Mums-to-be who are vaccinated against flu may also be protecting their baby from the illness, a new study has found. Babies born to mums who received a flu jab during pregnancy were found to be 41% less likely to catch flu before they reached 6

In pregnancy you want to feel as healthy as possible, and for many women who regularly get a flu jab pre-winter (those with asthma, for example), it might seem to make sense to get their usual vaccine when the time is right. However, whilst some

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

had swine full during pregnancy & it was not nice at all i was 31 weeks! i couldnt move! luckly baby & I are fine!Also same as Louise i would not want to have anything that could harm my baby!x I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling like this. I

remember, the flu jab is safe to take in pregnancy, but do make sure your nurse or GP knows you are pregnant at the time you get the vaccination.

are also particularly susceptible to flu infection.It appears the pregnancy vaccination can also protect your baby once he’s born. A US study of 160 women found that the babies of those who were vaccinated in pregnancy were 41% less likely to develop flu

I went to get a flu jab but was told they're not recommended in the first trimester unless you are highly at risk of complications.

Pregnant women are 13 times more likely to be admitted with a serious illness after contracting swine flu than non-pregnant women. The results have come from a study of pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand, which revealed that 11

After confusion over the safety and necessity of giving pregnant women a winter flu jab, doctors are advising all mums-to-be to have the vaccination.Mums-to-be are four time more likely to be admitted to hospital with flu but the flu jab can protect