Flu shots safe for pregnant women, study finds

[HuckleB]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101111/hl_nm/us_flu_shots

"Adding to evidence that the flu shot is safe during pregnancy, a U.S. government study found no unusual complications among pregnant women who've received the vaccine in the past 20 years.

Researchers found that between 1990 and 2009, there were 175 reports of possibly vaccine-related medical complications among pregnant women submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

That amounts to an estimated rate of 12.5 reported complications per one million pregnant women vaccinated against the flu.

Most were considered "non-serious." And while there were some reports of miscarriage and stillbirth, the numbers were substantially lower than the average rates of those complications in the general population.

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More good news in regard to vaccine safety!

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[Dorian Gray]

1. Anecdotal

but I got one, and the baby and I are fine. My doctor highly encouraged me to get one (and my husband) so that we wouldn't bring the flu back to the newborn. He also said it might provide some protection and immunity for her.

[DCKit]

2. OK. But are they safe for a fetus? n/t

[HuckleB]

3. Yes.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/influenza/AN00651

Also...

Seasonal Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Mothers Protects Infants
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/711576

And...

Maternal Influenza Immunization May Improve Fetal Outcomes
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/pressroom/news-briefs/2010-10-25/maternal-influenza-immunization-may-improve-fetal-outcomes

[kestrel91316]

4. Of course. But if you believe otherwise, perhaps you could

provide some sort of rational biological mechanism for fetal harm by the vaccine.

[trotsky]

5. Safer than getting the flu while pregnant, that's for sure. n/t

[laconicsax]

6. Oh, pshaw.

Everyone knows that vaccines cause disease. Just ask the anti-vax moron vaccine-safety hero sitting behind me at the coffee shop last month. He told a harrowing tale of how he avoids vaccines like the plagues they are because he always gets the flu from his sensible brainwashed friends who get their annual flu jabs.

I just hope my flu shot didn't give him H1N1...or worse. :scared:

[HuckleB]

7. Why The Controversy? Vaccines Save Lives

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/17/131385344/why-the-controversy-vaccines-save-lives