A Fear

So, one thing I forgot to mention in my last post was something else from my 8 week nurse appointment that upset me quite a bit. When Gregg and I were sitting in one of the appointment rooms at 6 weeks from the scare we had, in the room a sign was posted. It read, "It is recommended that ALL pregnant women get the flu vaccine". Well, it just so happened that was a question I had because the Court was going to be giving out flue shots the next week. So, I thought, how convenient, they have it posted right there... looks like I'm supposed to get the shot! So, I get the shot.

So, at my 8 week appointment, I'm in a different room, but the same sign is posted. But like I said, she gave me a bit of handout information. While she left the room to prepare my lab sheet, I read over it. One of the pieces of information was about the flu shot. It said, "The flu vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women, AFTER their first trimester." So, I started to freak out and when she came back in the room, I asked her about it. She said things like, "yeah, we don't recommend it for women still in their first trimester" and "it doesn't matter if you haven't had any symptoms, it affects the pregnancy". She told me that she would talk to the Doctor for me and get back to me. But we ran into another one of the Doctors in the hallway as we left the room. The nurse told her about my fear now and the conflicting information and Dr. Morgan said that they changed the issue 2 or 3 years ago and that they now recommend it for all pregnant women and that I shouldn't worry. But I'm still worrying! Why would they still have that in the handout then? Why after I left the office did other pregnant women know about this first trimester thing and I didn't? Why wouldn't they have said something? Why do they have the sign posted if there is still concern? Even our friend that is a nurse said that the nurse that gives out their flu shots said that it is recommended for all pregnant women, but that most pregnant women don't get it during the first trimester. The problem is that now I'm paranoid. I still take my temperature every day to make sure it doesn't start to drop and it was down .2 degrees today. I did take it later than I normally would so I'm going to chalk it up to the time and hope all is well tomorrow. I just ask that if I still have people checking this out occasionally that you pray for the baby and that the flu shot not have any negative impacts on its health. And that I might stop worrying so much about it! ;-)