[M T]

One question for everyone here that has some personal relevance for me, what about pregnant women? So far we've seen that there doesn't seem to be any increased susceptibility outside of the inherent age effects, but it's based on tiny numbers. Any info there would be appreciated...

In all that I've read, I recall no mention of the impact on pregnant women.  Specifically, pregnancy was not mentioned as a risk factor (articles 1, 2, 3, 4). As I'm sure you've seen, babies have gotten the disease. My recollection is the very young baby recovered.   If the pregnant patient has risk factors, then maybe pregnancy will make things more difficult.  I have NO idea if any of the treatments (anti-viral drugs, steroids for pneumonia, ...) are not recommended during pregnancy.  I have no idea if the virus might transfer through the placenta and/or in breast milk. (The way things happened in my wife's pregnancy, I suggest you sit with her doctors and get all these questions answered before you are in a hospital room trying to decide on the mother and/or baby's treatments!)

Good luck!

Edit:  I found this in the WHO-China Joint Mission report:

As opposed to Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09,pregnant women do not appear to be at higher risk of severe disease. In an investigation of 147 pregnant women (64 confirmed, 82 suspected and 1 asymptomatic), 8% had severe disease and 1% were critical.

[M T]

One question for everyone here that has some personal relevance for me, what about pregnant women? So far we've seen that there doesn't seem to be any increased susceptibility outside of the inherent age effects, but it's based on tiny numbers. Any info there would be appreciated...

In all that I've read, I recall no mention of the impact on pregnant women.  Specifically, pregnancy was not mentioned as a risk factor (articles 1, 2, 3, 4). As I'm sure you've seen, babies have gotten the disease. My recollection is the very young baby recovered.   If the pregnant patient has risk factors, then maybe pregnancy will make things more difficult.  I have NO idea if any of the treatments (anti-viral drugs, steroids for pneumonia, ...) are not recommended during pregnancy.  I have no idea if the virus might transfer through the placenta and/or in breast milk. (The way things happened in my wife's pregnancy, I suggest you sit with her doctors and get all these questions answered before you are in a hospital room trying to decide on the mother and/or baby's treatments!)

Good luck!

Edit:  I found this in the WHO-China Joint Mission report:

As opposed to Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09,pregnant women do not appear to be at higher risk of severe disease. In an investigation of 147 pregnant women (64 confirmed, 82 suspected and 1 asymptomatic), 8% had severe disease and 1% were critical.