to catch viruses such as flu. The result of falling ill can also be more serious. Angelica Eick, who led the study, suggests these findings promote the use of vaccinations during pregnancy both for the health of mum and baby.Find out more information about

reported about swine flu in pregnancy in the spring, but as pregnant women are amongst those groups of people at higher risk from suffering complications, any woman who is or thinks she might be pregnant is advised to keep in touch with current advice

in pregnancy is bad enough, because there are often common over-the-counter treatments that doctors and pharmacists will advise against you taking. But what about swine flu?What is swine flu?Swine flu is a form of flu which usually only affects pigs

and it is available to all mums-to-be regardless of their current health.If you get a cold or flu in pregnancy it is worth keeping an eye on your condition and consulting your doctor if it worsens because soldiering on without treatment is more dangerous for your

, following warnings by the Department of Health that they are more at risk of developing health complications. Many pregnant women are undecided, though, whether to have the vaccine.There have been 15 deaths in the UK of pregnant women who had swine flu

Swine flu is back for the winter, leading to health scientists advising all pregnant women to have the flu jab.Ten people have already died from swine flu and because the virus is more dangerous if you’re pregnant, a call has gone out to all mums

the vaccine having weighed up the risks associated with contracting swine flu during pregnancy with the safety of the vaccine, Pandemrix. The World Health Organisation (WHO) have also reviewed the safety of some of the ingredients in the vaccine and found

anxiety and apprehension for some pregnant women about receiving the swine flu vaccine," says the Director of Immunisation at the Department of Health, Professor David Salisbury. "But both the vaccines being used in the UK have been licensed for use

that it “provides important safety data to guide clinicians and patients in treating influenza in pregnancy”.

of the advice still stands from when we first reported about swine flu in pregnancy in the spring, but due to the recent cases where pregnant women have died of swine flu, after giving birth, it is worth reviewing the current advice. The NHS is also widening its