H1N1 Dilemma

The CDC has come out with the priority list for the H1N1 vaccine. Pregnant women are at the top of the list followed by people that care for children under the age of 6 months. They believe major supplies of the vaccine will be available in mid-October. By mid-October I will be rather pregnant. However, on NPR yesterday I heard a lot of conflicted reporting on vaccinating pregnant women. There isn't going to be any study on how the vaccine will effect a pregnancy. At this point they do not know if the regular public should get one shot or two and they won't have that research until after they are already vaccinating people.

When we got pregnant I didn't realize this kind of hard decision was going to have to be made. I guess that is what being a parent is. Do you take the vaccine that might cause you to have a miscarriage because there is a possibility that you could get the flu go into the hospital and then deliver early or do you chance not getting the vaccination and try extra hard to stay out of the public and not become exposed to the H1N1 flu for the entire winter? So you can see dilemma!

Information Overload

Before becoming pregnant I did a small amount of research and reading about pregnancy. Now that I'm actually pregnant I find myself reading about pregnancy and the developing baby constantly. I have actually already received my first baby book as a gift! I love it and find myself reading chapters every night. The problem is that I am only at 5 weeks. The more I read the more I realize what a long process this is. Then I think about all the books that are out there and all the advice that will be given. I guess I should just read and enjoy as long as I can. You can never be too informed. Right?

The Test

We are so excited to find out about our pregnancy! It's actually quite shocking to have the pregnancy test come up positive. Trying for 6 months makes you prone to thinking the test will be negative. So it was a nice surprise when I looked down and it said Pregnant. We have been going through all the new pregnancy phases. We are so happy but at the same time realize this is a whole new world of worry and fears. But we aren't letting those worries dampen our joy!