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Flu Shot for Infant
Read all 44 responses: "My pediatrician is really pushing me to get my 7 month old daughter the flu shot. She is very healthy, has not even had a cold yet ...
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- I have a one year old who has never been sick. He got a flu shot with his other vaccinations at his one yr check up. He is still perfectly healthy. They use dead flu v...
- I get the flu shot for both of my boys and it really seems to help. they don't get sick as often. It even cuts back on things like strep throat. My youngest always get...
- I am the mother of 3 and my kids have never had the flu shot. This year I was pregnant w/#3 and nervous about flu season. I asked my doc if they should get them and th...
Pregnant and Needs Flu Shot
Sep 23, 2009 ... Read all 26 responses: "I am 14 weeks pregnant and my dr. is recommending I get the seasonal and H1N1 flu shot.
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- Hi J., These flus are hitting right now and you are a teacher. The H1N1 is probably more critical for you to get as it targets pregnant women. I believe obstetrici...
- Hi J., Have you asked your baby's pediatrician's office if they have the thimerosal free shots? Most carry it now since parents don't want to risk that preservative ...
- I would hold off getting it in the first trimester since they say that is the most critical time for organ development; I just wouldn't purposefully introduce a virus ...
Swine Flu Shot
Oct 21, 2009 ... Read all 11 responses: "I am debating on whether I should get the swine flu shot and if I should get the shot for my 4 yr. old daughter as ...
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- Dr. Jay Gordon, a well known pediatrician in Santa Monica does not advise using the H1N1 Vaccine. In fact, he thinks it might be terribly dangerous to not develop a "n...
- My dad called me yesterday saying he had asked his doctor, who has young children, about the swine flu shot. His doctor not only said he was not getting it, but that ...
- To be honest...no way in hell! I wouldn't shoot an untested, live virus that is full of mercury into my child. And even less of a chance I would do it if I were preg...
Swine Flu Vaccine
Aug 28, 2009 ... Read all 7 responses: "Trying to get an idea of what all you moms think about this vaccine when it becomes available. I am considering giving it to my ...
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- Fox news just had a segment on this morning on the vaccine for children today. So far NO negative effects either on adults or children however the are still trying to...
- I did a Google search on the vaccine and got conflicting reports on it. I will say that my husband and I are very concerned about how this vaccine was rushed through ...
- Testing is incomplete, dosage is not yet determined and side effects (ranging from minimal discomfort to adverse reaction) and unknown. It does have additives in the ...
Flu Shot - to Get or Not to Get?
Sep 27, 2009 ... Read all 28 responses: "I am struggling with the decision of whether or not to inoculate against it. I got the shot a few years ago (before ...
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- Neither I or my husband nor children have ever had a flu shot. My mother, who lives in senor center has gotten the flu shot every year. She hasn't gotten the flu ...
- Me and my husband and both our kids are planning on getting both the flu shot and the swine flu shot, if it is available. We haven't had any problems getting the shot...
- This is such a personal decision, it really depend on your own risk/benefit assessment. For us both my husband and I work or are in school and our daughter attends day...
Flu Shots?? Do We Do Them on Our Children or Not?
Oct 3, 2008 ... Read all 51 responses: "I would love to hear opinions on flu shots and kids. I am vehemently opposed to doing it to myself due to such ...
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- I would NEVER get a flu shot for me or my child, EVER. My son's immune system is so strong because of lifestyle/eating habits - there is no need. Also, so many natural...
- Dear S., From the medical standpoint flu shots are very important. Influenza causes illness, but beyond that more significant infections often result in hospitalizat...
- I don't plan on getting the flu shot this year for my kids or myself and i'm pregnant.My son goes into the dr every sept for his annual and she usually tells me to com...
Flu Shot for 8 Month old....to Get or Not to Get?
Sep 28, 2009 ... Read all 12 responses: "My first child is an 8 month old and I don't know if I should get him the flu shot....he has his vaccine's on the ...
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- I have given all 3 of my children flu shots every year and have not had a bad reaction yet. In the last 12 months, 141 people have died from the flu, not H1N1, the reg...
- You might want to visit the website www.familiesfightingflu.org. Then talk to your doctor, review the cdc website and make the decision on your own. The 'regular' fl...
- Hi S., My daughter is allergic to eggs and therefore she has NEVER had the flu shot and she has never gotten horribly sick. She will be 5 next month and has had all...
H1N1 Vaccination
H1N1 vaccine is being made exactly the same way as the seasonal flu shot .... He said that the H1N1 vaccine is just as safe as the normal flu vaccine. ...
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- We're not doing it. Until I see Dr. Sears's review I won't even think about it. He expects to have enough info on the shot to post his recommendation in November.
- my uncle is a pediatrician & is recommending it. But also... my husband works with some first responders & was told that a friend of his got the vaccine for work, bu...
- Hi E...I just wanted to say I may be in the minority but me and my husband have chosen NOT to vaccinate our kids for the H1N1.yes we do quaify(we have 2 severely handi...
Could I Have Harmed My Baby by Getting a Flu Shot While Nursing?
Read all 16 responses: "I am a breastfeeding mom of a now 6mth.old. When I brought him to his pediatrician for his 2mth.shots he told me that since I was ...
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- Hi S. - did you know that 10 of the 12 researchers who "researched" the MMR vaccine causing autism have actually formally retracted their article? There's a lot onl...
- Hi S.!! It's nice to see someone else from South Louisiana on here. LOl. The best place to tell you about that is La Leche League. If you've never used their resources...
- Dear S., you sound like an awesome mom.Check out www.healthyanswersonline.com I had my first baby vaccined when he was young, but as I learned more I just made sure ...
Concerns About the Seasonal and Swine Flu
Sep 26, 2009 ... Heck no, I'm not getting the swine flu vaccine, who in their right mind would ... The swine flu vaccine of the 70's anyone? Killed, injured, paralyzed ...
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- My kids and I have never received the flu shot nor will they. I'm not comfortable injecting a live virus into myself or children for a flu based on last season that m...
- My family has never gotten flu shots and I have no plan to this year. But unlike all of the other responses...I do not feel certain about what the best course of actio...
- Heck no, I'm not getting the swine flu vaccine, who in their right mind would inject something untested and unproven into their body willingly? Absolutely no good wil...
