https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:11:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097606 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:17:52 +0000 MsLipGloss 1097606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, starting from the year I got pregnant. We haven't yet this year until LO's potential egg allergy is resolved. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097601 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:15:59 +0000 lovehoneybee 1097601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got one when I was pregnant, one last year, and will get one this year. DH and E will too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097581 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:12:40 +0000 Boheme 1097581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get it every year, and did last year while I was pregnant. I got this year's vaccine yesterday! I work in an emergency room and I am exposed toooons every day of flu season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097559 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:09:12 +0000 Silva 1097559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First time I got it was when I was pregnant. I will get it again this year to help protect my baby.<br /> My husband works in a hospital, so we get a lot of exposure. I would anyway though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097462 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:51:45 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1097462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes...I usually get one every year and will be getting mine this year as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097450 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:50:53 +0000 ShootingStar 1097450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't usually get it, but I'm supposed to because I have asthma and if you get the flu with asthma you could end up in the hospital. This year I'm going to suck it up and get it because I'm pregnant, due in November, and some of the immunity is passed on to baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097348 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:29:01 +0000 avivoca 1097348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never gotten it. I've had the flu once, and it was miserable. I'll probably get one this year so I can protect my daughter when she gets here. My husband gets one every year because his immune system is compromised. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097347 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:28:56 +0000 littlebug 1097347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get it every year, and not just because I'm required for my job. And I got it last year while pregnant. I have to. I've seen the flu a few too many times at the hospital, and....yeah, no thanks! </p> <p>@sosaysmegan: We did the same thing! Told all grandparents that they had to get the flu AND the TDap, or else they couldn't come visit. Not paranoid - flu is scary enough in adults, and whooping cough is no joke! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097338 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:25:13 +0000 sosaysmegan 1097338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I've gotten it every one of the past few years (they come and do it for free at my office), and will get it again this year. Since I'm due in December (hello, cold and flu season), I'm asking my husband, parents, and in-laws to make sure they get it, too (they usually do anyway)-- and probably a whooping cough booster, while they're at it. (Am I being paranoid? Maybe, but I don't think it's going to hurt anyone.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097208 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:53:11 +0000 Crisark 1097208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't before I got pregnant this last time. I got one last year and just got one yesterday.<br /> I plan to vaccinate all three of the kids and DH plans to get one this year too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1097197 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:51:25 +0000 futuremama 1097197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am pregnant and will be getting the flu shot. I will also be encouraging DH to get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096936 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:50:40 +0000 Kimberlybee 1096936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a stickler for getting preventive vaccines. It gives me peace of mind. I get a flu shot every year and even while I was pregnant, I got the flu shot &amp; the one for whooping cough. I believe it really helped me a lot. I was pregnant during the winter/flu season last year and everyone around me was sick with all sorts of coughs, colds, and flu but I did not get sick at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096867 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:34:24 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1096867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was working on the front lines of H1N1 while pregnant, so I absolutely got it. I also get it every year. The flu is brutal and I don't have time to be sick. It's so amazing that we can prevent serious diseases like flu with vaccines :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096745 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:07:47 +0000 SeptMomma12 1096745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get it every year. The one year they were under-stocked and only giving to "high risk" people, I got the flu and missed 2 weeks of work. LO got it yesterday, and I'm getting it at work October 3. </p> <p>LO was born in September, so it just worked out that I never got it while pregnant, but I definitely would. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096735 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:05:10 +0000 autumnlove 1096735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, both times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096720 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:01:50 +0000 lemondrop 1096720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 15 weeks pregnant and just got mine last night. I get it every year and did year before last when pregnant with #1. My husband got it too yesterday, and our son will once our pediatrician gets it in. The flu can be catastrophic for unborn babies, and that's not a risk I'm willing to take. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096717 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:01:28 +0000 Pirouette 1096717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup, i get it every year! and i'll be getting it next OB appt since i'm pregnant. This year DH, who usually refuses, also has to get one since we're having a baby in the middle of flu season. I don't want to take any chances with a newborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096700 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:57:31 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1096700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Historically, I never get it, but I did while I was pregnant and plan to this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096685 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:54:46 +0000 edelweiss 1096685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: same here. i feel like if you had the flu recently and remember it, there's no way you would NOT get a flu shot. it totally and abominably sucked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096682 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:54:27 +0000 yin 1096682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember the last time I had the flu shot (at least 10+ years ago). I decided not to get it when I was pregnant with LO1 and most likely won't get it again with my second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096676 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:53:16 +0000 edelweiss 1096676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i got one last year while i was pregnant and plan to get one every year. up until a few years ago i didn't get the flu shot, but then i came down with the flu and it was truly horrible. so incredibly horrible and painful. i do NOT want the flu again and cannot imagine being pregnant with the flu. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096652 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:49:33 +0000 Smurfette 1096652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got one when pregnant and plan to get one this year as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096596 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:40:36 +0000 Bao 1096596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am going to get one at my next appointment and I will be 17 weeks then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096576 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:37:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 1096576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to get it f it was convenient but wouldn't go out of my way to do so. Then I actually got the flu and it was horrible! I got it last year right before I got pregnant and I will get it this year and am insisting that Dh does too. Lo is too young to get it so we need to protect ourselves for her. </p> <p>Once kids are older ill probably go back to gettin it if its convenient. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096339 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:34:18 +0000 Cole 1096339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am hoping to get mine today! I would probably still get it if I was pregnant but I have a super awful immune system so I would check with my doctor about the pros and cons of getting it while pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096262 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:58:57 +0000 GrapeCrush 1096262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i got one both times i was pregnant..well with DS i got while i was pregnant because i was pregnant during the bulk of flu season. with DD i got a flu shot 1 month before conceiving her(had no idea i was going to get pregnant, since we weren't trying) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096259 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:56:10 +0000 MrsKoala 1096259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to get one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096255 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:51:50 +0000 tinyperson 1096255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get it every year and got one last fall when I was pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096254 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:51:12 +0000 Dandelion 1096254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never get it. I never get the flu, either, so I figure I won't bother. I don't have DS get it, either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flu-shot-1#post-1096247 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:44:49 +0000 MrsF 1096247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got one from my OB last year while I was pregnant and I've already had one this year too. I don't want to risk getting the flu and exposing M and others. She'll get the flu shot at her appointment next week assuming that her pedi recommends it. </p>