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A bad flu season, doctors says these babies have protection for the First Six Months of life if their mothers got the vaccine while pregnant. I got it before the flu season started, when i was a little shy of seven months. The antibodies cross the placenta, and then if she breast feeds, shes giving more. Dr. Edward mckay points to a recent study of more than 117,000 pregnancies in norway. It concluded the flu shot is safe for pregnant women and their babies without any bad side effects. Pregnant women who got the flu were more likely to miscarry. That risk was slightly decreased if they had been vac nated, but still got a milder or different strain of the flu. This is serious business. Its important for moms to get their flu shots. Reporter the flu also tends to hit the oldest members of society. While Public HealthOfficial ....