1 – What is recommended to the common flu vaccine during pregnancy?
It is advisable to apply the common flu vaccine in cases where the pregnant woman is in his second or third trimester in winter and flu season.

2 – What extra precautions can be taken to avoid getting influenza A during pregnancy?
The health minister pregnant women included in the risk group therefore requesting moms stay at home during the next 15 days (from 2/7/09) to avoid catching the disease.
Also to be reinforced hygiene measures like the rest of society:
• Wash hands often with soap and plenty of hot water – especially after sneezing or coughing -.
• You can use antibacterial wipes or alcohol gel sanitizer.
• Use mask.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, then throw it away.
• If you do not have a tissue handy, covered the front of the elbow bent, in order to prevent the virus remains in your hand and can be passed.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth because germs are easily spread.
• Avoid physical contact with people who are sick or have symptoms of it.

3 – What if a pregnant flu symptoms?
Whenever flu symptoms appear is important to consult your doctor. If the pregnant woman has a fever for more than 12 hours and greater than 38 degrees, you should consult a doctor immediately.

4 – Can affect the baby have influenza?
The risk of this bird is that it induces a high fever. Febrile syndromes can cause harm to the fetus and cause premature labor.

5 – Pregnant and lactating women can take antivirals (oseltamivir phosphate)?
Currently recommended that pregnant women take oseltamivir phosphate at any time during pregnancy, talking to your doctor.

For women who are breastfeeding, it is unclear whether oseltamivir and active metabolite are excreted in breast milk. However, based on an extrapolation of data from animal experiments it seems likely that the above substances pass into breast milk. However, the AAP recommends continuing to breastfeed while taking the antiviral. It is important to remember that antiviral drugs must be prescribed by a physician and never resort to self-medication.

Bacterial infections untreated can cause disruption to the fetus, experts said. Therefore, mothers should not completely avoid antibiotics but consult their doctors which should take.

The new study is the first large-scale analysis of antibiotic use during pregnancy. He found that mothers of babies with birth defects were more likely than healthy babies to have taken two types of antibiotics during pregnancy sulfa drugs such as Bactrim and urinary germicides called nitrofurantoin (Furadantin and as Macrobid).

It is the first time it sees a link between the treatments for urinary tract and congenital defects, said lead author Krista Crider, a geneticist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which funded the study. “Further studies will be needed to confirm these conclusions,” he said.

These antibiotics, used for decades, which predate the existence of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with its rigorous trials.

The FDA classified all drugs according to their possible effects on the fetus, but in many cases lack of rigorous studies, which is why no antibiotics reached the maximum grade of “A””.

Sulfa antibiotics are older and some animal studies have found that are harmful during pregnancy. As for nitrofurantoin, doctors thought they could use for the treatment of urinary tract infections during pregnancy.

The study, which appears in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine November could lead physicians to choose other drugs to treat infections in pregnant women. The findings were released Monday.

The researchers studied the medical records of more than 13,000 women who gave birth to children with birth defects and 5,000 women from the same regions whose babies were born healthy.