Alice and Eden (also known as Finslippy and Fussy), the witty women at Let's Panic wrote a great article in their "Let's Panic about Pregnancy" column about pregnant women and the latest media darling, the swine flu vaccine.  Much more fun than the report out of the World Health Organization, they offered up their thoughts on the subject and amusing suggestions for 12 ways pregnant women can avoid getting the flu: 

What’s a woman to do during her vulnerable months of gestation? There are conspiracy theorists who advocate staying away from the vaccine at all costs; while there’s no proof that there’s a single thing wrong with the vaccine, we approve of their alarmist, hysterical tone, and agree that simply vaccinating yourself and getting on with life is not nearly dramatic enough. Therefore, we’ve compiled some tips to keep you extra, extra safe until flu season is over and/or you’re the only living person on Earth:

1)Keep away from children, especially their sticky, germy fingers. (also: palms).

2)Do you already have a child? Keep it in a separate area of the house or state until the danger has passed (note: this could take years).

3)Call your child “it” so you have an easier time separating from him/her/it.

4)Do you have a bomb shelter?

5)What do you mean, you don’t have a bomb shelter?

6)Enjoy this soothing daily ritual: fill your bathtub with Purell; after soaking for an hour, scrub away any extra germs with an SOS Steel Wool soap pad!

...for the rest of the list and a lighter look at parenting, jump on over to Let's Panic.