The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommend1, 2 that women who will be in any stage of pregnancy during flu season (October through April-May) receive an inactivated influenza immunization. Healthy pregnant women are considered a high risk group3 because they experience higher mortality during influenza pandemics, and are at increased risk of cardiopulmonary hospitalizations during any flu season.
Despite this recommendation, only 12.8 percent of healthy pregnant women receive an annual flu shot, compared with 24