To be terrified - 31 weeks pregnant, covid

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I cannot believe I have fucking covid at 31 weeks pregnant with my first baby. All I can see online are warnings about stillbirth and preterm labour. AIBU to be shitting myself?

Please tell me your experiences of covid during late pregnancy- especially if you and baby were okay!

What has your doctor said?

I had Covid at 35 weeks. Literally just the sniffles and absolutely no problems.

I did tell my midwife and they gave me a blood oxygen monitor and I had to have fragmin injections for 10 days to reduce risk of blood clots. Midwife said this was just to be extra cautious though and loads of her patients had caught covid with absolutely no problems.

AIBU to be shitting myself?

Yes basically.

There is a higher chance of preterm labour with severe covid. The likelihood of you having severe covid is actually very small in the first place.

I had it at 32 weeks OP, and this was pre-vaccines in 2020. Weirdly, although that was the year of lockdowns, no medical professional was worried or cared at all! Thankfully DD and I were both fine, and she ended up being induced as she was so late!

Don’t panic, how will that help. Speak to midwife or GP. But do bear in mind how many pregnant women have had Covid and not known because they haven’t tested, and been fine. Your vaccines will still help

I had COVID at 28 weeks and was terrified, I was calling the midwifery team in panic.
It was fine, LO came at 38 weeks, but I was bed ridden for 10 days with covid.
Take time off, rest and make sure you eat nutritious food.
Sending hugs

Don't go online. Googling medical things will always find extreme, rare and often untrue.

Even if its real, it skews reality. Few people go online to discuss how they had a mild covid and a healthy pregnancy.

I had Covid when pregnant, was so poorly that I was hospitalised. I then developed pulmonary embolism because both covid and pregnancy increases the risk. So just see how you get on, hopefully you won’t be as poorly as me when I had covid. Me and baby end up being fine and baby delivered via elective c section full term

I had COVID at 36 weeks last year. Felt rough for a couple of days with a high temperature, I just rested, took paracetamol to keep my temperature down and drank plenty of fluids.

I was worried at the time, but I rang the midwives and they weren’t concerned. Kept and eye on movements etc as normal, they reassured me they still would have seen me if I was concerned about anything. Baby arrived 12 days later completely healthy!

presumably you have been immunised, so are unlikely to be severely ill

I hope you feel better soon.

When it comes to any illness, the scary stories tend to be cases in which either the illness has been particularly severe or the person has underlying risk factors which make them more vulnerable to complications. The majority of people in your situation these days will be absolutely fine after a short period of potentially feeling rubbish.

Contact your midwife and GP. They'll know if you might need extra monitoring or medications like fragmin for a bit.

And remember to always contact people if you feel any changes in your baby's movements, just like you would if you didn't have COVID. You can still access all the usual assessments.

I've had a tickly cough for a few days but today I have a temperature, sore throat, body aches and cold symptoms. Nothing awful but not feeling particularly great. I work FT and care for my mum, so it's an absolute nightmare to not be able to go near her. I'm triple jabbed but I've not been offered any vaccines since 2021, so not sure if they're still of use to me?

Baby is still moving a lot and my oxygen is 95% which is lower than usual but still OK. I think I'm panicking that I could be at risk of severe covid as I'm 33 and asthmatic (both risk factors). My baby will be delivered by planned c section at 39 weeks so going into labour even slightly earlier than that is an absolutely terrifying prospect for me as I really do not want an ELCS.

Thank you for the kind words of encouragement 💗

*EMCS

I had covid in April ag 32 wks pregnant. I've had it 5 times now. (Close contact working environment) I let the midwives know and they still saw me and I still went for my growth scans ( baby had IUGR) I was worried until I could see they weren't. I had a heavy cold with fever and was ill for the longest I had been with it. Your body is focused on growing a baby not healing as quickly. It was brutal because besides paracetamol there's nothing you can take. I ended up with secondary sinus infection.

Even though it was hellish baby was fine and so was I although dc was premature but think that was down to other factors not having covid.

I got covid at 28 weeks! Both me & baby absolutely fine

SIL also got it the year before when she was heavily pregnant! Again both her & baby absolutely fine x

I had covid for the first time when I was about 31 weeks, I called the Mau to advise and they gave me 10 days of fragmin. Baby is now happy healthy cheeky 11 months!