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Q: Why am I at higher risk because I’m pregnant? I’m completely healthy.
A: Even if you’re the picture of pregnant health — glowing while you’re growing and feeling great — pregnancy makes you many times more likely to catch H1N1 in the first place and places you at an increased risk for flu complications if you do. Some of the factors that land pregnant women in this higher-risk category:
An expectant immune system. Even if you’re extremely healthy, your immune system (your body’s system in charge of fighting off invading germs) becomes less effective when you’re expecting. This is nature’s way of protecting your fetus and making sure your body’s normally aggressive immune response doesn’t try to “fight” your fetus off too, along with those germs. Good for baby, but not so good for your pregnant body, which has a tougher time defending against infections of all kinds (both the viral and the bacterial kind). That means you’re much more likely to get sick with swine flu (or seasonal flu). FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK BELOW...
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