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Krissi Danielsson reporting from About.com quotes an article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune which showed how some pregnant women are skeptical of the new H1N1 vaccine. Several women blogging at the end of the article had experienced miscarriages with the H1N1 vaccine.

Pregnant women are considered one of the "high risk" groups, but many women are less than thrilled about the idea of getting the shot, reporting concerns about the safety of the vaccine and possible effects for the unborn baby.

I can definitely see where they are coming from, being someone who was concerned about safety of pretty much everything when I was pregnant. And there's not much research on the safety of any type of flu vaccine during the first trimester, much less thimerosal exposure in the first trimester, although the CDC says that flu vaccination is advisable in any trimester during a pandemic. As with most cases, all you can really do is weigh the risks and benefits of both courses of action and discuss your concerns with your doctor - then make an informed choice on how to proceed.

What are your thoughts? Do you plan to get the H1N1 flu vaccine, especially if you are currently pregnant or hope to become pregnant in the near future?

Comments (from readers)

October 9, 2009 at 2:41 pm
(1) Jo says: I got the flu vaccine (regular not H1N1) at 8 weeks pregnant. Three days later I miscarried. I am not going to get the H1N1.

October 26, 2009 at 11:07 am
(2) Regrets says:
I got both vaccines on Thursday. I was 9 weeks pregnant. I miscarried on Sunday. I was told by several doctors to get these vaccines. Now I wish I followed my gut feeling and not get them at ALL!

October 29, 2009 at 8:33 am
(3) says: i work in a hospital like setting and was told 'the benefits outweigh the risks" 1am i got the vaccine, 3am i started bleeding and craming, 3pm miscarried. you decide

October 31, 2009 at 1:29 pm
(4) sue says: I had the H1N1 vaccination and 24 hours later had a miscarriage.

October 31, 2009 at 8:25 pm
(5) Linda Hill says: My daughter in law was 10 weeks pregnant and had the H1N1 vaccine on Friday that night she miscarried.

November 1, 2009 at 9:58 pm
(6) Stephanie says: I received the H1N1 over a week ago. I am now 5 weeks. I am doing well so far.

November 2, 2009 at 10:52 pm
(7) SoSorry says:
I was so ready to get the H1N1 vaccine last week and they were only giving them to pregnant women. I was 6 weeks along and got it and the next day I started cramping and miscarried. I already had two healthy pregnancies and never miscarried or had any problems. My doctors think I am crazy to think it was the H1N1 but if no one looks into this than other women will not know. I am so sorry that I got it.

November 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm
(8) Connie says:
I also received the H1N1 vaccination on October 22nd, 2009 and went into labor on October 25th, at 16 weeks pregnant and we just heard the heartbeat and everything was fine with my pregnancy on October 16th, 2009, then on October 28th my water broke then on October 29th, I delivered a stillborn baby boy, and no one can tell me why…Everyone wants to say it did not come from the shot but I believe it did. My baby was growing at the correct pace and everyone wants to brush off the vaccination. I say if you have the vaccination and suffer a miscarriage if they are able to perform an autopsy have it done.

November 3, 2009 at 4:34 pm
(9) Connie says:
I also agree something needs to be done and looked more into with this vaccination because most women are being advised it's just something that happens, but I also had two healthy children normal pregnancies and when I received this vaccination with my third pregnancy, my baby is gone. Contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

November 4, 2009 at 10:12 pm
(10) sioux falls, south dakota says:
I received the H1N1 vaccine on October 16th and started experiencing cramping on the 22nd. I was nearly 17 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a stillborn baby boy on the 23rd. Like many of the other women here, the first thing I suspected was the H1N1 vaccine. I immediately asked a nurse at the hospital if that would have anything to do with it. Without hesitation, she told me "absolutely not." I had reservations about getting the vaccine, but followed the advice of my long trusted family doctor. In a follow up appointment with my doctor 3 days after I lost my baby, I asked him if the vaccine would have had any adverse effects on my baby. He also said that it was not possible. I don't believe that my doctor was necessarily lying to me, he was simply following the accepted practices and opinions of his field. I do, however, believe that as a nation, we are being lied to. This vaccine is NOT safe during pregnancy. There has not been enough testing done to determine this and there are far too many "coincidences" for this to be anything but a result of a vaccine that was hastily pushed into production and distribution in an effort to stop widespread panic. I have read so many stories in defense of the vaccine that will talk about how common miscarriages are, but I would challenge you to ask ANY health care professional how common second trimester miscarriages are. My baby was doing perfect developmentally and I had felt him move earlier that day. My heart goes out to all of you out there who have had to go through the same heartache and loss that I have had in the last couple of weeks. There is no reason that any woman or family should have to go through this. Get the word out to all of the pregnant women that you know. I know that if I had heard that women had been losing their babies shortly after they received the vaccine, I would have followed my gut and not gotten it myself. Maybe then Wyatt would have had a chance at life.

