Did anyone get a flu shot while pregnant? Do you know anybody who got a shot, but seems like no bad effect?
I don't want to scare you guys who are pregnant already. But I read a article that Britain and Swiss government are advising against becoming pregnant when we can avoid it because of swine flu.
It seems like pregnant women who were in 2nd or 3rd trimester suffered and died from swine flu more than other population and government is considering pregnant women as priority for baccination.
I didn't know, but I read it somewhere that regular flu shot is advised for a pregnant woman because bad flu can get really harmful to fetus. But only about 16%of pregnant women (if I remember correctly) get flu shot because they worry that flu shot is going to impact negatively to their fetus. Article says it seems there is no strong evidence that flu shot is harmful to fetus.
I wish that I could find that article. When I do, I'll post it here.
I am planning to pregnant because I feel that I am really ready, but this all scares me. So we are planning to wait until this winter to see how swine flu develops. I didn't know that around 300 people died already in U.S. Last time that I read about swine flu, it was about 10 people died here.