Flu nasal spray

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Does anyone have a child who has received this whilst you were pregnant?

My 3 year role is due theirs today and I’m freaking myself out a bit having read it can “shed” to immunocompromised. I’m pregnant. Apparently it’s safe but I’m still a bit nervous!

My son had this a week ago, I just had my flu jab yesterday. It's fine 😊 I'm 14 weeks

My 2 year old had it mid September and 2 weeks later he had the side effects they tell you about but it wasnt much. I didn't catch anything, but I already had a cough & cold he'd given me from nursery anyway. That was way more annoying than potentially having a cold from his flu spray & it's only just going away now after 4 weeks!

They mean people going through chemotherapy and stuff like that, they don’t count pregnancy as immunocompromised. Mine had hers last week and I was 37 weeks pregnant, very obvious bump now, no problems with her having it.

They may get mild symptoms 24-48 hours afterwards but it is mild and goes very quickly.

What?

You know they recommend you have flu jab while pregnant right? So your toddler getting the nasal spray isn't going to hurt you

@Juicyjuicymango The flu vaccine given in pregnancy (which I’ve had) is not live, and it is an injection.

The flu vaccine given to children is live and is a spray- not the same.

By immunocompromised they are referring more to people on immunosuppressant drugs such as chemotherapy etc rather than pregnant women.
My child had it when I was 36 weeks with my second baby and all was fine, neither of us were unwell.

It's fine.
Practice nurse.

It's only a risk to you if you're immunocompromised. For fit healthy people (including pregnant women) any shedding of the live vaccine is harmless.

How about with newborn babies? my kid is due to have hers tomorrow, same day as my ELCS, so she'll hopefully be coming to meet the baby straight after having it...

@Elttek did you have the flu jab whilst pregnant? If so your baby should be protected against those strains of flu in the vaccine.

No I wasn't offered it

@Elttek it's something that's usually recommended to you at booking appointment but in my case I have to go seek it myself. I booked it at a local pharmacy and you get it for free being pregnant. Think they help you more with the whooping cough vaccine

yeah I had the whooping cough vaccine but at the time the flu jab was out of season. My friend who is in first trimester had hers last week but I seem to have missed it being 39 weeks and having the baby tomorrow. I've declined for my daughter to have it though just incase, and will arrange for her to have the alternative not-live vaccine, or wait a few weeks til taking her for the nasal one

@Elttek oh strange, my son's pregnancy was out of season too but I still had it. It wasn't as widely available but I did find a chemist who done it for me. Oh well youve made it through just fine and as you say, can just do the alternative option for your daughter in a few weeks anyway 😊

Well, he had it this PM. but after reading some of these replies, I’m feeling paranoid again!

I did find this which was reassuring, however.

“Myth: I should not take FluMist because I live or work in close contact with an unvaccinated person at high-risk to develop influenza.

Fact: Household contacts can help protect high-risk individuals by getting vaccinated. You are not helping your high-risk loved one by foregoing vaccination. It is safe for FluMist recipients to have close household contact with high-risk individuals with the sole exception of those so severely immunosuppressed that they require a special protective environment (i.e. patients with a stem cell transplant receiving care on a positive-pressure hospital ward). It is safe for FluMist recipients to have close household contact with high-risk individuals with chronic illnesses, including diabetes, liver disease, heart disease and even other forms of immunosupression such as HIV-infected patients and organ transplant recipients”

Yeah my (then) 3yr old had hers when i was 6/7 months pregnant