Ep43: What You Need to Know About the Flu and Pregnancy
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
I wasn’t originally planning to do an episode about the flu and pregnancy, but I saw an article recently that claimed only 50% of pregnant women get a flu shot.
So, I thought I should talk about what all expecting parents need to know about the flu and why it’s so important to protect your baby (and yourself!) from the flu.
The flu is never fun, but it can be especially tough on pregnant mothers and their babies. It's important to know how you can reduce the chance that you'll get sick, that it's safe to get a flu shot during pregnancy, and what to do if you do come down with the flu.
Remember that you can get your flu shot many places these days - at work, the grocery store, your PCP or OBGYN's office - so be sure to get vaccinated before the height of flu season.
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| 0:00.0 | It's an important topic this week, ladies, the flu and pregnancy. |
| 0:10.8 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. |
| 0:14.6 | I'm your host, Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified OBGYN and physician, |
| 0:19.9 | certified Integrative Health Coach, and creator |
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| 1:15.0 | Hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 43 and thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:25.0 | Okay. So today's episode is on influenza or the flu and pregnancy. And this is actually |
| 1:33.7 | kind of an add-in episode. It wasn't initially in my publishing schedule, but I realized that I need |
| 1:41.3 | to talk about it because number one, it's flu season, and the flu can have |
| 1:46.7 | pretty devastating effects in pregnancy, and I'll talk about that in a minute. And number two, |
| 1:52.7 | I saw a recent article that showed only about 50% of pregnant women get the flu vaccine. And that number needs to be higher. And I hope that by the |
| 2:04.1 | end of this episode, you understand why that number needs to be higher. So in today's episode, |
| 2:10.5 | you're going to learn about what exactly is the flu, how it's spread, why the flu is particularly a problem during pregnancy. Of course, |
| 2:21.5 | I'm going to talk about the flu shot and then what to do if you actually catch the flu. |
| 2:27.9 | All right. Now, real quick, let me give a quick listener shout out. And this one is to Andrea 4 418 and the title of her review says, |
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