get the shot every year and plan to get it during my pregnancy. My OB recommend it.

[libellula]

I've never gotten the flu shot and I've never gotten the flu. I'm really not on either side of the argument, but I'm personally not getting one.

[krissydoo]

I would recommend the flu shot. I got th flu in early pregnancy and was hospitalized because of it. Your body's immune system is weak during and after pregnancy. Plus you do not want to get the flu with a newborn, no fun!!

[acissej87]

I had never gotten a flu shot. And I rarely have had the flu(maybe twice my entire life and I'm 27) The year that H1N1 was bad, I decided to get it, along with my son who was about 2 at the time. We both ended up with the flu. My son got it first, had a high fever for a week, I had to take him in because his temp got to 104. The day he was finally better and had no fever for 24 hrs without medicine, I became sick. I was in bed for a week. We were the only two in the house who got the flu, and at the time there were 5 other people living in the house, and NONE of them became sick. Because of this I will not get the shot. That was the worst flu I had ever had.

[newmommy10_06]

Good responses ladies. Thank you all for your advice and opinions.

[GeekMom1213]

Vaccination has absolutely no link with autism. This has been proven over and over and over again. Vaccinations do not cause autism. They are not a factor. They do not increase the risk. Please do not spread dangerous misinformation. If vaccines were dangerous to pregnant women don't you think scientists and doctors and researchers would have figured it out by now??? Vaccines prevent diseases. That's what they do. Autism is scary, mostly because we don't know what causes it, but we are absolutely sure that it is not caused by getting vaccinated.