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To all the pregnant ladies - please get your jab

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Cancellingadvice · 30/07/2021 08:25

Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58014779

171 pregnant ladies admitted to hospital in last 3 months, 98% unvaccinated (3 had a single dose only, none double jabbed). One in 5 of them went on to have a premature birth

Conversely, more than 55,000 pregnant women have had the jab in the country with no safety concerns

So please get the jab if you’re pregnant

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thenakedmolerat · 30/07/2021 08:40

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Sparklingbrook · 30/07/2021 08:42

I feel 'pregnant ladies' need to do their own research and speak to a RL HCP and then make their choice.

Rainbow0821 · 30/07/2021 08:42

No thanks, that's my right to say no.

YarnOver · 30/07/2021 08:43

I'm pro vax. I have severe allergies and I'm STILL trying to sort out getting the vaccination even though it's a risk to me.

But this post isn't fair. A pregnant woman needs to make her own choice without some random on MN thinking that they can be the authority of what every pregnant woman should you. You're not. What's made you the authority?

I've had a miscarriage and a stillbirth and an very preemie baby. I'm not pregnant and I won't ever be pregnant again but my goodness me if I was your jumped up preaching wouldn't influence what I decided to do one iota. Which by the way would be not to have the vaccine when pregnant.

THATbasicSNOWFLAKE · 30/07/2021 08:44

To be fair many may have been admitted to hospital before being able to have first or second jab as pregnant women were not priority, having recently given birth i can also say that midwives i spoke to about this seemed to not want to give information to sway either way

I had first jab at 34 weeks but didn't get second until after my baby was born

bumbleymummy · 30/07/2021 08:49

171 admitted to hospital

more than 55,000 pregnant women have had the jab in the country with no safety concerns

How many unvaccinated pregnant women had covid with no concerns?

Clarkey86 · 30/07/2021 08:49

I’m not sure why the OP is getting such flack. She’s just posting to some data that does imply it is far safer to get the vaccine in pregnancy than not. Women can obviously still then choose to do as they please, but at least have more recent information about how delta is affecting pregnant women to further inform their choice.

FWIW I’m 17 weeks pregnant and double vaccinated.

SW1amp · 30/07/2021 08:49

Sadly, OP, the RCOG, NHS, NMC and god knows who else all coming out and advising pregnant women to get their jab still won’t trump the idiots who think ‘bUt iTS NoT pRovEN sAfE yEt’ and therefore think their 20 mins of googling counts as ‘research’ and won’t get it.

Anyone with half a brain cell would get the jab, but sadly, having half a brain cell isn’t a prerequisite for getting pregnant

Hummingbird20 · 30/07/2021 08:49

@Cancellingadvice

Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58014779

171 pregnant ladies admitted to hospital in last 3 months, 98% unvaccinated (3 had a single dose only, none double jabbed). One in 5 of them went on to have a premature birth

Conversely, more than 55,000 pregnant women have had the jab in the country with no safety concerns

So please get the jab if you’re pregnant

Spot on. I'm pregnant and have had both jabs. Following the evidence and advice of the medical profession is how I made my decision.
onelittlefrog · 30/07/2021 08:49

Increasing awareness of these statistics is helpful.

Obviously people will do what they want with the information.

But if you don't know the stats, how do you decide? Social media? What your friend said? Hmm

Personally I did not know that 171 unvaccinated pregnant women had been hospitalised with Covid, and one in five had a premature birth as a result.

I wonder what proportion of vaccinated women who have contracted Covid have had a premature birth as a result? I suspect it is much lower, but would be good for comparison nontheless.

Sharing knowledge and information is helpful, so thanks OP.

Bennetgirl · 30/07/2021 08:51

I’m now double jabbed at 25 weeks. If it wasn’t for the delta variant I wouldn’t have had it.

I’ve been told by several midwives not to have it and at both jabs that it might not have the same effect in pregnancy.

I’m still only doing garden visits as I believe the number of double vaccinated hospitalisations will start rising soon.

TheKeatingFive · 30/07/2021 08:56

Well here in ROI there were a small number of still births (4/5) specifically linked to an effect covid can have on the placenta. Any concerns about the vaccine need to be carefully balanced with concerns about what covid can do to mother and baby.

bongbigboobingbongbing · 30/07/2021 09:00

I am 9 weeks pregnant and have had one jab so far. Will get my second in a month or so. For me personally i decided that the known risks of Covid outweigh the unknown risks of the vaccine.

HOWEVER, I am getting so pissed off by people who either preach to pregnant women from their lofty perch or treat them like idiots - see the rude "half a brain cell" comment above for one.

When you are pregnant everyone in the world has an opinion on what you should be eating, drinking, whether you can sunbathe, go in a hot tub, fly on a plane, have a pet cat. You are advised to be super cautious at all times. Is it at all surprising that women are therefore reluctant to inject themselves with a new and relatively untested vaccine?! One that has been rushed through in the middle of a pandemic and where the long term effects are still unknown?

