mrsbean78 I totally agree with you. I can't imagine what it must be like doing your job, pregnant with underlying health issues. I have always found people to be very very ignorant when it comes to flu/virus etc. I had Gladular fever (prob spelt wrong)when I was 15 and it left me very weak with a low immune system right into my early 20's. If some fanny came to work coughing, sneezing and telling us all they were dying, guaranteed it would floor me in bed for at least 3 weeks at a time to their 3 days of feeling bad. Since I had my son people have never ceased to amaze me. At 6 weeks old he had my sister in law come to visit, hold him then proceed to tell me she had been really ill with virus for weeks but was starting to feel better . Yes, he was extremely ill for 4 weeks and along with the reflux and colic, i remember his early days being hell because of it. Then there are the mum's who invite you round for lunch then proceed to tell you (while your DC is eating their DC's slobbery toy) that their DC has been 'so ill', 'up all night', 'it's been hell'. Ugh, if I had a pound for every time it has happened - thanks for sharing. If you dared say, do you mind warning me first if they are ill they look at you as if you said "do you mind if I take one of your kidneys"! Kids get colds and illnesses, that I can handle, but people tend to be a bit too thoughtless about others. The same thing is going to and is happening with swine flu, there's always the smart arses who like to be seen to shrug it off. They might think swine flu is nothing, maybe to a non pregnant person, fit and healthy it will be but some thought for others should be drummed into people more.
What do we know about this vaccine? Would you usually be happy to take on a vaccine pregnant? Especially one that has been thrown together last minute and NEVER taken by a pregnant person before. There was another link where they were discussing the ingredient - thirmosel (definitely spelt wrong, can't remember exact name)! It is an ingredient that has been linked with autism in other vaccines. It makes the vaccine cheaper (longer shelf life). You can demand the same vaccine without this ingredient but good luck with that. Vaccines provide drug company's and in turn, the goverment with a huge income so they must be rubbing their hands at the moment! I really don't want to scare people but even more so I don't want to see a whole generation of children being destroyed by a vaccine. Id approach that one with caution and look into the ingredients more. The actual list of ingredients are on a slip of paper in the box the vaccine comes in, the doctor can't refuse you to look at it. Go to your surgery, ask for it or a copy when it becomes available, take it home and google any you don't understand. That way you can be better informed as to what your fetus will be taking on rather than going in blind and trusting the drugs company's and goverment.
I think any PG woman reading this, if you can take maternity leave earlier, work from home, take the car or walk (early preg obviously), avoid the shops, get food shopping delivered online then do it, do anything to avoid it as much as possible. You can't recluse yourself, you have to pay the bills and we do have to carry on as normally as we can but avoid the risks. The goverment think economy first, the last thing they are going to do is advise pregnant woman to stay at home. We need to think of our family's and ourselves first and be as careful as possible. It might get worse but we don't want to be floating around a busy shopping centre before we hear about it! Roll on Harry Potter on DVD!!