Swine flu vaccine?

[squidipa]

i wont be getting it yes there is a risk either way but at least i know the risk this way !!!
ds had swine flu the dr said he belived so but due to non testing then they said they have to go on the symptoms. He is fine now i isolated myself from him at another member of the familys house.

[Sammiejane]

I wont b getting it.

I work at a big hospital so they will be rolling out the vaccinations really soon and we will all be pushed to get them
I have a good friend in the Infection control department and so i will speak to her... and then feedback in here of course.

I dont think that the vaccine is old enough for there to be enough evidence to say that it will not be detrimental to pg women...

[rhyb]

I wont be getting it no way no how. Not enough testing and no way to know long term effects for me or the girls.

[MummaSue]

Thanks girls, sounds like you all agree with me.

Don't think I'll be getting it.

Sue x

[jes22]

I am 11weeks pregnant and had the swine flu vacine.
They have seen so many pregnant women become so sick with the actual swine flu itself, and new mums have actually died from it.
THis is my 3rd child and i know that when ur pregnant and get the flu its 10x worst then a normal flu.
My hubby also got the vacine as they are trying to immunise fathers to be also, incase a parent contracts the actual virus while they have a newborn. Imagine your newborn contracting the virus.

When my eldest child (now 8) was around 2 meningococcal and meningitis was a big thing and they came out with the vacine, i was torn on whether or not to get her vacinated as it was a new thing, i got her vacinated against it and all was fine.

I think this is the same thing, I will be getting my 2 kids vacinated against swine flu when it becomes available, there has already been far to many deaths with the swine flu virus but yet no deaths with the vacine.

My sister is a public servant for the government, they were already vacinated over 3months ago. she had pregnant women in her sector vacinated and yet there has been no proplems.[/FONT]

It really is one of those things that is a personal descion.

[didispunk]

I got the vax and i know there are pro's and cons with everything but i feel comfortable with my decision.

[duffwoman]

I've just signed up on here as I was looking for info on the swine flu vaccination. I'm 27 weeks pregnant and avoided having the jab last year as I had the same concerns listed here - no clue what the potential long-term side effects are for the baby.

However, I'm now getting ready to head back to school in 2 weeks (I'm a high school teacher) and have heard that they're expecting the swine flu to come back around Feb/March. (Just as it came back in the US in Aug/Sept as autumn began and kids were going back to school.) As a teacher and an asthmatic, I know I'm at higher risk... but still very nervous about this vaccine. However, I do always get the seasonal flu shot every year, and I suppose I'm not really sure why the long-term side effects for the swine flu vac would be any different to those of the seasonal flu vac?? So with that part of my brain, I'm thinking I should go ahead and get it... Also, nearly ALL of my American friends who are pregnant, as well as my sister who is a nurse, were recommended by their OB's to get the jab.

BUT, I called 2 different sources today in Sydney to get their recommendations, and got 2 very different answers... Mothersafe wholeheartedly recommended it, while the midwife at my hospital said she wouldn't get it and that the current jab won't necessarily provide any protection about the swine flu that may or may not arrive here in Feb/March... She suggested waiting for a month or so to see if there is another outbreak, and getting the shot then if it happens...

So I'm just wondering if anyone here has had any recent recommendations from their doctors?? I know a lot of these posts were from October when the jab was very new, so just wondering if anyone has done anything about it recently?

Thanks!

[Rooey5]

My understanding is that, like the annual flu vax, the swine flu vax is based on the virus that has already been around and it will only provide limited (if any) protection against the new strains that develop. I am not an immunologist (or any kind of octor ) however, so please don't take my words as gospel!

I can't get the flu vax (due to developing Guillain Barre Syndrome after getting the shot when I was 10) and I'm a brittle asthmatic, and I've only had the flu once in 17 years of not getting vaccinated. It really is a personal decision with the swine flu shot. I'm not going to get it due to the before-mentioned reason, but I know pregnant women who have had it and they (and their babies) are fine

If you want good information, see if you can Google some peer-reviewed articles maybe?

[squidipa]

I dont think that the vaccine is old enough for there to be enough evidence to say that it will not be detrimental to pg women...

i agree how can they say it wont be harmful to pg women if not tested on them? hrmm what are they testing it on???

[MummaSue]

Don't think they are testing at all!!

It would be interesting to see what research has been done on the effects of other flu vaccines on pregnant women.

[Tiff+2]

I will be discussing this with my GP on Wed... I am very reluctant to get any kind of vaccine during preg, but I do worry a lot as I work and live in a very high risk situation. We run a holiday park and have tourists from all over the world coming and going on a daily basis and come Christmas it is only going to get worse. We live on site so it's not as if it's only exposure for a few hours a day.

I really do not want to get it, but I am leaving it up to my GP to decide, I in no way want to take any risks, either way.

What a pickle!!!!

[lilmisshavachat]

I'm not normally so adamant about anything but I will not be getting this... Maybe we should ask the filidamide (SP?) babies if they think untested drugs in pregnancy is a good idea... They wouldn't know of any posible side effects for years and then it's way too late and what do the authorities say... Ooops

[melbel]

there is a very interesting video on you tube. It is an interview with one of the leading immunology experts in the US stating why he will not be giving it to his family......real eye opener it was when someone in the front line is rejecting the vaccine.

In my opinion the risks of contracting side effects from the vaccine are far greater than the risk of contracting swine flu so i will not be getting it.