Just as days ago it was the WHO, it is now the SEGO (Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics) that recommends pregnant women get vaccinated against influenza A at any time during pregnancy for constituting a risk group.
There is no denying that there is some distrust about the safety of the vaccine, especially among pregnant women. Without going any further in a survey we conducted in the blog two months ago, 39% of women who expect a baby responded that they would not be vaccinated.
Gynecologists ensure that the vaccine without adjuvants (that is, with the influenza A virus as the only substance) created specifically for pregnant women it's safe.
They ensure that pregnant women have a relative risk of 4.3 compared to the general population of being hospitalized because of the H1N1 virus and that like seasonal flu, the risk of morbidity increases as the pregnancy progresses, with its peak more High in recent weeks.
The truth is that there is a generalized reluctance on the part of the pregnant women before the influenza A vaccine. Is it necessary to apply it if there are no previous ailments? Does it have side effects? Can it cause damage to the baby? The answers are not clear, I think that more reliable information is needed for pregnant women to really feel protected by the vaccine.
The vaccine for pregnant women, which is already available, is called Panenza and will be given in doses of 0.5 ml. to those who follow the recommendations of WHO and SEGO.
