I am 32 weeks pregnant. should i get the flu shot? i've heard mixed reviews. never had the shot before.

Yes, yes, and yes: There are no mixed reviews. Influenza in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy is potentially life threatening event to your baby and you. You need to take the shot. My middle daughter is 29 weeks and just got her flu shot. Along the same lines, pertussis vaccine is recommended for you and those who may be involve in the care of your new infant.

Certainly: During the 1999 flu season we lost two pregnant moms in my town, one of which left a baby we took by C-section just before mom died. Sending that baby home with the grandmother was emotionally one of the hardest things I've ever done. We usually avoid the flu shot in the first trimester but give it thereafter. We also avoid the living nasal vaccine & use the inactivated shot.