The H1N1 vaccine during pregnancy

How important is it that pregnant women get the H1N1 vaccine?  Will I pass on the antibodies to my unborn child?

The highest priority for pregnancy is in the last 20 weeks. The vaccine has a double benefit: It’s beneficial for the mom because she’s in a high-risk group, but it’s also going to be beneficial for her baby. When the mom develops her immunity she develops antibodies and those antibodies cross the placenta and the baby acquires them. And since the vaccine is not given to babies under six months (not because it’s dangerous, but because they don’t respond to it), this is going to be one of the only ways that we have to create some immunity in infants.

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