November 5, 2009 at 11:51 am
(11) sue field says:
If you read the novatis or baxter pkg insert available on the web you will find that 1. there is not sufficient testing on pregnant women so they dont know how safe it is….its not recommended for children under 2 is not a fetus a child under 2? there is no conclusion on safety with breastfeeding….. Md's just want to scare the hell out of you for the 1% that can get very sick..If folks would just wash hands frequently, stay away from sick contacts as much as possible and take supplements and live a healthy way…you likely can avoid the flu altogether… SOOOOO Sorry for your losses….my <3 breaks for you all

The following H1N1 swine flu vaccine miscarriage horror stories are from a June 2010 birth club…..

EBWashington:
I am so upset. I was so excited to be pregnant after trying for a year. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I joined this birth club and I was due June 25th. We have two healthy boys with no history of miscarriage. Everything was going great. Last Monday, I got the H1N1 vaccine thimerosal reduced (mercury reduced for pregnant women). On Tuesday morning, I started cramping and on Wednesday I started bleeding heavily. My hcg was 50 on Wednesday and I was almost 6 weeks along so it was low. They still thought that I might be pregnant but on Friday my hcg was down to 22. I am an emotional wreck. I feel like I had a healthy baby and I caused this by getting the H1N1 vaccine. My doctors pushed it. I researched online and there have been many miscarriages after the H1N1 vaccine but they haven’t been reported since it is hard to say what caused the miscarriages. I hope that I did not cause this. I wish everyone the best.

Tayla08
I don’t have an answer for you, but a friend of a friend just had a miscarriage 2-3 days after getting the shot. She was 7weeks. She had no previous history of m/c… No one can answer if they’re related…it hasn’t been out long enough and there haven’t been any studies done on pregnant women. I will tell you, that it has made up my mind on getting it…I won’t and I’m not going to get it for my DD either. My daughter and I both had H1N1 last week, and although it truly sucks…I think I’ll take my chances. One doctor will tell you to get it and the next will tell you not too…you have to do what’s in your heart.

90707
my heart goes out to you as i recently miscarried as well and was due in june. i had a healthy heart beat at 6wks. then at 7.5 wks my son got the h1n1 mist vaccine which has live vaccine in it. the nurse said to be careful b/c it could technically spread if he rubbed his nose and touched a surface etc. the next night i miscarried and 5 days later was diagnosed with h1n1. i work from home, kids are home, hadnt been anywhere during that time. so the chances that it is all related are very high. the flu mist vaccine warns for immunocompromised patients (which includes prego) to stay away from recipients of the flu mist for 21 days.

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vaccination 2009-11-12 19:58:37 Has the CDC or WHO recognized this problem? Are there any published reports anywhere? I'd really like to know more about this. ReplyQuote 1 0

Anonymous 2009-11-12 20:07:24 unfortunately WHO are on the other side ! ReplyQuote 1 0

just a normal person reinhold 2009-11-12 20:16:31 Don´t you know,? When you are pregnant YOU ARE A PRIME TARGET!! They want to kill the Babys first and the young ones,because they are the Future! ReplyQuote 0 2

that guy 2009-11-12 20:20:58 There plan is working :( ReplyQuote 1 0

Peaceful Warrior 2009-11-13 02:19:18 No...their plan is not working...they will falter (and are already starting to)...it will fail. Sadly, there may be many who give their lives. Keep spreading the word to all who will listen, send them to this site (as well as naturalnews.com) and stay positive and loving. The only way to defeat this is to love. ReplyQuote 0 1

Deaths from vaccinations Sofie 2009-11-12 20:22:26 VAERS database at the CDC shows 6 registered deaths after H1N1 vaccinations (injectable form) and 2 from the intranasal form. It means the real number of death is 400-800, as only 1-2% are normally reported to the CDC. ReplyQuote 0 1

