Thread: Swine Flu Jab - HELP!!

Aw bless - Are you feeling any better yet? xx

hi everyone .I had my swine flu jab today and after searching long and hard and talking to lots off health proffesionals and looking at data think I made the right decision .swine flu is at my sons nursery and a few pupils and teachers have been off i just cannt risk getting it and been really ill or worse .the swine flu jab has not been tested on pregnant women but as it says here
have the vaccines been trialled on pregnant women?

No. This has been seized upon by some to question their safety, and has spurred controversy. However, no vaccines are routinely tested on pregnant women. Vaccines are given to pregnant women when it is clinically necessary — such as polio, tetanus and seasonal flu vaccines. The safety of giving a particular vaccine is instead assessed from what is already known about its ingredients and the results of toxicity studies. Some non-pregnant women enrolled in trials do fall pregnant shortly after — these cases are followed up, with all information added to the assessment of possible risks. Any medication given to pregnant women is subject to extremely careful consideration on both clinical and ethical levels. The decision is made on a balance of benefit and risk. The Department of Health states that it has "no reason to believe there is a risk of harm from giving the swine flu vaccines in pregnancy".
another bit off info that may help

Your concern about your unborn baby is understandable, but the fl u shot will not harm the baby. In fact,
it protects your baby by protecting you. Pregnant women are at high risk for serious illness and death
from any infl uenza virus, but especially the H1N1 virus. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention urges pregnant women (and many other groups of people) to get both the H1N1 and seasonal
fl u vaccines.
If you get the fl u, you have a higher-than-average risk of developing pneumonia, which lowers the amount
the oxygen in your blood. This means your fetus many not receive enough oxygen for normal development.
In addition, having the fl u during pregnancy increases your risk of a miscarriage or giving birth too
early. And women who have a fever early in their pregnancy are more likely to deliver a baby with a neural
tube defect, such as spina bifi da.
You can pass the protective antibodies you develop after receiving the vaccine to your fetus. That will help
protect your baby from the fl u after it’s born.
Some parents worry that thimerosal, a mercury-based substance in many vaccines that keeps them from
becoming contaminated with bacteria or other germs, might cause a development disorder called autism.
But the theory that thimerosal can cause autism has been studied thoroughly, and there is no credible
evidence of a link between them. Parents who remain concerned about thimerosal should opt for the
nasal spray vaccine, which does not contain the substance.
Even if you can’t remember the last time you had a cold, much less the fl u, you should still consider getting
the vaccines. Your ability to mount an effective immune response to viruses may have worked well in
the past, but that provides no guarantee of future health. And even though the H1N1 virus so far hasn’t
been more dangerous, on average, than seasonal fl u, it does seem to be more severe in children, healthy
young adults and people under age 50, including pregnant women. (People over age 50 seem to have some
immunity against H1N1, thanks to a related fl u virus that “made the rounds” decades ago.)

Originally Posted by mummy2beslim

hi everyone .I had my swine flu jab today and after searching long and hard and talking to lots off health proffesionals and looking at data think I made the right decision .swine flu is at my sons nursery and a few pupils and teachers have been off i just cannt risk getting it and been really ill or worse .the swine flu jab has not been tested on pregnant women but as it says here
have the vaccines been trialled on pregnant women?

No. This has been seized upon by some to question their safety, and has spurred controversy. However, no vaccines are routinely tested on pregnant women. Vaccines are given to pregnant women when it is clinically necessary — such as polio, tetanus and seasonal flu vaccines. The safety of giving a particular vaccine is instead assessed from what is already known about its ingredients and the results of toxicity studies. Some non-pregnant women enrolled in trials do fall pregnant shortly after — these cases are followed up, with all information added to the assessment of possible risks. Any medication given to pregnant women is subject to extremely careful consideration on both clinical and ethical levels. The decision is made on a balance of benefit and risk. The Department of Health states that it has "no reason to believe there is a risk of harm from giving the swine flu vaccines in pregnancy".
another bit off info that may help

