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H1N1 Miscarriages

Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Progressiveconvergence.com

12.18.09

Reports of women who have had miscarriages right after getting the H1N1 vaccine.  Names are being gathered and verified everyday. The list will get longer and longer.

1.  EBWashington:
I am so upset. I was so excited to be pregnant after trying for a year. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I joined this birth club and I was due June 25th. We have two healthy boys with no history of miscarriage. Everything was going great. Last Monday, I got the H1N1 vaccine thimerosal reduced (mercury reduced for pregnant women). On Tuesday morning, I started cramping and on Wednesday I started bleeding heavily. My hcg was 50 on Wednesday and I was almost 6 weeks along so it was low. They still thought that I might be pregnant but on Friday my hcg was down to 22. I am an emotional wreck. I feel like I had a healthy baby and I caused this by getting the H1N1 vaccine. My doctors pushed it. I researched online and there have been many miscarriages after the H1N1 vaccine but they haven’t been reported since it is hard to say what caused the miscarriages. I hope that I did not cause this. I wish everyone the best.

2. Tayla08
I don’t have an answer for you, but a friend of a friend just had a miscarriage 2-3 days after getting the shot. She was 7weeks. She had no previous history of m/c… No one can answer if they’re related…it hasn’t been out long enough and there haven’t been any studies done on pregnant women. I will tell you, that it has made up my mind on getting it…I won’t and I’m not going to get it for my DD either. My daughter and I both had H1N1 last week, and although it truly sucks…I think I’ll take my chances. One doctor will tell you to get it and the next will tell you not too…you have to do what’s in your heart.

3. 90707
My heart goes out to you as i recently miscarried as well and was due in June. I had a healthy heart beat at 6wks. then at 7.5 wks my son got the h1n1 mist vaccine which has live vaccine in it. the nurse said to be careful b/c it could technically spread if he rubbed his nose and touched a surface etc. the next night i miscarried and 5 days later was diagnosed with . I work from home, kids are home, hadn’t been anywhere during that time. so the chances that it is all related are very high. The flu mist vaccine warns for immunocompromised patients (which includes prego) to stay away from recipients of the flu mist for 21 days.

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This entry was posted by Leslie Carol Botha on December 18, 2009 at 7:09 pm and filed under Immunizations, Mothers & Daughters, Social/Political, Swine Avian Flu, Swine Flu Vaccine, Vaccinations, Women's Health. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment(Latest is displayed first) or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. Sheila – I am so sorry to hear this. We are getting hundreds of reports of miscarriages after the H1N1 vaccine. On February 1st I will be interviewing Eileen Danneman with the National Coalition of Organized Women on the vaccine and miscarriages. My radio show is audio streamed at http://www.krfcfm.org from 6 to 7 pm MST. My heart goes out to you and the other women injured by H1N1.

    1. Leslie Carol Botha on January 20th, 2010 at 5:27 pm

  2. I was 6 weeks pregnant when I received the H1N1 flu shot. I miscarried shortly after that. I don’t know if the two events are connected, however given the amount of similar reports we need to have the CDC to report #’s on this immediately! Personally if given the chance to go back in time, I would never have taken this vaccine and taken the risk.

    2. Sheila D'Angelo on January 20th, 2010 at 4:09 pm

  3. Thank you for posting this extremely important information. I think it is especially poignant since you work within the industry and are perceiving what the concerned public is seeing.

    3. Leslie Carol Botha on January 13th, 2010 at 2:39 pm

  4. Please let me say how sorry i am for your loss.I have been reading your reports and work in the pharamaceutic industry in the area of drug safety. Please go to FDA.gov website and download or fill out a vaccine adverse event form here’s the link (if you also google “fda vaccine adverse event form” it will take you to this page)( http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/SafetyAvailability/ReportaProblem/VaccineAdverseEvents/default.htm) have your experiences registered with the fda so that the manufacturer can have a record of as pmany events as possible. My sister had the same experience at 5 mths pregnant and miscarried less than one week after she received the vaccine. If your physician is responsible he/she should report the incident even if there is no concrete way to prove the event happened due to the vaccine. In all of your stories there is strong temporal relationship with the vaccine administration and the onset of your miscarriages. If your physician is resistant to the idea of reporting, please do so yourself! consumer reports are valuable, but a report from healthcare professional is viewed as more reliable to the manufacturers. Please continue to try to conceive and dont let this bad experience deter your efforts to grow your families.

    4. missy on January 13th, 2010 at 11:23 am

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