Pregnant prisoners in state lockups have already received their swine flu vaccines even as expectant mothers throughout the Bay State are still scrambling to get the potentially life-saving serum, the Herald has learned.

“I was told to wait because women who are in their eighth or ninth month need it more,” said four-months-pregnant Aisha Ogarra, 28, a Jamaica Plain teacher whose school was shut down for a week earlier this year amid swine flu fears. “It’s a little disturbing.”