Regret having swineflu jab....

[Ninni]

Hi, I had the jab in early November and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on the 18th of Feb.

I now feel upset and regret having the jab, feeling worried she may have been affected and that this will show up later in her life....

Anyone with similar worries?

i had the jab also in nov and an due on the 5th....I sometimes worry 'did i do the right thing'....but it is done now, you can't take it back.
Just think - if you did not have the jab, maybe you may have been one of the unlucky few who caught swine flu with disasterous consequences......instead you have your DD with you now.
Try not to waste time worrying - you did what you thought was right at the time. Thats all any responsible parent could do!
You'll have plenty of other things to worry about soon if this is your dc1

I had the jab at 34 weeks and i often feel the same as you. DD is now 8 weeks old and doing really well I just hope like you that it hasn't affected her in any way. Like sonsmum said, whats done is done you can't take it back. We just have to hope for the best and keep telling ourselves that we did what we thought was right at the time.

Im sure it'll be ok, congratulations by the way

hi, i also had the jab in November, at 16 weeks, I'm due in April. I'm sure there are alot of us who deliberated for ages about whether to have it, and now feel pretty cheated because the huge threatened pandemic never amounted to anything much at all!

You will be fine you mad thing! Of all the things that could have affected your baby this is one of the lower ones on the radar. If you'd have got swine flu when pregnant your baby may well have died. Your daughter is fine, you are fine. Don't overthink this. You made the right decision for you at the time.

Your next worry will be along in due course though - that's what being a mum is about

Thanks everyone, I feel (slightly) better!

Just want to send huge sumpathy to those of you who are worrying about this. I, equally, have worried at times that I've not chosen to take the jab - am I placing myself and my baby at an unnecessary level of risk? You just have to tell yourself to be at peace with the decision you've made.

And as wmmc says, your mind will continue to play about a million tricks on you, making you worry about things that are simply not going to happen. E.g. one of mine, whilst walking over a bridge with DS in buggy - was semi-paralysed by the sudden fear that he would be magically catapulted out of the buggy and plunged into the icy waters of the Thames, after which I'd leap in and try to rescue him, but how would I find him in the murky waters? and would he survive long enough to be found? etc etc. See what I mean?

After about a year things will calm down and you'll forget you were even concerned about it.

Oh, and congrats!