arc – I personally am freaked out – I think it’s different because this one wasn’t tested for years; when they last had one 30 years ago pple died from it, they only recently discovered that mercury in some vaccines causes long term side effects, and who knows what else they’ll discover – they only decided xrays and radiation were dangerous after at least 20 years of using it!
On one hand, pregnant women are considered more at risk forgetting swine flu, but frankly, I’m scared out of my mind to get the vaccine – even if I would risk possible long term side effects for myself, to risk affecting a fetus in it’s most developmental stages is even more terrifying!
I feel my hands are tied, and it truly is a dilemma – do you approach it like a regular flu that anyone can get, or truly be nervous since pregnancy lowers the immune system and if one does get it, it risks even more complications from H1N1, but atthe same time if we wouldn’t contract it (and even if yes) we might be exposing ourselves and especially a fetus to who knows what as it hasn’t been tested (and for sure not in the long term)?!?!
Maybe a bitachon question for the rav what is b’geder hishtadlus…