Inca 2009-11-12 20:48:45 Thousands of women? In the headline? Confused... ReplyQuote 0 0

Anti-NWO-divisionen, avd. Sver 2009-11-12 20:57:23 No, their plan is not working. Keep informing people. We still have time to recruit more soldiers before this turns into a hot war. For now, we fight the information war. Fight it every day. One small article, one small comment, talk to people you know, and people you don't know. Remember, you must be willing to die for this. As far as I see it, I am already dead, and I'll take all the elites with me. When I lose this physical shell, the fight continues in spirit form. I am also preparing for that, on a daily basis. I will see the enemies defeated at all costs. We fight without equal, without hate and without fear. Victory is given to us and close at hand. God bless you. ReplyQuote 0 0

Krissi's article updated? Wout 2009-11-13 00:18:56 I went to check on about.com for more details on the article. I could find a new article, dated early november, which contradicts everything said above and actually says that the vaccins helps to build up immune system in unborn babies. Go check it out. I wish I could see a copy of her original article though. ReplyQuote 0 0

MISCARRIAGES COMBINED WITH INFERTILITY? Anonymous 2009-11-13 06:05:06 Isn't it also true that TWEEN 80, only one of many toxic ingredients in this shot, this obscene abort-accine, is designed to prevent future pregnancies? ReplyQuote 0 0

Anonymous 2009-11-13 09:23:58 Here is a link to the original article - http://miscarriage.about.com/b/2009/09/29/some-pregnant-women-fearful- of-h1n1-vaccine.htm ReplyQuote 0 0

Anonymous 2009-11-13 09:30:27 The site for reporting side-effects in the UK is here - http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Swinefluinformation/index.htm They have a new 12th November report on side-effects of Pandemrix and Celvapan covering the period of 15th October to 5th November in the UK. There were no deaths, no reports from pregnant women (too early) but a number of side-effects. In placing this report, they have removed the previous 5th November report which contained news of the 5 deaths in Sweden. This looks pretty deceitful to me. ReplyQuote 0 0

State Media Agency in Ireland (RTE) pushing "Preg John 2009-11-13 10:22:21 http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1113/swineflu.html "No evidence vaccine is not safe for pregnant women" "The Department of Health is urging pregnant women to avail of the vaccine against human swine flu. It follows the latest deaths of two more people from the virus, including a pregnant woman who was in the risk category and separately a child, who had an underlying condition. They bring to 16 the number of deaths in the Republic. Health officials in Northern Ireland have reported 11 swine flu related deaths. Advertisement Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dr Sam Coulter-Smith, Master of the Rotunda Hospital, said there is no evidence to suggest the vaccine would not be safe for pregnant women. Around 27,000 people were infected with the virus in the last week, down slightly on the previous week's figures, according to the Dept of Health & Children. Over 150,000 in the at-risk group have now been vaccinated against the virus. The Institute of Obstetricians has previously advised that pregnant women with the virus are four times more likely to develop serious complications or be hospitalised than non-pregnant women. It said that all pregnant women, from 14 weeks of pregnancy to six weeks after giving birth, should be vaccinated against the virus." ReplyQuote 0 0

Anonymous 2009-11-13 10:29:58 The latest report on Pandemrix side-effects in Sweden is here - now a total of 8 deaths within 3-4 days of vaccination. http://www.lakemedelsverket.se/english/All-news/NYHETER---2009/Summary -of-ADR-reports-in-Sweden-with-Pandemrix-received-up-to-November-10-/ ReplyQuote 0 0

