I've never in my life had the flu vaccine and never anticipated getting it. I'm vaccinated with all the other crap that's recommended, and trust me, I believe that some vaccines are good and have shown to eradicate diseases, however I'm just not as optimistic about the seasonal flu vaccine. Now here I am, growing a human inside me and I'm being told that more than ever, I should get the flu vaccine.Getting the flu vaccine terrifies me now more than non-preggo me.
My concern is not with autism and all that who-nanny, so we can bipass that craziness. However, I did work in the ICU for years as a nurse and have seen people affected with Guillain-Barre syndrome (linked to vaccines), and that scares the shit out of me. Sure, GBS is rare, I get that, but tell that to the people who are paralyzed in the ICU suddenly with this syndrome, tell them it's rare and they are unfortunately the small percentage of unlucky assholes that got it. Okay, lets move past my fear of GBS.
The flu vaccine in my opinion is somewhat of a crapshoot. They make the "dose" of flu vaccine every year based on what flu was in Asia and predict the same strain is coming to the US... well, sometimes they're wrong, other times there is more than one strain of the flu virus, yet only a vaccine for one strain. That to me is a guessing game craphole. Now you got vaccinated, but whoops, we got it wrong, and you still got the flu. Sorry about the unnecessary dose of: Thimerosal , mercury, and Formaldehyde. Wait- I've been harassed for the past 6.5 months about all the shit pregnant women are not supposed to eat or be near or think about, and I'm pretty sure mercury, Thimerosal, and formaldehyde are counted in that, but it's okay if in a vaccine? Then there's people who get the vaccine and end up with a mild case of the flu anyways, that seems full of suckage.
Alright, I'll leave the negative side and go to the more positive side. Sure, there's lot's of articles that say women who are pregnant have a lowered immune system, or are a target for colds and flu, ect. Okay, maybe I'll buy into that slightly, but still I wash my hands like a crazy murderer who doesn't want to get caught. The other thing is that meeba is due January, so in the middle of all the flu chaos, so it will help protect her. I'd say that's the biggest draw for me right now, but I'm still terrified of everything else and the fact that the H1N1 portion of the vaccine hasn't been out that long. What if we find out 40 years from now H1N1 vaccine made us grow hairy ears on our backs?
I welcome educated commentary, but don't come at me with your hillbilly yellings.
