Hiiii 31 weeks today 🙏🏽♥️ anyone getting the flu vaccine?

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I’m kind of scared of getting sick from getting it because I’ve never had it before♥️

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The flu can be very dangerous for the baby so yes. Because they can’t be completely sure what strain will dominate any given year it’s not always very effective at preventing infection but it will decrease severity if you do get the flu so it’s still helpful.
People sometimes have flu-like side effects from the vaccine but it’s not actually giving you the flu.

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I've never had it before either,  but now being pregnant with my rainbow, I'm planning to get it for my baby's sake. My doctors all recommended I do, so I will.

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I got it last time, as well as the TDAP. Nothing really happened. It’s the nasal flu shot that contains the active virus - I don’t think they offer it to pregnant women. Just the regular flu shot. I’m not interested in the flu shot most of the time because they have to make guesses on what strain is coming about this year so it’s not the most effective shot ever. It probably won’t do anything to you but it might not even protect you from whatever strain goes around this year. I’m personally not planning on going many places this winter with a newborn anyways. 
They didn’t offer it to me this time and I don’t really care. I did get the TDAP - whooping cough is scary for babies! Did not get offered nor do I want the covid one.

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I get it every year, I am a school teacher & have had flu positive students cough & sneeze on me only to test positive later that same day. I do plan on talking with my OB at my next appointment to see if he recommends me getting the vaccine prior to giving birth or if I need to wait until my son is born.

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I'm not planning to get any vaccinations this pregnancy. I'd never gotten it before I had my first, and there were no issues but I also didn't get sick before getting it so I'm not going to this time.

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I got it when I was in middle school (3 years in a row) got horribly sick. When I stopped getting it, I stopped getting so severely sick with colds/flus/bronchial stuff. 
I got in 2019 when I was pregnant with my son and I didn’t even get a cold until this past year. 
I’m so torn on whether to get it or not 🥴 probs going to just go off my doctor’s advice - she’s pretty level headed. 
For perspective: all for vaccines that have been proven safe in the long term - I was fully vaccinated as a child, my son is on track to be fully vaccinated, I will be getting the TDAP vaccine, I will not be getting the COVID vaccine

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I've gotten the flu every year for the past 5-6 years, with the exception of last year (when I got my first ever flu shot + everyone was wearing masks). This is including when I was pregnant with my first born. It sucks tremendously, especially because I get sick enough that I typically develop a secondary infection. So yeah, definitely getting my flu shot 😂😂 Flu sucks. Flu while pregnant sucks even more.

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I‘m usually getting it every year in November since I’m a teacher and those kids are nasty in the classroom :D! But I don’t know if I’ve got time to get it before baby is here because I just got the tdap shot (at 30 weeks) and I’m two weeks I’m getting my first dose of the COVID vaccine - 3 weeks later the second so the earliest I could get the flu shot would be at around 38/39 weeks and I don’t know if baby wants to stay in there this long or if I’ll get it breastfeeding! Anyway I just love how our bodies are built to pass on antibodies and plan to take full advantage of it. I know it seems like a l lot but I’ve never had any reactions to one or multiple vaccines and am otherwise healthy :)!

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No I won’t be getting it just because I’m pregnant and I never get it when I’m not pregnant. They offered me the tdap but I refused

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As health professional i do it every year. At least in my country it is also recomended to every pregnant women.

Hiiii 31 weeks today 🙏🏽♥️ anyone getting the flu vaccine?

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