Nancy Brizendine, 42, and her daughter Kayla Yost, 22, are both pregnant and had H1N1. (CNN)
LANCASTER -- A woman from Lancaster and her adult daughter have quite the tale to tell after they became pregnant at the same time, and then both contracted swine flu.
Nancy Brizendine was shocked when, at the age of 42 and after 11 years of taking birth control pills, she learned that she and her live-in boyfriend were expecting a baby.
She had been preparing for another baby, that of her daughter, 22-year-old Kayla Yost, due at the end of November.
The women's delight at their simultaneous pregnancies was tempered several weeks later, however, when Nancy, a medical assistant, learned she had caught the H1N1 virus.
She said she had a cough, sinus infection, infected ear and fever when she went to urgent care and tested positive for the virus.
When Brizendine learned she had swine flu, she was immediately worried for her baby's safety.
Things got even worse when Yost, too, suddenly showed all the signs of H1N1.
Yost had to be hospitalized, and was soon battling for her life -- and that of her unborn baby girl.
She had contracted pneumonia in both lungs, and was getting oxygen and food through tubes.
Brizendine said that as she recovered at home, she was torn between wanting to be there for her pregnant daughter and being concerned for her unborn daughter, due in January.
Yost pulled through, and after seven days was released from the hospital.
Doctors say H1N1 seems to cause the most serious complications in young patients and pregnant women, much like Yost.
There aren't many studies about how H1N1 affects fetuses.
Doctors stress prevention for all pregnant women, including washing your hands, staying away from people who are coughing, and avoiding medical buildings, unless you have an appointment.
Brizendine and Yost say they recommend swine flu shots for all pregnant women.
Nancy Brizendine was shocked when, at the age of 42 and after 11 years of taking birth control pills, she learned that she and her live-in boyfriend were expecting a baby.
She had been preparing for another baby, that of her daughter, 22-year-old Kayla Yost, due at the end of November.
The women's delight at their simultaneous pregnancies was tempered several weeks later, however, when Nancy, a medical assistant, learned she had caught the H1N1 virus.
She said she had a cough, sinus infection, infected ear and fever when she went to urgent care and tested positive for the virus.
When Brizendine learned she had swine flu, she was immediately worried for her baby's safety.
Things got even worse when Yost, too, suddenly showed all the signs of H1N1.
Yost had to be hospitalized, and was soon battling for her life -- and that of her unborn baby girl.
She had contracted pneumonia in both lungs, and was getting oxygen and food through tubes.
Brizendine said that as she recovered at home, she was torn between wanting to be there for her pregnant daughter and being concerned for her unborn daughter, due in January.
Yost pulled through, and after seven days was released from the hospital.
Doctors say H1N1 seems to cause the most serious complications in young patients and pregnant women, much like Yost.
There aren't many studies about how H1N1 affects fetuses.
Doctors stress prevention for all pregnant women, including washing your hands, staying away from people who are coughing, and avoiding medical buildings, unless you have an appointment.
Brizendine and Yost say they recommend swine flu shots for all pregnant women.