Vaccine saves likes Rachel1974 2009-11-14 16:12:57 I understand many women are skeptical about having a vaccination during pregnancy, and when something goes wrong and there is a miscarriage, we are going to try and find out why and may be tempted to blame something like a vaccination as the cause. However, as sad as it is, an estimated 15-25 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. With this in mind, I would like to propose a few words of caution to over-reacting to the H1N1 vaccination. First of all, the World Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the Center for Disease Control in the U.S. all put pregnant woman in a high risk category for H1N1 and they all recommend that pregnant woman receive the vaccination. The reason is that pregnant woman are four times more likely to end up seriously ill and hospitalized and are six times more likely to die from H1N1 than other patients. Also, high fevers such as those you may experience with H1n1 may cause a miscarriage or put your baby at a higher risk of birth defects. Here's something else to chew on, if you come down with H1N1, the docs may have no choice but to put you on Tamiflu, a medication not normally recommended for pregnant women but the best antiviral they have to save people's lives. Whereas the h1n1 vaccine is formulated close to the normal flu shot which millions of pregnant woman have taken without any documented problems, Tamiflu has no such track record. If you think you can't come into contact with H1N1, recent CDC reports estimate that 22 million Americans have or have had H1N1 since April. On a personal note, my family is currently grieving the loss of my sister-in-law's mother who died of H1N1 after a month long battle that left her with double pneumonia and on a ventilator for a month. She wasn't pregnant, but was in the high risk category and she would likely still be here if she had had access to the h1n1 vaccine. I myself am pregnant and I received the regular flu shot at four weeks and the H1n1 at 9 weeks and have had no problem. (Baby has a great heartbeat and while others in my office have been sick, I have been healthy.) Here are some links for more info: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/documents/0911_pandemic_influenz a_%28h1n1%29_qa_on_vaccines_and_vaccination_experts.pdf http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/notes/h1n1_pregnancy_20090731/ en/index.html http://www.cdc.gov/Features/PregnantH1N1Flu/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/01/AR2009 100104308.html http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/estimates_2009_h1n1.htm#Method ReplyQuote 1 0

Sara 2009-12-18 01:49:10 I became pregnant on October 10th 2009. I went to the doctor's and was told that I needed to get the H1N1 vaccine. I was very skeptical because I had been told of women having miscarriages after 2 weeks of getting the shot, but they pretty much calmed my fears, and I got the shot. I became very ill the next day, and it lasted a week. Almost 2 weeks exactly I went to the doctor where they said that the baby wasn't as far along as should be. For someone who had already had a perfectly healthy baby, and no complications with that pregnancy I couldn't understand why they were acting like something would be wrong. Anyways, the next Tuesday (I would have been 8 weeks in 2 days) I started bleeding, and by Wednesday they had blood results that confirmed that I had lost the baby. The office extremely strange, and did not answer any of my questions. By Friday, I was in the most terrible pain that I had ever had, and when I tried to call and get answers they gave me no answers. The nurse said that I was having a miscarriage, and that was it. Luckily I went to the ER where they said I was lucky to have come in! I ended up having to have an emergency D&C. I lost my baby after I got the shot. They said the baby was only developed to six weeks. Exactly when I got the shot. So, you tell me. How can someone who had a perfectly healthy pregnancy before, and be having a healthy new pregnancy ...get a shot and then just lose the baby. Is there a connect? What do you think? I should have not got the shot, and will regret it for the rest of my life. ReplyQuote 0 0

It happened to me too Stace 2009-12-30 02:39:35 Sara it sounds like our stories are very similar and I'm so sorry for your loss. I was 6 weeks along when I received the H1N1 vaccine. I went in for my first ultrasound at 8 weeks and they said the baby was only measuring to be 6 weeks along. I went in two weeks later for another ultrasound to check to see if the baby was growing. It turned out that the baby had stopped growing altogether at 6 weeks. I miscarried the day after that last ultrasound. There is definitely a connection. I have been reading story after story just like ours, and have seen blogs with pages of comments just like these. ReplyQuote 0 0

the same happened with me the same happened with me 2010-01-11 09:40:56 the same happened with me! I want to tell you that i am very sorry for yoy and myself. "I was 6 weeks along when I received the H1N1 vaccine. I went in for my first ultrasound at 8 weeks and they said the baby was only measuring to be 6 weeks along. I went in two weeks later for another ultrasound to check to see if the baby was growing. It turned out that the baby had stopped growing altogether at 6 weeks." - Exact the same story! ps. i write from Finland, so this seems to be a global problem! ReplyQuote 0 0

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Sarah Hesmondhalgh 2010-02-09 23:05:27 On the 14th January I had the swine flu vaccination at 21 weeks; I miscarried in hospital 2 days later on the 16th January. I had the expected dead arm after the vaccination. Felt tired and run down but the still birth was a surprise. I am awaiting the results from a post mortem but I am alarmed at the number of women that are posting blogs reporting of miscarriages after 2 days of receiving the vaccination. I should have the results of my post mortem next week. I understand it is difficult for medical professionals to determine if some of these scenarios are coincidence or as a result of the vaccination. Please can people try and get a post mortem if the option is available and post the results? ReplyQuote 0 0

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