If I wasn't already adverse to needles, I probably still wouldn't get it. The only people I know who have pretty much told me the same thing - the flu shot was successful in giving them the flu! Although my younger sister is getting one soon as she is a singer with commitments and needs to look at the pro of it preventing her breaking those. I've had flus while pg - hard to avoid with kids at school - and the worst its ever gotten like that is a prolonged duration as your immune system is already valnerable. The last really bad strain was in 2007 and before that was the hospital based "Superflu" in the late 90s. The vax offers no protection for either. Hardly seems worth it under those circumstances.