On Monday, I had my routine monthly exam with my OB. A few days before, I got a call from her office asking if it was OK if KING-5 news (a local TV station in Seattle) interviewed me about the pertussis shot I was going to get. (For those of you not in Washington state, there's been a spike in the number of cases of whooping cough this year for some reason.) Since I routinely nag scientists to speak to reporters as part of my job, I felt obligated to say yes.
You can see my semi-ridiculous TV moment here: http://www.king5.com/health/childrens-healthlink/Pregnant-women-urged-to-get-whooping-cough-vaccine-158700485.html You probably can tell from my rapid fire response that I didn't fully know that getting the shot would vaccinate the baby until he can get the shot himself at 6 months or whatever -- I was just doing my doctor recommended. So I just sputtered on camera.
Somewhere, Diane Sawyer is resting easy about me taking her job.
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