OMG!! just heard on the news about swine flu

comicwife · Sep 27th, 2010, 13:36 PM

So,just heard on the news that their saying the swine flu is going to come back with a vengeance over winter

and the most vulnerable are OAP's and Pregnant Ladies

What do we do,as Im guessing we are all going to be confronted with the issue arising with either the midwifes or doctors telling us to get the vaccination jab

So do we take the jab or not!!!!

BreCon · Sep 27th, 2010, 13:44 PM

I took the flu vaccine..only to get on here and read something bout it causing mmc's...i dont know what to think but my doctor pretty much made me get it!

lozzy21 · Sep 27th, 2010, 13:53 PM

They compleatly over estimated how many people were going to be affected last year so i would take it with a pinch of salt.

PixieBelle · Sep 27th, 2010, 13:54 PM

Regular flu has been rampaging through my office and appears I'm one of the few who's not had it so I'm steering well clear of anything vaccine like.

Armywife · Sep 27th, 2010, 13:57 PM

I don't want the vaccine and didn't have it in my last pregnancy because as far as i can see too little is known about it but then my sister got swine flu and i saw how poorly she was. It was awful, she developed pneumonia and was so sick she was in hospital for weeks. It really made me think about possibly considering it this time. I'm stuck and will really struggle with this decision.

sarbo · Sep 27th, 2010, 13:58 PM

Some boffin says it's "reasonable to expect" it to come back, but not that it actually has come back yet. I agree with lozzy21 - remember last time, everyone panicked but it wasn't half as bad as predicted.

Blah11 · Sep 27th, 2010, 13:59 PM

They said that it would come back last year anyway so idk why its such a shock?

Alexp · Sep 27th, 2010, 14:27 PM

I had it last year I was really ill but not as bad as some it seems. I didnt take the prescribed mediaction as my daughter says it makes you worse before better.
I wont have the vaccine as I dont want to risk MMC and will take the risk of catching it instead

bekki_d18 · Sep 27th, 2010, 14:35 PM

I am completely stuck as well. I had it last year and although felt a bit unwell after nobody at my work had serious side effects. What you have to think is if you get swine flu it could be a lot worse than having the jab. and plus we all had our immune systems to help last year

kiraelliott · Sep 27th, 2010, 14:49 PM

According to my MIL who's a nurse at the hospital I work at, swine flu's no worse than ordinary flu, but it was so hyped up by the media that all the deaths got put out there, it's scaremongering :/

Sep 27th, 2010, 13:36 PM	#1
comicwife Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,632	OMG!! just heard on the news about swine flu So,just heard on the news that their saying the swine flu is going to come back with a vengeance over winter and the most vulnerable are OAP's and Pregnant Ladies What do we do,as Im guessing we are all going to be confronted with the issue arising with either the midwifes or doctors telling us to get the vaccination jab So do we take the jab or not!!!!

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Sep 27th, 2010, 13:44 PM	#2
BreCon Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 245	I took the flu vaccine..only to get on here and read something bout it causing mmc's...i dont know what to think but my doctor pretty much made me get it!

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Sep 27th, 2010, 13:53 PM	#3
lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 23,599	They compleatly over estimated how many people were going to be affected last year so i would take it with a pinch of salt.

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Sep 27th, 2010, 13:54 PM	#4
PixieBelle Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,587	Regular flu has been rampaging through my office and appears I'm one of the few who's not had it so I'm steering well clear of anything vaccine like.

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Sep 27th, 2010, 13:57 PM	#5
Armywife Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,428	I don't want the vaccine and didn't have it in my last pregnancy because as far as i can see too little is known about it but then my sister got swine flu and i saw how poorly she was. It was awful, she developed pneumonia and was so sick she was in hospital for weeks. It really made me think about possibly considering it this time. I'm stuck and will really struggle with this decision.

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Sep 27th, 2010, 13:58 PM	#6
sarbo Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Posts: 218	Some boffin says it's "reasonable to expect" it to come back, but not that it actually has come back yet. I agree with lozzy21 - remember last time, everyone panicked but it wasn't half as bad as predicted.

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Sep 27th, 2010, 13:59 PM	#7
Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 38,168	They said that it would come back last year anyway so idk why its such a shock?

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Sep 27th, 2010, 14:27 PM	#8
Alexp Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derbyshire. uk Posts: 601	I had it last year I was really ill but not as bad as some it seems. I didnt take the prescribed mediaction as my daughter says it makes you worse before better. I wont have the vaccine as I dont want to risk MMC and will take the risk of catching it instead

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Sep 27th, 2010, 14:35 PM	#9
bekki_d18 Pregnant (Expecting) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2,686	I am completely stuck as well. I had it last year and although felt a bit unwell after nobody at my work had serious side effects. What you have to think is if you get swine flu it could be a lot worse than having the jab. and plus we all had our immune systems to help last year

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Sep 27th, 2010, 14:49 PM	#10
kiraelliott Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Newport, Isle of Wight, UK Posts: 2,289	According to my MIL who's a nurse at the hospital I work at, swine flu's no worse than ordinary flu, but it was so hyped up by the media that all the deaths got put out there, it's scaremongering :/

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