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thedeadtruth
Sorry to hear of the loss.
Most of my friends lost their first pregnancy quite early on. And it is in fact suspected the fetus is rejected by the bodies own immune system.
For most Woman throughout history ( before accurate pregnancy tests where invented ). This occurrence manifested as missing a period. Then after 2 months having a heavy bleed with a mass.
Second time around has a higher success rate.
lovebeck
I am sorry for your friends' loss. I truly am. However, the flu has been no joke this season. Many people, mainly 30-40 year olds, have been admitted in to the ICU on ventilators due to respiratory failure. Many people in the same age group have also died from the flu this year.
I don't buy into the whole vaccination conspiracy, but I do know that there is solid evidence of diseases reemerging due to the trend of not vaccinating. Especially pertussis. I've seen and cared for several children since the fall and even know a few adults who came down with it.
World Health Organization's Views Regarding Vaccinations:
thebtheb
UxoriousMagnus
HelenConway
reply to post by UxoriousMagnus
I resisted having the flu shot for many years. However last year I was really ill with the flu. This year I succumbed and very nervously presented myself for the shot.
I had no side effects and am very glad I had it - no flu so far and had the injection in November,
I am very glad to hear that you have had no flu this year.
I must admit....I haven't had the flu or the shot for as long as I can remember.
The thing is, that if you do get the flu, this is your body's TRAINING to avoid other flus in the future. It's its own type of vaccination. It builds up and exercises your immune system. Chances are that if you get the flu one year, you probably won't get it the next, or if you, it will be relatively mild.
thebtheb
UxoriousMagnus
HelenConway
reply to post by UxoriousMagnus
The thing is, that if you do get the flu, this is your body's TRAINING to avoid other flus in the future. It's its own type of vaccination. It builds up and exercises your immune system. Chances are that if you get the flu one year, you probably won't get it the next, or if you, it will be relatively mild.
I wish that was true but it is not. The virus mutates and hence different strains - so you need to get a specific strain to build up immunity and it is a new one each year - often.
My immune system was always really good - but for the past couple of years I have been ill following bad flu with respiratory problems secondary to the initial infection.
Not nice and I am so glad that I have avoided the flu so far this year.
I did think long and hard before having the shot.
The nurse nearly did not give it to me because she wanted to know if I was allergic to eggs and I said
'' I don't know I have never been injected with egg before ''
She would not go ahead until I said explicitly
'' No I am not allergic to eggs''
Ridiculous really ..
The thing is, that if you do get the flu, this is your body's TRAINING to avoid other flus in the future. It's its own type of vaccination. It builds up and exercises your immune system. Chances are that if you get the flu one year, you probably won't get it the next, or if you, it will be relatively mild.
thebtheb
The thing is, that if you do get the flu, this is your body's TRAINING to avoid other flus in the future. It's its own type of vaccination. It builds up and exercises your immune system. Chances are that if you get the flu one year, you probably won't get it the next, or if you, it will be relatively mild.
demongoat
thebtheb
The thing is, that if you do get the flu, this is your body's TRAINING to avoid other flus in the future. It's its own type of vaccination. It builds up and exercises your immune system. Chances are that if you get the flu one year, you probably won't get it the next, or if you, it will be relatively mild.
that isn't how the immune system works.
if you get the flu and don't get it next year it means simply that if you were infected the antibodies the body produced matched the virus close enough to attack it.
what in the world do you thin vaccines do anyway? magic? they do the same thing getting the illness does, they cause the body to create anti-bodies.
this is why people sometimes get sick, because their body reacts too much.
lovebeck
reply to post by westcoast
The majority of adults don't get a DPT booster, unless of course they step on a nail, or something like that. I got a booster a little over four years ago due to work and was exposed to it several times this past fall and I didn't catch it.
Just to be clear, do you feel you and your daughter came down with Pertussis because you were, as you say, current on your vaccinations?
The influenza vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in pregnant women in all trimesters, no unusual patterns in pregnancy or fetal outcomes have been observed in vaccine adverse events reports
Influvac
There is evidence from a number of studies that pregnant women, particularly during the second and third trimester, are at increased risk of influenza associated complications. It is therefore recommended that all women who will be in the second or third trimester of pregnancy during the influenza season be vaccinated in advance, so they are protected during that season.
yamammasamonkey
Flu shot does not cause miscarriage. 25% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. These are two facts.