If you read the various flu vaccine package inserts, including those for the latest H1N1 vaccines, you will see it clearly stated that these vaccines have NOT been tested for safety in pregnant women.

Despite the lack of safety studies on flu vaccine and pregnancy, health authorities around the world are actively encouraging pregnant women to get themselves vaccinated. In fact, pregnant women are often given priority in the current H1N1 vaccination programmes.

The results have not been reassuring. Since the H1N1 vaccine was rolled out at end-September 2009, there have been a number of reports about pregnant women suffering miscarriage following vaccination.

Some suffered miscarriages within hours, others after a few days. Some had miscarriages early in their pregnancy, others suffered miscarriage at an advanced stage of pregnancy and gave birth to still borns.