Your concern about your unborn baby is understandable, but the fl u shot will not harm the baby. In fact,
it protects your baby by protecting you. Pregnant women are at high risk for serious illness and death
from any infl uenza virus, but especially the H1N1 virus. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention urges pregnant women (and many other groups of people) to get both the H1N1 and seasonal
fl u vaccines.
If you get the fl u, you have a higher-than-average risk of developing pneumonia, which lowers the amount
the oxygen in your blood. This means your fetus many not receive enough oxygen for normal development.
In addition, having the fl u during pregnancy increases your risk of a miscarriage or giving birth too
early. And women who have a fever early in their pregnancy are more likely to deliver a baby with a neural
tube defect, such as spina bifi da.
You can pass the protective antibodies you develop after receiving the vaccine to your fetus. That will help
protect your baby from the fl u after it’s born.
Some parents worry that thimerosal, a mercury-based substance in many vaccines that keeps them from
becoming contaminated with bacteria or other germs, might cause a development disorder called autism.
But the theory that thimerosal can cause autism has been studied thoroughly, and there is no credible
evidence of a link between them. Parents who remain concerned about thimerosal should opt for the
nasal spray vaccine, which does not contain the substance.
Even if you can’t remember the last time you had a cold, much less the fl u, you should still consider getting
the vaccines. Your ability to mount an effective immune response to viruses may have worked well in
the past, but that provides no guarantee of future health. And even though the H1N1 virus so far hasn’t
been more dangerous, on average, than seasonal fl u, it does seem to be more severe in children, healthy
young adults and people under age 50, including pregnant women. (People over age 50 seem to have some
immunity against H1N1, thanks to a related fl u virus that “made the rounds” decades ago.)

I have had sore arm all and aching legs all day seems to be easing though thank goodness apart from that feel fine

Hi Sarah hope ur feeling better

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feeling fine today thank goodness lol

Glad ur ok

U got everything ready now?

Not long left!!!!

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My hubby and my son are both booked in to have their jabs on Thursday. They are eligible because they live with me Hoping that them having it will help reduce the risk to me and bean too.

nealry ready now just need to collect rest off the things form mum's house
I asked about my son having ait and they said he was not priority so cant have it dont know why ,are you not having it then shel ,how old is your son and have you decided against it

No, I'm not having it. I'm high risk for swine flu cos of my other health problems, I have a wacky immune system, so anyone who lives with me is entitled to have it. My son's 8 so I'm happy for him to have it, and hubby is a field engineer so comes into contact with a lot of people every day so he's decided to have it too.

Ive also decided against it.... i had swine flu early on around 16 weeks and had to take the inhalable meds... i still worry now whether the meds could have had any effect on the baby

I havent been offered it yet but not sure whether ill b immune anyway due to having it early on and completing the meds.

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Ithink if you have had it ,you dont need the vaccine but not 100% sure but your body will allready have built up some immunity to it so thats good
my friedns little boy had it and he was fine hope all goes well x

i think i'm going to have it. in the area where my mum lives at last count 36 people had died from it and a few were pregnant women i believe. from what i've been able to find out, the vaccine is verry similar to the seasonal flu vaccine, but the viral strain is different and pregnant women have been having that for years. also, my baby will gain some immunity from me. if swine flu is killing off adults i can't see that it would do a newborn any good. i think a lot has been hyped up by the media. i don't think i would have been as happy to have it before i was past the 12 week mark when most development is through, no clinical reason for this, just my own peace of mind, but now that i am i think that's the way i'm going to go.

abz xx

yes I think at first they did not reccomend it in the first trimester so id have waited a little while longer if I was earlier on just to be on the safe side

This is just food for thought, but ladies the swine flu vaccine is just the normal flu vaccine, but with the parts in to create antibodies against swine flu. The normal flu vaccine doesnt go under loads of testing like people think its only made up in the spring of that year and then given out for september. They give that out to pregnant women who need it every year. The risks of swine flu far outweight the risks of the vaccine in my opinion, a child without a mother who died through swine flu is a tragic thing that could have been avoided. If your doctor recommends it to you or your offered it i would take it. Just remember its not your life that you are risking if you get swine flu its also that of your unborn child.

Lizzie xxx