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The CDC recommends getting a flu shot:
"Why should pregnant women get the seasonal flu vaccine?
Pregnant women have a higher risk for serious complications from influenza than non-pregnant women of reproductive age. Influenza vaccine will protect pregnant women, their unborn babies, and protect the baby after birth against the flu.
To prevent influenza and complications in pregnant women, in 2004 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) began recommending routine immunization of pregnant women with the flu shot at any stage of pregnancy. The nasal spray vaccine is not recommended for use in pregnant women. More information, see ACIP recommendations for influenza vaccination during the 2014-2015 season.
Is it safe for pregnant women to get seasonal flu vaccine?
Yes. The seasonal flu shot has been given safely to millions of pregnant women over many years. Flu shots have not been shown to cause harm to pregnant women or their babies."
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_vacpregnant.htm
"Why should pregnant women get the seasonal flu vaccine?
Pregnant women have a higher risk for serious complications from influenza than non-pregnant women of reproductive age. Influenza vaccine will protect pregnant women, their unborn babies, and protect the baby after birth against the flu.
To prevent influenza and complications in pregnant women, in 2004 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) began recommending routine immunization of pregnant women with the flu shot at any stage of pregnancy. The nasal spray vaccine is not recommended for use in pregnant women. More information, see ACIP recommendations for influenza vaccination during the 2014-2015 season.
Is it safe for pregnant women to get seasonal flu vaccine?
Yes. The seasonal flu shot has been given safely to millions of pregnant women over many years. Flu shots have not been shown to cause harm to pregnant women or their babies."
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_vacpregnant.htm
Actually my doctor recommended that you get the flu and tdap shot while pregnant. Talk to your physician and he/she can tell you all about it rather than look up "studies" online. It's the web, you can find all sorts of crap on there.
Think twice, trust your instincts
“The ACIP policy recommendation of routinely administering influenza vaccine during pregnancy is ill-advised and unsupported by current scientific literature, and it should be withdrawn. Use of thimerosal during pregnancy should be contraindicated.
Munoz et al. also failed to demonstrate effectiveness of influenza
vaccination in pregnancy during five influenza seasons (1998-
2003). Rates of acute upper respiratory tract infection did not
significantly differ between vaccinated (n = 225) and unvaccinated
(n = 826) women (4.4% vs. 2.4%; =.2). Paradoxically, the authors
found four times as many ILI-related hospitalizations in vaccinated
women (2.8% vs. 0.7%; = 0.04), an observation similar to that of
Neuzil et al. (2.2% vs. 0.7%, OR 1.2). These observations not only
challenge vaccine effectiveness, but also raise concern that
vaccination actually carries an added risk of ILI.
adult influenza vaccines contain an equivalent of 25 µg of mercury per dose (Table 1). An average-sized pregnant woman receiving an influenza vaccine will be exposed to organic mercury that exceeds the EPA limit by a factor of 3.5 (Table 4). The fetus could potentially receive a dose of mercury that exceeds EPA limits by a much larger factor. Furthermore, fetal blood mercury concentrations have been shown to be as much as 4.3 times the maternal level. A larger proportion of ethyl mercury accumulates in fetal tissues relative to maternal tissues, especially in the central nervous system. The observation of a 7.8-15.7% prevalence of elevated umbilical cord mercury in the United States, at levels associated with loss of IQ, adds to the significance of additional mercury exposure from prenatal vaccination.”
Download study here: 7 pages
http://www.jpands.org/vol11no2/ayoub.pdf
“The ACIP policy recommendation of routinely administering influenza vaccine during pregnancy is ill-advised and unsupported by current scientific literature, and it should be withdrawn. Use of thimerosal during pregnancy should be contraindicated.
Munoz et al. also failed to demonstrate effectiveness of influenza
vaccination in pregnancy during five influenza seasons (1998-
2003). Rates of acute upper respiratory tract infection did not
significantly differ between vaccinated (n = 225) and unvaccinated
(n = 826) women (4.4% vs. 2.4%; =.2). Paradoxically, the authors
found four times as many ILI-related hospitalizations in vaccinated
women (2.8% vs. 0.7%; = 0.04), an observation similar to that of
Neuzil et al. (2.2% vs. 0.7%, OR 1.2). These observations not only
challenge vaccine effectiveness, but also raise concern that
vaccination actually carries an added risk of ILI.
adult influenza vaccines contain an equivalent of 25 µg of mercury per dose (Table 1). An average-sized pregnant woman receiving an influenza vaccine will be exposed to organic mercury that exceeds the EPA limit by a factor of 3.5 (Table 4). The fetus could potentially receive a dose of mercury that exceeds EPA limits by a much larger factor. Furthermore, fetal blood mercury concentrations have been shown to be as much as 4.3 times the maternal level. A larger proportion of ethyl mercury accumulates in fetal tissues relative to maternal tissues, especially in the central nervous system. The observation of a 7.8-15.7% prevalence of elevated umbilical cord mercury in the United States, at levels associated with loss of IQ, adds to the significance of additional mercury exposure from prenatal vaccination.”
Download study here: 7 pages
http://www.jpands.org/vol11no2/ayoub.pdf
I will be getting a dtap booster def lol thst has pertussis vacvine in it.
It recommended you get one when pregnant bc that is the only way to trashy protect baby from flu as they can't have it till at least 6 months. I didn't get one with my son but I think I'm going to this time. I've only ever had 2 flu shots in my life so yea.
Ok..thanks ladies..:)im 26 weeks right now..the doctor want me to get it in 2 weeks from now and the tdap.
Yup. I get one every year even during my pregnancies. It is safe unless you have an allergy to one of the ingredients in it.
Yes it's recommended I had mine last week. My last pregnancy I didn't and I got so sick with it the flu and my.son was born with growth restrictions from my losing So much weight.
im 35 Weeks and I had mine Yesterday. I also got one with my first 10 years ago
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