Does anyone have good information regarding the H1N1 vaccine and pregnancy? I'm 7 months pregnant and am struggling a lot with the decision on whether or not to get the vaccine. I know it's recommended by the CDC, but I also know there is no information on how the vaccine will affect the baby. Any one else struggling with the same decision, or have any good resources from their OBs, etc. Thanks!
Here's what Dr. Sears says about it. I enjoy his books and philosophy.
http://www.askdrsears.com/thevaccinebook/
SB,
Here's the link to the CDC's website. It updates weekly including how many people in this country have been hospitalized and died due to flu / pnemonia and confirmed H1N1. As of Oct 9th, 1544 people have died of flu/pnemonia and 240 have a confirmed H1N1 related death. That includes all the people with serious pre-existing health conditions.
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/updates/us/
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I wouldn't do it, but that's strictly my opinion. I have tried to educate myself on both sides by reading information provided by the CDC, WHO, every main stream media outlet, Dr. Sears, Mercola, NVIC (National Vaccine Information Center) www.nvic.org and www.sailhome.org. There is nothing about most vaccines that I have read that would make me want to get one. I have a 3yo and a 1 yo and I can honestly say that I regret most of the vaccines that I have given them up to this point. Fortunately, we haven't had a problem yet, but there are long term effects that could show up years later. It's risky. Not only is mercury toxic but so is aluminum. Vaccines need to have some sort of preservative...if it's not mercury, it's aluminum and that has been found to be even more toxic than mercury. Just be careful and do your research.
Good luck with your decision and congrats on your new baby-on-the-way!
PLEASE don't believe EVERYTHING you read on the internet. Be aware of the source and the reliability. I found Dr. Sear's article to be balanced, factual, and informative, others are NOT. It is your choice how to balance the risk of contracting a virus that has been shown to be dangerous to pregnant women with the risk of vaccines. Vaccines have saved millions of lives from dangerous diseases like smallpox, polio, etc. But may not be the right choice for every disease, or for everyone and their situation.
I've heard some statistics like 600 pregnant women got the flu, 100 ended up hospitalized and 60 died. I heard this a few weeks back. It is EXTREMELY dangerous to pregnant women this new flu. I would be begging for a vaccine if I were you. It's basically a regular flu shot with the added H1N1 strain added.
One of the reasons this flu is so h*** o* preggo women is cause they baby is taking so much room and squishing up your lung compacity that when you get the flu which is a upper respitory virus your lungs are already squished from baby now they can hardly work with the darn flu invading them.
This flu is deadly to pregnant women.
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I just found this article this morning, and thought you might be interested. It is really easy to read and really interesting. The last paragraph in the "What the Science says about injecting Mercury" section specifically talks about pregnancy.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/1...
As a medical professional I believe that the media has really over-hyped the swine flu topic! I was pregnant last season and chose to not vaccinate myself because I wasn't willing to risk the side effects to my unborn child. IF you do decide to do it, do not let them give you the inhaled form, that is definatly NOT safe to take while pregnant.
I just heard a doctor on TV yesterday say there is no risk to the fetus from the H1N1 vaccine. Pregnant women are getting hit hard by this virus. This same question was posted on this website last week and you might be able to look up the responses. My husband and 10-year-old are very sick right now with what I suspect is H1N1. My husband's fever was right around 103 and my son was over 104 during the night. I don't wish this virus on anyone and would certainly not want to get it while pregnant or caring for a newborn. Good luck.
Edited to add: Ironically, today's Minneapolis Star Tribune contains a piece on p. A7 addressing some of the myths associated with the H1N1 vaccine. It does NOT contain squalene or other adjuvants according to this piece. It does contain small amounts of thimersol, a preservative, but thimersol-free vaccines are available to certain individuals upon request. Other myths are addressed also. If you don't have access to this newspaper you can probably find it online.
