H1N1 News for Pregnant Women

If you’re pregnant, and you’re unsure, as nearly all pregnant women about what to do about the H1N1 vaccine, if you can even get the vaccine, of course, you might be interested to k now that an article published online in the journal, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, concluded that the risks from an H1N1 infection are much greater – both to the pregnant woman and to the baby she is carrying – than any potential – and largely unproven – risks from an H1N1 vaccine.

In fact, the bottom line for these authors – who reviewed the experiences from 3 past flu pandemics – is that pregnant women are the HIGHEST risk group for H1N1 infections, and thus have the most to benefit from the vaccine.