New helpline from Pregnant then Screwed about the vaccine and pregnancy

[JuliaMumsnet]

Hello everyone

We’ve been contacted by the excellent Pregnant Then Screwed, who have just launched a project in collaboration with Full Fact to give pregnant women access to factual, unbiased information about the vaccine in pregnancy. People can message the WhatsApp number with a question and they will get a response about what we know on that particular topic.

The idea is to reduce the misinformation that is spreading like wildfire on this issue. Keeping pregnant women fully informed hasn’t happened well enough and with so few pregnant women vaccinated and 99% of pregnant women who are currently in ICU being unvaccinated, we agree with Pregnant Then Screwed that we really need to put control back into the hands of pregnant women.

The Whatsapp number is 07521770995. Anyone can message with a question and will get a factual, unbiased response.

We’re going to be launching a Mumsnet expert Q&A about the vaccine and women’s health - from menstruation, the menopause and fertility to pregnancy and breastfeeding - later this week, so keep an eye out for that, we’ll pin it around the site.

Thanks!

MNHQ

Hello everyone, thanks for your comments. We've just launched a Q&A with experts on everything to do with the vaccine and women's health. So whether you've got questions on pregnancy, menstruation, menopause, fertility, breastfeeding and more, feel free to drop in and ask a question at this link by Friday 2pm. Answers will be posted next week.

Good idea about writing Cafeaulait27

I am 33 weeks, also double jabbed, and have had a very similar experience. It also occurred to me that my maternity notes don't even mention the fact I am vaccinated as it was arranged completely separately to my pregnancy appointments.

Care to share some evidence of these 'horror stories' @Mummybunny2000 just in the interest of fact-checking, obviously? Given that this is a thread about actual factual advice for worried women.

I mean, people do say they aren't getting vaccinated because they aren't sure, and that's their prerogative, everyone's allowed an opinion and it's their own choice so there's never going to be a thread where everyone agrees on this.

But if you're going to bandy about tales of actual problems "caused by the vaccine" I think it's only right and proper you back up what you're saying to prove there's any merit in your comment.

I don’t know what horror story @Mummybunny2000 was referring to but I am just getting over covid at 37+4 weeks pregnant and I’ve only had one vaccine.

It ruined me, for a week!, the only thing that was a horror story was me not being able to get out of bed and being petrified of going into labour.

Get the vaccine. I dread to think what it would have been like without it.

@FreshFreesias

So healthy pregnant women are told not to eat unpasteurised cheese but are encouraged to take an untested vaccine. Go figure.

And this is exactly the type of nonsense that is preventing women from making educated decisions about their health.

To make things easier for you:

Listeria + pregnant woman = potentially v serious
Vaccine + pregnant woman = not harmful + protected from potentially v serious infection