https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 31 May 2026 13:57:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1894043 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:12:18 +0000 catomd00 1894043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: My husband (and I) never wanted to or got the flu shot before. I got it while pregnant and swore I would always get it after that because my husband got a horrible flu last winter while I was pregnant and I didn't (still slept in the same bed, etc. didn't really do anything to limit exposure other than common sense. Every since then he swore he'd be getting it every year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1894037 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:10:04 +0000 catomd00 1894037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We need to! DH and I will have to remember to do it at Target this weekend. DD will be getting hers Friday at her ear check. My daughter gets exposed to enough crap at daycare, I don't need to put her any more at risk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893988 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:52:28 +0000 coopsmama 1893988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Oh I know you weren't picking on me but thought I'd clarify for all that that isn't my reason. :) </p> <p>I'm not sure about the titers question. I actually only mentioned it because I was at my mom's house the other day and was looking through my baby book. My immunization record is in there along with a spot where she put my illnesses as a child. I found it interesting that I received all of the MMR shots on time as a kid but got the measles about a year later. I don't remember it though and mom said she wasn't that worried when the doctor said that's what I had because back in her day everyone had measles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893931 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:21:50 +0000 Purpledaisy 1893931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. And I won't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893913 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:14:54 +0000 sunny 1893913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup got it at my OB's office. I forgot to request a preservative free one. Hmm... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893908 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:13:05 +0000 MrsSCB 1893908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I totally agree that reasoning makes no sense. Plus you can spread the flu without being symptomatic, so you're not just protecting yourself with the shot. I'm NEVER sick, but I'm around other people who are more immunocompromised than myself, and I want to look out for them :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893899 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:06:25 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1893899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: my hubby isn't getting one either. He swears he will get sick if he does. He was mad at me when I breathed on him last night because I have the virus now too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893842 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:31:15 +0000 cyndistar3 1893842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope and I am not going to. The only time I have gotten the flu was when I got the shot... I also got the chicken pox twice after getting the vaccination. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893823 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:21:06 +0000 MediaNaranja 1893823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They had them for free at work on Monday! Now I just need to drag DH to get his :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893719 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:43:02 +0000 LAZB 1893719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet, but I will at my OB appointment on Friday. It will be a day full of shots! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893712 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:38:48 +0000 MamaG 1893712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I used to be one of the people that thought that way. I guess my mindset was that I had a really strong immune system (virtually never got sick) and even if I did get the flu, I wouldn't be impacted harshly as I was already healthy. I'm not saying my logic at the time is good or sound.</p> <p>But once I had a child my mindset has changed. I don't want her sick and I don't want to be sick and unable to care for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893647 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:10:08 +0000 Sunshine1810 1893647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine last week at my physical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893639 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:07:51 +0000 mauxie 1893639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Scheduled for next week! My kids had theirs done a couple weeks ago. DH is dragging his feet (hates needles) but will get it done in Nov. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893625 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:02:07 +0000 hilsy85 1893625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: definitely wasn't picking on any one particular person! Just don't understand that whole line of reasoning. :) </p> <p>And how awful about the measles! Definitely true that vaccinations are not 100% (but I personally would still rather have the added protection). I wonder, were your titers checked when you got it? I wonder if measles is one of those things you need a booster shot for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893619 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:00:14 +0000 coopsmama 1893619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: My reasoning for not getting the flu shot, personally, has nothing to do with the fact that I have never had the flu. (I have.) Just so people don't think that's why we don't! </p> <p>And actually, I was fully vaccinated for measles as a child and I got it anyway. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893609 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:56:57 +0000 hilsy85 1893609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NavyRN2012: yes! I don't really understand the reasoning "I've never gotten the flu, so I'm not going to get the flu shot". I've never gotten the measles, chicken pox, or whooping cough, but still got vaccinated against them because I'd like to try to keep it that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893423 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:15:44 +0000 BSB 1893423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just got an work email about our vaccination clinic and I saw this...</p> <p>The Flu ends with “U”</p> <p>Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893276 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:42:49 +0000 BSB 1893276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, last week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893262 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:39:44 +0000 thismustbetheplace 1893262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I both got ours at Target 2 weeks ago! I was so proud of him because he HATES needles. Our LO is too young for the flu shot this year so we're doing it mostly to protect him! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893228 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:21:22 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1893228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet. I'm waiting on DH's work to offer them for free. They will be soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893223 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:18:52 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1893223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - through work last Thursday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893141 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:44:37 +0000 Bluemasonjar 1893141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am getting one at work next week. My DH has never gotten the flu shot but since we are TTC I am thinking it might not be a bad idea this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot/page/2#post-1893130 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:42:08 +0000 cascademom 1893130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm getting it soon. I'm still debating on doing it at Walgreens or waiting a couple more weeks until my first prenatal appt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot#post-1893126 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:41:06 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1893126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to at my OB </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot#post-1893115 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:36:17 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1893115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll get it in two weeks at my next OB appt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot#post-1893110 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:34:54 +0000 NavyRN2012 1893110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine 2 weeks ago, the rest of the family will get one next week.<br /> As a nurse I feel I should give my 2 cents: Not having had the flu in the past does not mean you won't get it in the future. The flu kills many (otherwise healthy) people- and the thing a lot of those people have in common is not having had the flu shot. It CAN and DOES hospitalize young healthy individuals.<br /> *steps down from soap box* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot#post-1893105 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:32:57 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1893105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never gotten the flu shot in my life (and have never had the flu). But now that I'm pregnant, I'm going to ask my OB his thoughts at my 8-week appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot#post-1893069 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:22:51 +0000 MamaG 1893069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got mine at my last OB appointment, LO got hers yesterday and DH gets his next week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot#post-1893058 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:19:13 +0000 IRunForFun 1893058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to at my physical at the beginning of the month and they were all out! My doctor told me I should hit up one of the walk-in clinics at a pharmacy, so I need to do that. DH got his yesterday, he's a grad student and they were doing free flu shots on campus. It's incredibly rare that he's more on top of health stuff than I am! I usually have to push him to get his. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-get-your-flu-shot#post-1893050 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:16:09 +0000 sapphire 1893050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For those who haven't had the flu - you might one of these days and you'll definitely want to get it in the future! It's also important to help protect babies, kids, pregnant ladies, and immune compromised people. Just because you don't have symptoms, doesn't mean you can't pass the virus to those with weaker immune systems. </p>