Another 87,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine are headed to Massachusetts, but many high-risk residents say they still can't find the vaccine.

Tracy Reimer, four months pregnant and at the top of the high-risk list, had been searching for the vaccine for eight weeks.

"(They say they) 'don't have it. Call back.' Then I'm directed to call hotlines that have automated answering and then hang up. Have tried to call many doctors and haven't gotten response. So, it's been frustrating," she said.

But on Friday, Reimer finally struck gold. Brigham and Women's Hospital had enough for every pregnant woman who came in, as well as most of its staff.

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State public health officials said until now, it's been hit or miss for those in the high-risk categories -- pregnant women, children and those with pre-existing medical conditions. They had to call their physicians at the exact right moment when a shipment had arrived.

Only in the last two weeks have state officials sent vaccines to local Boards of Heath. But at that point, Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach said equitable distribution is out of their hands.

"We defer to the expertise of each city and town. They know best how to reach the people within their own community," he said.

Until the vaccine is widely available, residents may remain frustrated.

"It's frustrating because you can't find where a clinic is that will actually take you in. You hear about the local town ones and it's just not available. The information is just not there," said Boston's Davina Chojnowski.

Auerbach predicted Massachusetts will have 1.2 million doses by Thanksgiving and it will be available to anyone who wants it by mid-December. Auerbach said the flu will likely peak in January or February.