As I've said, I will be having both jabs based on the evidence I've seen, but that is my personal decision and I would never dream of telling other people what to do. So the rude commenters can do one.

lillg · 30/07/2021 09:00

I'll have the jab when it's been tested on pregnant people and proven to be safe. (Or more likely once I'm no longer pregnant). Pregnant people were excluded from the clinical trials, as is usual. The Jab has only existed for 7 months, so those who had it early in their pregnancies are still pregnant. Adverse side effects may not be known about yet.
171 is a tiny number. There are over 700k births a year. It's a 0.04% chance of being hospitalized for covid while pregnant using those numbers. Those statistics are actually really helpful to me - but they help me make the opposite choice to what the article is trying to to. As an aside, it's disappointing that our "neutral" media is presenting such one sided arguments.

Notonthestairs · 30/07/2021 09:00

@thenakedmolerat

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Yes this story is only on the BBC and no other news outlets whatsoever. It's not on Sky or in the Guardian, Times, Telegraph or any other newspaper 🙄

Anyway I can understand why it's difficult for pregnant women to decide especially if - by the sounds of it - they aren't being guided by their midwives.

daphnedoo12 · 30/07/2021 09:07

I'm 37 weeks, I've only had one jab. I'm due my second jab on Wednesday.

My mums recently had covid, if she hadn't had her vaccines I'm pretty sure she'd of died. She's CEV. I'm terrified, my anxiety is through the roof about catching it and not being able to fight it effectively.

Timeturnerplease · 30/07/2021 09:12

To be fair, the advice for pregnant women has been confusing at best. As a primary teacher with suspected gestational diabetes working in an unventilated loft classroom I asked to be put on the vaccine list earlier than my age range. Midwives and GP apologised but said that they couldn’t do it as children weren’t seen to spread covid so I’m not in a high risk profession.

Fast forward a couple of months and suddenly the narrative has done a complete 180, however I’m now 38 weeks and only received my second dose last Friday, after school finished for the summer.

This could be why many pregnant women are hesitant.

pigglepot · 30/07/2021 09:17

I agree- the stats are quite shocking aren't they! Yes at the beginning there was very little information and conflicting advice but now it seems unequivocal that it's the safest choice to have the jab.

I'm 33 weeks and had both jabs now.

YarnOver · 30/07/2021 09:24

@Clarkey86

I’m not sure why the OP is getting such flack. She’s just posting to some data that does imply it is far safer to get the vaccine in pregnancy than not. Women can obviously still then choose to do as they please, but at least have more recent information about how delta is affecting pregnant women to further inform their choice.

FWIW I’m 17 weeks pregnant and double vaccinated.

Getting such flak because it's not OPs, or anyone's, business what a pregnant woman puts in her body. Ever
Sparklingbrook · 30/07/2021 09:27

Getting such flak because it's not OPs, or anyone's, business what a pregnant woman puts in her body
Ever

I agree. And best not to get your health info from randoms on the internet.

Notonthestairs · 30/07/2021 09:35

She's not frog matching them to the vaccination centre.

And Mumsnet is littered with advice regarding pregnancy and birth choices.

I'm sure pregnant women are quite able to decide whether to read a thread or not, particularly ones with self explanatory titles.

Sparklingbrook · 30/07/2021 09:39

And Mumsnet is littered with advice regarding pregnancy and birth choices

Not all of it is particularly helpful.

Notonthestairs · 30/07/2021 09:49

Would it better if nobody is allowed to link to any vaccine health stories (pro or against)?

Sparklingbrook · 30/07/2021 09:50

@Notonthestairs

Would it better if nobody is allowed to link to any vaccine health stories (pro or against)?
Probably. But that's not going to happen...
ItsSnowJokes · 30/07/2021 09:50

@lillg

I'll have the jab when it's been tested on pregnant people and proven to be safe. (Or more likely once I'm no longer pregnant). Pregnant people were excluded from the clinical trials, as is usual. The Jab has only existed for 7 months, so those who had it early in their pregnancies are still pregnant. Adverse side effects may not be known about yet. 171 is a tiny number. There are over 700k births a year. It's a 0.04% chance of being hospitalized for covid while pregnant using those numbers. Those statistics are actually really helpful to me - but they help me make the opposite choice to what the article is trying to to. As an aside, it's disappointing that our "neutral" media is presenting such one sided arguments.
Are you offering to step up and be on that clinical trial then? Or are you expecting other pregnant people to step up and prove its safe so you can then benefit from them?

No clinical trial will let pregnant people take part due to the ethics. I am on a clinical trial and have had more pregnancy tests in the last 10 months than I have ever done in my life (despite being menopausal and husband has had the snip) as they need to be certain for a clinical trial. Obviously people have fallen pregnant in the trials and they are are monitored very very closely for side effects etc....... after the 12 months of clinical trials they now have the data that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women.