My husband got the flu shot, I'm up for it next. Neither of us have had the whooping cough vaccine. We have a 5 month old.
Have you gotten these shots? Why/why not?
My husband got the flu shot, I'm up for it next. Neither of us have had the whooping cough vaccine. We have a 5 month old.
Have you gotten these shots? Why/why not?
squash / 13199 posts
I didnt get either. I personally dont see the point of the flu shot, and I didnt want to ask all my family and friends to get the Tdap shot so there was no point in just me having it
pomegranate / 3516 posts
I got the flu shot around this time last year and I'm not sure if I'm getting it this year. I also have the Tdap shot and got it when I was around 34-36 weeks pregnant.
grapefruit / 4235 posts
DH got both the flu shot and the whooping cough shot (as have all of our parents.) I got the flu shot but my OB/GYN practice recommends whooping cough after the baby's born.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I got both when I was pregnant with LO. I got another flu shot last month.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
I got the flu shot. I'm still debating getting whooping cough now or after birth. I know for full effectiveness and some immunity for baby I should get it now, but one of my doctors said she doesn't give it to pregnant women so now I'm torn. The consensus seems to be that it is safe so I will probably end up getting it at next appt. That way I can worry less about whether the ILs will get the shot. My family already has.
kiwi / 629 posts
I got the pertussis (whooping cough) last year for work, so I'll be okay for a while. I don't believe in getting flu shots, so I won't be doing that.
eggplant / 11824 posts
Yes I got both whopping cough vaccine and flu shot. When I told both my regular MD and my OB that I was planning on TTC they both recommended that I get the Tdap shot, so I did. I got a flu shot a few weeks ago.
coconut / 8234 posts
I got the whooping cough/TDAP at my 6-week postpartum appointment. I have never gotten the flu shot though I was trying to get DH to get it because he seems to carry illness into our house since he's around kids all day.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I got the flu shot at my first prenatal appointment last winter, and the Whooping Cough/TDAP at about 8 months pregnant. DH and I have both gotten flu shots this year, as have my ILs (they also got the WC/TDAP before he was born).
persimmon / 1479 posts
I had the whooping cough shot just because I needed to get my tetanus up to date anyways. The same with DH.
My employer requires me to ge the flu shot, otherwise I would not get it. DH and DDs did not get the flu shot.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I have the flu shot, the hubby hasn't. He's deathly afraid of needles so unless I go with him, he won't be getting it. No whooping cough shot for either of us.
persimmon / 1396 posts
I got both. The flu shot since we have LO and since I work with a high risk population. The TDAP for little one. That shot hurt so bad, I had a bruise and a knot on my arm for 3 weeks!
grapefruit / 4669 posts
We both have the flu shot and I'm planning to ask at my appointment tomorrow whether we should get pertussis or not.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
We haven't gotten our flu shots yet. LO just got hers though!
pomelo / 5331 posts
I got the whooping cough vaccine and will probably get the flu shot at my next appointment next week. DH hasn't gotten either yet and it's starting to irritate me lol...
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I got the flu shot a while TTC (I usually get it free through work anyway, those this time I had to go out of my way to get it since I missed the day in the office).
DH and I will both get the whooping cough once closer to my due date. Due in July so flu won't be an issue then.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
We both got flu shots, per my OB's strong insistence (and she is pretty laid back). She also insisted family get the tdap shot and my parents already got theirs. I'll get mine in the hospital and DH will get his sometime before she's here.
persimmon / 1361 posts
I get the flu shot every year.
I did the Tdap when I was pregnant (this summer). I had to FORCE my DH to go get it as well. He was such a baby about it. At the time, I was like 38 weeks pregnant and said, "I'm about to go through L&D, don't whine to me about a little needle!" Ha!
pineapple / 12053 posts
i have Tdap from last year and DH has it. we've asked our immediate families to make sure they are up to date as well. we never get the flu vaccine and i didn't plan on starting now.
squash / 13764 posts
Yup got the flu shot in Oct and the Tdap at the hospital after LO was born.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Hubs and I both got the flu shot because my OB insisted on it, but neither of us have had the whooping cough vaccine to my knowledge.
grapefruit / 4006 posts
Yea. I got both right after I delivered. Dh got his flu shot yesterday but not the tdap.
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Not pregnant and no kids, but yes. I got both at my preconception appointment a few months back. I actually had whooping cough when I was younger (middle school)--it sucked.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
DH and I got both! I got my flu shot this year at 39 weeks, so LO is covered until end of march-may.
pear / 1879 posts
I actually got both right after delivery. My husband also got both a few months ago.
nectarine / 2797 posts
DH got DTAP while I was pregnant, I got it at the hospital before discharge. We both got flu shots in Oct/Nov - I got mine free through work and we went to Target to get DH's.
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