If & when I get the call, I'll definitely take up the offer. The risk of serious complications of swine flu gets higher the later you are in your pregnancy & pregnant ladies with swine flu are 10 times more likely to require intensive care input than the general population.

I'm having mine a week on Saturday. All the advice I've received has indicated that the possible risks (and let's face it, there's inherent risk in everything) are far outweighed by the benefits. I commute to London and seem to spend most of my life on public transport - and when they start whacking the heating up in the cold weather, it's just a breeding ground for germs and viruses!

Also the baby gets immunity too for after he/she is born, when family, friends and strangers will be peering into the pram and coo-cooing their winter germs in his/her little face!

Nope - cos amongst other articles i have read this one! also it hasn't been tested on pregnant women before, and contains mercury!!!

This is a health alert from Dr. Russell Blaylock concerning swine flu. I've
attached a bio on his professional credentials.
--- On Fri, 7/24/09, Russell Blaylock wrote:

"No one should take the swine flu vaccine-it is one of the most dangerous vaccines ever devised. It contains an immune adjuvant called squalene (MF-59) which has been shown to cause severe autoimmune disorders such as MS, rheumatoid arthritis and Lupus. This is the vaccine adjuvant that is strongly linked to the Gulf War syndrome, which killed over 10,000 soldiers and caused a 200% increase in the fatal disease ALS (Lou Gehreg disease). This virus H1N1 kills by causing a "cytokine storm", which means that it cause the body's immune system to overreact and that is why it is killing young people and is a mild disease in the elderly. (The elderly have weakened immune systems.) This vaccine is a very powerful immune stimulator and carries the real possibility of making the lethality of the virus much greater.

One's best protection is vitamin D3. One should take 5000 IU a day now and when the disease begins to spread increase the dose to 15,000 IU a day. Vitamin D3 modulates the immune reaction, reducing the chance of an overreaction and stimulates the body to produce what are called antimicrobial peptides, which are powerful killers of viruses that does not involve immunity. This is dose related, which means the higher the dose of vitamin D3 the better the protection. Fish oils (the best is Carlson's Norwegian lemon flavored fish oil) also reduce immune overreaction. One teaspoon a day should be sufficient. For severe symptoms, one teaspoon twice a day. Antioxidants of various kins also help-this includes, quercetin, curcumin, grapeseed extract, vitamin C and natural vitamin E. A good multivitamin/mineral such as Extend Core (www.vrp.com) is also essential.

Feel free to spread this around. People need to know how to protect themselves."

Russell

RUSSELL L. BLAYLOCK, M..D.

Dr. Blaylock is a board certified neurosurgeon, author and lecturer. He attended the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston , South Carolina . During his residency he ran the neurology program for one year and did a fellowship in neurosurgery after his residency. For the past 25 years he has practiced neurosurgery in addition to having a nutritional practice. He recently retired from both practices to devote full time to nutritional studies and research.

Or could it be that a pregnant woman is 10 times more likely to be admitted to hospital "just in case"?

My MIL is a MW and has turned the jab down due to the lack of testing and the entire A&E department at her hospital have turned it down. I think it says a lot when medical professionals on the front line at risk of contracting swine flu are turning down the jab...

I am having mine tomorrow on the advice of my mw. She has told me that at this stage in pregnancy she would strongly recommend having it! She said if I was say 37 weeks onwards she would say to go without as this is classed as full term anyway. I do still have some concerns about getting it but hope the surgery will be able to answer any questions i have.

In case anyone else has read this or other anti-vaccine articles online, we should be very careful when reading the 'advice' issued by Blaylock and similar - may not be all it appears.

I'm having mine Monday morning. I looked up as much as I could and decided on the Celvapan type of vaccine. If they don't have that one available I'll walk out.

im amazed that it is pretty equal!!

thought more would than wouldnt.

TBH i havent really read up on it but still dont want it. Im obviously at risk of coming into contact with it but dont use public transport and work in a small office so think i will be ok. I know i may end up eating my words but feel as though i dont know enough about it to have it if that makes sense??

xxx

This is the statement which helped make up my mind:

Pregnant women
There is no evidence that inactivated vaccines, such as the swine flu vaccine, will cause any harm to pregnant women or their unborn baby. Every year, the seasonal flu vaccine is given to pregnant women who are at risk of seasonal flu.

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has given a clear recommendation that the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine Pandemrix can be given safely to all pregnant women.

Well i haven't been offered it, but at this late stage there'd be little point in me having it any way as the time it takes for your immune system to build up the antibodies i would have had my baby already...

I wouldn't have accepted the offer anyway, i'm not "anti vaccination" at all, but i don't believe there is enough information available for me to make an informed decision.